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Originally Posted by Beaudry
I'm going to spend a couple nights in the "Wilshire Grand" (Statler/Hilton) this month, just to be able to say I did, but mostly because I'll be shooting lots of then-n-nowz against the photos from the opening day book they issued. Demolition commences, I'm told, in 45 days.
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yeek gads! 45 days??!!?.........sheeeeesh
i wonder who'll they'll have at the demolition commencement program. celeste holms was the choice for the groundbreaking ceremony back in 50
Source: USC Digital Archive
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...G-STA-003?v=hr
Conrad Hilton standing outside the statler after purchasing the chain in 1954
Source: USC Digital Archive
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...STA-034~1?v=hr
Source: USC Digital Archive
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...STA-035~1?v=hr
1951 and now
