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EPHS Class of ’66
AMBASSADOR
DEAR EDITOR:
Howard Blume’s informative article on the impending fate of the Ambassador Hotel ["Trump’s Ambassador Gambit," March 13–19] was most welcome, although the news did leave me sick to my stomach. How can Trump get away with tearing down a historic landmark in order to build a shopping complex complete with Taco Bell, Office Depot, U.A. Theaters or whatever?As for the L.A. school district, building a high school on that property would be disastrous. Traffic is already congested, and the neighborhood has gang problems and a high crime rate. Besides, there are plenty of large abandoned office and warehouse properties all around Los Angeles (even in Koreatown, where the Ambassador sits) that have no historical significance and are ripe for the taking.
Given proper investment and a refocus of vision, reopening the Ambassador — and with it the Cocoanut Grove — would be the ultimate homage to old-Hollywood glamour, as well as a functioning piece of real estate . . . instead of becoming another casualty to a city that devours its own character. Don’t mess with the Ambassador!
Los Angeles
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