Millennium Biltmore Hotel, Historic grand hotel in Downtown Los Angeles, United States.
Description
Millennium Biltmore is a grand hotel in central Los Angeles featuring Spanish-Italian Renaissance Revival design across eleven floors. Its rooms show marble fountains, wood-beamed ceilings, and decorated ballrooms with chandeliers and carved doorways.
History
The building opened in 1923 as the largest hotel west of Chicago with over 1000 rooms. During the Great Depression it changed ownership multiple times and underwent several renovations that preserved the original design style.
Culture
The Academy Awards held eight ceremony events in its ballrooms between 1931 and 1942. The Rendezvous Court sits under a painted ceiling vault where guests take tea or gather beneath palms and fountains.
Practical
The building sits directly across from Pershing Square on Grand Avenue in the historic downtown core. The main entrance lobby and several ballrooms can be visited during business hours, though private events may sometimes limit access.
Did you know?
John F. Kennedy used the Music Room as his campaign headquarters during the 1960 Democratic National Convention. The building appeared in numerous films including Chinatown and Ghostbusters thanks to its expansive historic interiors.
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