I've always been a bit enamored by the "
enchanting"
Portal Motor Hotel located in Cahuenga Pass.
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above: I especially like the area on the right where the cabins seem to gradually climb the hillside.
below: A portion of the
Portal Motor Hotel can be seen on the right in this wonderful photograph.
http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/
above: I wonder what type of construction is going on in the foreground (lower left). Does anyone know?
below: Another postcard view.....with my favorite cabins on the right.
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below: You get a glimpse of the pool in this postcard from the 1950s. If you look closely
there is sign that acts as an archway over the entrance to the motor-hotel.
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After finding the previous postcards I was
finally able to place this photograph because of the
Portal Motor Hotel sign-archway.
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below: A negative of tourists enjoying the pool at the
Portal Motor Hotel.
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below: The former site of the
Portal Motor Hotel as it appears today.
google street view
below: In this view you can see the area (that I had mentioned earlier), where the cabins were located up the hillside.
google street view
below: In this aerial you can still see the outlines of the
long lost Portal Motor Hotel.
google street view
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One last note:
This matchbook has the address as 2775 N. Highland instead of 2775 Cahuenga Blvd. Were these addresses interchangeable?
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