Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles 1930s Hotel berkeley Passengers could rest in sleeping

Passengers could rest in sleeping cars and eat in dining cars decorated with chandeliers and leather banquettes as trains sped from city to city

” it was a time when going to ”the city” meant journeying from Queens to Manhattan

the anise-flavored and highly alcoholic beverage associated with bohemian culture

Frank Rodeike's is a bit of a mystery

came to the United States from Europe and created the company in the 1920s

Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles 1930s Hotel berkeley Passengers could rest in sleepingThe Hollywood film industry was still in its infancy when the Biltmore Hotel opened in downtown Los Angeles in 1923. Built by hotels magnate John McEntee Bowman, he said the opulent and lavishly decorated property was a statement to the rest of the world that Los Angeles had arrived as an American metropolis. It was the most expensive hotel of its era it cost ten million dollars to build and its architecture was inspired by the Spanish and French