Morrison Hotel

John Densmore and Henry Diltz Join AHF to Celebrate Morrison Hotel Rebirth

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Wednesday, December 20, 2023

The Doors' drummer John Densmore and legendary rock photographer Henry Diltz joined Healthy Housing Foundation (HHF), a division of AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), on Tuesday afternoon to celebrate AHF’s acquisition of the historic Morrison Hotel, a 1914 Single Room Occupancy (SRO) building in downtown Los Angeles.

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  • The Doors' drummer John Densmore and legendary rock photographer Henry Diltz joined Healthy Housing Foundation (HHF), a division of AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), on Tuesday afternoon to celebrate AHF’s acquisition of the historic Morrison Hotel, a 1914 Single Room Occupancy (SRO) building in downtown Los Angeles.
  • The Doors and photographer Henry Diltz made the Morrison Hotel famous with their iconic album cover shot released in 1970.
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    John Densmore, drummer for The Doors, and photographer Henry Diltz share Morrison Hotel memorabilia during a ceremony celebrating AHF’s acquisition of the historic Morrison, a 1914 Single Room Occupancy (SRO) building in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, December 19, 2023.
  • The Doors and photographer Henry Diltz made the Morrison famous with the band’s release of its landmark 1970 album featuring Diltz’s iconic cover photo.

Henry Diltz, Iconic Photographer and Founding Partner of Morrison Hotel Gallery, to Be Honored With a Recording Academy® Trustees Award during GRAMMY® Week

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Thursday, January 5, 2023

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Morrison Hotel Gallery is proud to announce that founding partner and legendary music photographer Henry Diltz is being honored with a Trustees Award on February 4th as a part of the Recording Academy®'s annual GRAMMY® Week. This Special Merit Award is presented to those who have made significant contributions in the music industry during their careers; previous honorees include The Beatles, Dick Clark, Walt Disney, Duke Ellington, and many more.

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  • LOS ANGELES, Jan. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Morrison Hotel Gallery is proud to announce that founding partner and legendary music photographer Henry Diltz is being honored with a Trustees Award on February 4th as a part of the Recording Academy®'s annual GRAMMY® Week.
  • This Special Merit Award is presented to those who have made significant contributions in the music industry during their careers; previous honorees include The Beatles, Dick Clark, Walt Disney, Duke Ellington, and many more.
  • Henry Diltz has photographed more than 250 album covers and thousands of publicity shots in the 1960s and 1970s, including the iconic Morrison Hotel cover for the Doors.
  • “Congratulations, Henry, on your Trustees Award,” said The Doors’ guitarist, Robby Krieger.

Homelessness: AHF Uncovers Thousands of Vacant SRO Hotel Rooms Across L.A.

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Sunday, September 11, 2022

The ad headlined 4,612 Rooms, highlights a recent investigation and tally of vacant SRO hotel rooms across Los Angeles as the regions homeless crisis continues to escalate without robust or adequate solutions put forth by government and community leaders.

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  • The ad headlined 4,612 Rooms, highlights a recent investigation and tally of vacant SRO hotel rooms across Los Angeles as the regions homeless crisis continues to escalate without robust or adequate solutions put forth by government and community leaders.
  • The results are shocking:
    3,868 SRO units in 25 buildings are sitting vacant or have been converted for other uses.
  • Also in Downtown, The Standard Hotel, with 207 rooms, has been vacant for nearly a year .
  • They include the Clark Hotel (500 units), Cecil Hotel (615 units), Embassy Hotel (330 units), Morrison Hotel (111 units), and Holland Hotel (75 units).

Buyer Alert from UNITE HERE Local 11: Morrison Hotel Redevelopment Project Is Subject to Labor Requirements

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Tuesday, July 12, 2022

The Morrison Hotel redevelopment project is subject to a Memorandum of Agreement between UNITE HERE Local 11 and Relevant Group under which the hotel operator is obligated to take a neutral approach to the unionization of employees of the proposed hotel and three-meal-a-day restaurant and bar.

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  • The Morrison Hotel redevelopment project is subject to a Memorandum of Agreement between UNITE HERE Local 11 and Relevant Group under which the hotel operator is obligated to take a neutral approach to the unionization of employees of the proposed hotel and three-meal-a-day restaurant and bar.
  • The Agreement provides for a card-check recognition process, and allows either party to submit the collective bargaining agreement to binding arbitration if an agreement is not reached in the 120 days following the commencement of bargaining.
  • UNITE HERE Local 11 looks forward to continuing to support the Morrison Hotel redevelopment project and working with any successor owner to implement the terms of the Agreement.
  • UNITE HERE Local 11 is a labor union representing over 32,000 hospitality workers in Southern California and Arizona who work in hotels, restaurants, universities, convention centers, and airports.

Morrison Hotel Developer Guts Historic Site, Says AHF

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Thursday, June 16, 2022

AHF and its housing advocacy division, Housing Is A Human Right ( HHR ), are calling on City of Los Angeles Councilmembers and Planning Department officials to deny certain building entitlements to property developer Cushman and Wakefield after the developer quickly gutted the interior of the historic Morrison Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles over Memorial Day Weekend to pave way for a luxury hotel and residential complex.

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  • AHF and its housing advocacy division, Housing Is A Human Right ( HHR ), are calling on City of Los Angeles Councilmembers and Planning Department officials to deny certain building entitlements to property developer Cushman and Wakefield after the developer quickly gutted the interior of the historic Morrison Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles over Memorial Day Weekend to pave way for a luxury hotel and residential complex.
  • The developers action effectively removed the Morrisons 111 SRO hotel rooms from Los Angeles affordable housing stock.
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    The lobby of the historic 111-room (SRO) Morrison Hotel in downtown Los Angeles after property developer Cushman and Wakefield gutted it without proper city permitting on Memorial Day weekend to make way for a planned luxury hotel and condominium complex.
  • The Morrison Hotel and Living complex, should it actually come to fruition, will be built on the burial ground of the Morrison Hotel.

LEGENDARY PHOTOGRAPHER HENRY DILTZ DEBUTS FIRST-EVER NFT COLLECTION EXCLUSIVELY ON SUPERRARE

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Wednesday, January 26, 2022

NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SuperRare ,the pioneering marketplace for curated NFT artwork, is pleased to presentOn Stage with Henry Diltzthe debut NFTCollection byrenowned rock n' roll sharpshooter and official Woodstock music festival photographerHenry Diltz.

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  • NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SuperRare ,the pioneering marketplace for curated NFT artwork, is pleased to presentOn Stage with Henry Diltzthe debut NFTCollection byrenowned rock n' roll sharpshooter and official Woodstock music festival photographerHenry Diltz.
  • For this dynamic drop, Diltz has meticulously animated and brought to life, each photograph which will be minted only once.
  • To view theOn Stage with Henry DiltzCollection taken directly from his rich historical archives, visit http://www.henrydiltznft.com .
  • As a bonus, the first collectors of these heritage NFTs will receive an unframed artist print, courtesy of Henry Diltz, as part of the purchase.