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wilshire royale

            Los Angeles, CA

I read this as "Royale Wilshire" but according to the Los Angeles Conservancy web site, it's the "Wilshire Royale". And, in the past, it was The Arcady.

Great history here. More from the web site:

"Olive Philips, a Los Angeles leader of the anti-liquor Woman's Christian Temperance Union, had the upscale Arcady apartment-hotel built on the site of the Higgins mansion, which was moved down Wilshire to Windsor Square in 1924.

Philips took an apartment herself and advertised the Arcady for people who are accustomed to fine living. A 1928 ad for the Arcady in the Los Angeles Times described deluxe service with "all the work being taken care of by a thoroughly-trained crew of maids, butlers, housemen, pages, valets, laundresses and porters." Rates in 1930 were $5 a day and up for a room and $150 a month for apartments.

The building has since served as a Howard Johnson's hotel and Fifield Manor, a home for elderly members of the First Congregational Church at Lafayette Park."

And it's now the Wilshire Royale -- luxury apartments.

Taken on: November 4, 2018

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Camera: Nikon D3100, f/5.3, 1/1250 sec, 95mm (=142mm), ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D3100
Lens:	18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/5.3
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1250)
Focal Length:	95mm (35mm equivalent: 142mm)
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Not Defined
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 22.5 (Windows)
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