Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Historic hotel on Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, United States
The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel is a twelve-story building at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard, across from the TCL Chinese Theatre. Its white facade has a grid of rectangular windows and a central fire escape, with the "HOTEL ROOSEVELT" sign in bulbs near the top. Inside are 300 rooms and suites, a Spanish Colonial Revival lobby, and a pool terrace.
Financed by Louis B. Mayer, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and Sid Grauman, the hotel opened on May 15, 1927, after costing $2.5 million. The first Academy Awards ceremony took place in the Blossom Ballroom on May 16, 1929, with 270 guests. After a 1950s decline, Radisson funded a $35 million restoration in 1985 using original blueprints; the city designated it Historic-Cultural Monument No. 545 in 1991.
The name refers to President Theodore Roosevelt and reflects Hollywood's ambition to establish itself as a cultural center. Guests move through a lobby with hand-painted wooden ceilings and wrought-iron details that recall Spanish palaces.
The building sits on Hollywood Boulevard between the Hollywood/Highland and Hollywood/Vine stops of the Metro Red Line. The ground-floor reception is staffed around the clock, and personnel provide information about nearby attractions and events.
A hand-painted mural by David Hockney from the 1980s adorns a wall beside the swimming pool and shows palm trees in bold colors. The work was created during a renovation phase and is now part of the public areas that guests discover while walking through the property.
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