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Hotel St. Moritz

A 1924, 78 unit, hotel located in Hollywood across the street from the Warner Bros. Studio (before Warner Bros. relocated to Burbank in 1930 and 1931). A pre-1930 advertisement indicates the hotel had 100 rooms ("all with baths").

 

It was on this rooftop where NABF heavyweight boxer Mike Hunter was shot to death when he pointed a gun at plainclothes Los Angeles Police Department officers (who had set up a drug buy-bust sting operation) on Feb 8, 2006.

 

While some have claimed that this hotel is a Los Angeles Historic and Cultural Monument it does not, however, appear on the city's list.

 

Note the chains on the shuttered window in the leftmost gable.

 

5849 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, California

 

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Uploaded on January 21, 2013
Taken on January 18, 2013