{"id":104078,"date":"2025-07-30T06:16:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T06:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/104078\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T06:16:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T06:16:19","slug":"1960s-hollywood-motel-could-be-first-of-its-kind-to-be-la-landmark-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/104078\/","title":{"rendered":"1960s Hollywood motel could be first of its kind to be LA landmark \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After welcoming tourists and travelers for decades, the Hollywood Premiere Motel could be the first of its kind to be designated as a Los Angeles historic landmark.<\/p>\n<p>Easily recognized by its iconic neon-colored sign, the motel has offered visitors a cheap place to stay near popular tourist attractions, including the Walk of Fame and the Griffith Observatory, since the 1960s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-29-at-5.45.42\u202fPM.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"Source: Cultural Heritage Commission\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tCultural Heritage Commission<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tCultural Heritage Commission<\/p>\n<p>Source: Cultural Heritage Commission<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles City Council will vote Wednesday on whether or not to give the landmark status.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis place is a survivor \u2013 still standing after decades of change in Hollywood,\u201d Councilmember Hugo Soto-Mart\u00ednez said in a Tuesday statement.<\/p>\n<p>According to a recommendation <a href=\"https:\/\/cityclerk.lacity.org\/onlinedocs\/2025\/25-0610_misc_3_06-04-25.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> from the Cultural Heritage Commission, the motel, designed by Joyce Miller, is a \u201chighly intact and rare example\u201d of a 1960s motel that accompanied automobile tourism.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-29-at-5.46.37\u202fPM.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tCultural Heritage Commission<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tCultural Heritage Commission<\/p>\n<p>Source: Cultural Heritage Commission<\/p>\n<p>As car ownership became more widespread after World War II, the property offered a place for tourists to stay during road trips, the commission said, with easy connections to freeways and attractions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tourists in the 21st century are not as impressed with the motel, which has earned a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/Hotel_Review-g32655-d77262-Reviews-Hollywood_Premiere_Motel-Los_Angeles_California.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1.7 rating <\/a>on Trip Advisor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Soto-Mart\u00ednez acknowledged the rating but said the council doesn\u2019t judge \u201clandmarks by thread count.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-29-at-5.46.02\u202fPM.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tCultural Heritage Commission<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tCultural Heritage Commission<\/p>\n<p>Source: Cultural Heritage Commission<\/p>\n<p>The Hollywood Premiere represents the evolution of motel designs to the chain model, according to the report, exemplified by its two-story height and parking. The report found that the property has only received minor altercations and retains its significance as a 1960s motel.<\/p>\n<p>The hotel and its Googie-style sign has been featured in TV and music videos, with appearances in \u201cTwin Peaks,\u201d \u201cFargo\u201d and Justin Timberlake\u2019s \u201cCan\u2019t Stop the Feeling\u201d music video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After welcoming tourists and travelers for decades, the Hollywood Premiere Motel could be the first of its kind&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":104079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,14107,2961,56656,224,5337],"class_list":{"0":"post-104078","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-hollywood","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-la-city-council","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-losangeles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114940725506981309","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}