Byron Hotel on LF
In its hey-day, this was a hotel frequented by Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle, Clark Gable, Jack London, President James Garfield, and more. Eventually, the Great Depression hit the hotel hard and it fell into disrepair.
The United State MIS (military intelligence – i think this was before the CIA was formed) leased it in the 1940s to serve as an interrogation center for Japanese and German officers, and other prisoners of war.
It was later occupied by the Greek Orthodox Church. This is the third hotel — the two previous hotels burned down. Though the top floor of this hotel is burned, its brick skeleton remains.
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