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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
originally posted last week
When comparing the two photographs, it looks like the old Senator Hotel facade has been moved back or shaved off,
setting it further back from the sidewalk than the Dewey next door.
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The Senator is the one that used to be the Jovita Annex I think? (went through to the main Jovita at 726 S. Spring). According to the architects who did the work, it was apparently rebuilt except for the Spring St. facade:
The Senator Hotel, extending a full block between Main and Spring Streets, was completely demolished in late 1993 with the exception of the historic Spring Street facade, which, preserved and braced, survived the 1994 Northridge earthquake without a crack. The massing of the new construction reinforces the area's turn-of-the-century context, with alternating bands of dark brown and sepia glazed and split faced block offering the new facade a rich layer of detail. On the long side elevations, courts bring light and air into the guest rooms, communal kitchens, and lounges.(from here:
http://kfarchitects.com/housingnewco...209&catID=12); LA Times article about the work from 1994:
http://articles.latimes.com/1994-11-..._senator-hotel
I have in my notes that LA Times reported the building permit being issued 10-11-1914 to a Mrs. Francesca Jesurun. Ethereal Reality had a photo of the Spring St. side back on page 428 (
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...70279&page=428), from USC digital archive.
Spring St. facade from You-Are-Here:
It was great seeing the (1913) Dewey pre-Jovita/Senator! I had only found this distant view of the Main St. side of the hotels, from LAPL:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics09/00014163.jpg