Construction site for the new $25,000,000 Statler Hotel (now Omni Hotel), which sits between Figueroa Street and Francisco Street, and Wilshire Boulevard and West Seventh Street 

Completing construction on the $25,000,000 Statler Hotel (now Omni Hotel), which sits between Figueroa Street and Francisco Street, and Wilshire Boulevard and West Seventh Street 

Nighttime shot of the front of the $25,000,000 Statler Hotel (later the Omni Hotel), which sits between Figueroa Street and Francisco Street, and Wilshire Boulevard and West Seventh Street 

Side view of the new $25,000,000 Statler Hotel (later the Omni Hotel) 

Automobile entrance to Statler Hotel 

Groundbreaking ceremonies at the $25,000,000 Statler Hotel (later the Omni Hotel), which sits between Figueroa Street and Francisco Street, and Wilshire Boulevard and West Seventh Street 

Ferns in the lobby of the Statler Hotel 

Wilshire marquee of the Statler Hotel 

Women behind the scenes at new Statler Hotel 

Main kitchen in the Los Angeles Hotel Statler 

Terry Hutchins, 4, his toy stream shovel ready, as he watches the wrecking of the Paul G. Hoffman building at Seventh Street and Figueroa Street 

Visitors at the Statler Hotel 

Statler Center unique motorist lobby 

First Statler Hotel guest. 

Typical Statler Hotel bathroom 

Erection of steel for the $20 million Statler Hotel and Office Building in Los Angeles, completed by Western Steel Corporation 

Use of bamboo to keep the Statler Hotel's philodendrons in line can be duplicated in almost any home 

View of the ultra-smart Terrace Room in the Los Angeles Hotel Statler, showing part of the patrons on opening night 

A typical guest room, studio type, at the Los Angeles Statler 

Elevator corridors of the new Statler Center, Los Angeles, showing Tareyton Lokweave carpet installed in seamless construction