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Pacific Dining Car founder Fred Cook died In 1947. Grace Cook continued to operate the restaurant until 1960, when she sold the restaurant to her daughter Virginia and son-in-law Wes Idol. [1] Wes Idol died in 1970, with Virginia retaining ownership of the restaurant. Wes Idol II purchased Pacific Dining Car from his mother in 1975. [1]
[8] [36] With over 600 seats on three floors, and known as "Clifton's Cafeteria", [6] it was noted as the oldest cafeteria in Los Angeles and the largest public cafeteria in the world in 2009. [18] [8] The third floor included a party room, a banquet room, and many pictures of Clifford and Nelda Clinton. There was a secret room on an upper floor.
He moved to Los Angeles in 1893, planning to practice medicine but discovered the real estate industry was much more lucrative. [citation needed] By 1906 he and his two sons, Edwin Janss Sr. and Harold Janss established an investment company, creating subdivisions in Belvedere Gardens, [2] Boyle Heights, Monterey Park, and Yorba Linda. [3] [4]
Voter registration records show that William A. De Rothschild, listed as 87, has resided at the burned house. Another database shows a 77-year-old man with a similar name owning the property.
The nearly 100-year-old Topanga Ranch Motel was destroyed in the blaze on Tuesday night. The motel, initially bought by William Randolph Hearst in 1929, boasted 30 rooms that served as "an ...
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The area, between Santa Monica and Malibu in northern Los Angeles, is home to some of the country's most expensive real estate. The average house price is about $4.5 million, according to Realtor ...
D. W. Griffith spent the last year of his life at the hotel, [5] and according to the Los Angeles Times on July 23, 1948, he died after being discovered unconscious in the hotel's lobby. [7] However, Griffith may not have collapsed in the lobby at all, as other newspapers reported that Griffith had been "stricken inside his hotel room." [8]