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(323) 462-8202
1714 Ivar Ave
(Hollywood Boulevard)
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
34.102
-118.3281
Neighborhoods: Hollywood, Central LA
What People Are Saying About Knickerbocker Hotel
Featured Review
Mar Yvette
Contributor
With a storied past that is as ghastly (suicides, seances and deaths) as it is glitzy (Tinseltown's most glamorous headliners spent time here), the Knickerbocker Hotel is a Hollywood landmark with a tale made for movies. Orignally built in 1923, the eleven-story structure catered to the budding film industry. In 1926, the hotel got its first taste of notoriety when Harry Houdini's widow held her yearly Halloween seance on the rooftop to contact the deceased magician. For the next ten years the effort proved futile. The hotel remained a hot spot throughout the '50s-- Elvis Presley was a repeat…
Editor's Tips
- Know Before You Go:
- The hotel lobby features a large crystal chandelier, the exact site where legendary film director D.W. Griffith died of a stroke in 1948. You can still see it through the building's main door.
- Macabre Fact:
- William Frawley (Fred on "I Love Lucy"), who lived at the hotel for decades, dropped dead of a heart attack on the sidewalk on March 3, 1966.
