I have been following the progress of the current mound of dirt on Sunset Boulevard and Crescent Heights, which was once the site of the Garden of Allah Hotel. What treasures/secrets were buried there when the hotel was razed in 1959? Oh, to be able to sift through the soil and see if there are any remnants of the infamous complex where F. Scott Fitzgerald, Errol Flynn, Humphrey Bogart, and Marlene Dietrich once resided. From my seventh floor vantage point, I don’t see anything…yet. Hard (and sad) to imagine that a Frank Gehry monstrosity will eventually rise up from this lot.
Here’s what Allah looked like back in the 1950’s:
A vintage menu:
Looking at the offerings is like opening a time capsule. You can tell so much about an era/society by what they eat.
Stay tuned to see how the excavation progresses.
See more Garden of Allah photos at my main website.
