the biltmore was opened to the public in 1980.
the biltmore was opened to the public in 1980.
when was the biltmore opened to the public?
1980
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bullet::::- alexandria hotel: 210 w. 5th street – built in 1906, the eight-story alexandria hotel is another building designed by john parkinson. with 500 rooms, an elaborate wood lobby, and the glamorous palm court with its stained glass dome, the alexandria was the most luxurious hotel in los angeles from the time it opened until the biltmore opened in the mid-1920s. movie stars and other celebrities, including mae west, humphrey bogart, rudolph valentino, clark gable, greta garbo, sarah bernhardt, enrico caruso and jack dempsey were guests. charlie chaplin kept a suite at the alexandria and did improvisations in the lobby where tom mix reportedly rode his horse. the carpet in the lobby was called the "million-dollar carpet", because there was purportedly a $1 million worth of business done there every day. it was there that d.w. griffith, mary pickford and douglas fairbanks met in 1919 to form united artists. u.s. presidents theodore roosevelt, william howard taft and woodrow wilson, and many foreign dignitaries, including king edward viii, also stayed at the hotel while visiting los angeles. the hotel declined after the biltmore opened and closed in 1934, with its chandelier and gold leaf covering of the mezzanine lobby being stripped and sold. it reopened in 1937 but declined again in the 1950s, become a transient hotel with the grand ballroom being used as a training ring for boxers. today, the alexandria has been converted to apartments. the palm court in the alexandria was designated a historic cultural landmark (hcm #80) in 1971.
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