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Buying the Mayfair, she said, would substantially reduce the program’s room rental costs. Under the proposal, Mayfair residents would have access to on-site services focusing on mental health, addiction, life skills, job applications and the search for permanent housing. Participants would receive laundry services and three daily meals, the report said.
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Other private event spaces include a Speakeasy, Library Bar, and a meeting space donned with a wall map from 1929. A massive rooftop pool deck and bar that will include a fitness center, private cabanas, and outdoor fireplace are coming soon. Conceived as an all-suite hotel by New York-based interior design studio Goodrich, the new Mayfair will boast home-like suites, each with a private terrace, a living room and a separate sleeping area. Art will also feature prominently on the property thanks to newly commissioned murals by Verre Églomisé artist Jane Richardson-Mack, Bahamian visual artist Angelika Wallace-Whitfield and Miami-born Michele Oka Doner. Unwind in the Mayfair’s luxurious lobby and M Bar over a specialty cocktail.
Accessible Grand Luxe Corner Suite
Hotel residents regularly sneaked into his family’s apartment building and used drugs in the stairwell and parking garage, setting off fire alarms, Gaada said. They described scenes of open-air drug use, discarded hypodermic needles, antisocial behavior and criminal activity. Bass and her team have been trying to reassure the neighbors, promising the Mayfair will be “completely different” from Project Roomkey once it is city-owned. Project Roomkey, she said, was created in response to COVID-19, providing rooms for unhoused Angelenos to shelter in place but lacking in critical social services. Inside and outside the building,” wrote a worker with Helpline Youth Counseling Inc., a service provider assigned to the hotel, in early 2022. Our team designed dozens of custom furniture pieces that make the rooms feel more like a guesthouse than a hotel and created color palettes inspired by the feeling of richness from the original hotel.
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Los Angeles HCM #613, this compact Usonian home was designed in 1952 by James De Long for local real estate broker Robert Scholfield. “Together, with actions like this, we can sustain our momentum toward confronting the homelessness crisis,” she said. Residentially proportioned, our dramatic 1,209sf Penthouse Suite is a one-of-a-kind indoor/outdoor sanctuary with expressive socializing, sleeping, dining, and creative spaces, plus a clawfoot bathtub, a wet bar, and original piano. Guests have also reported strange occurrences in the infamous stateroom B340, where unexplained noises, disembodied voices, and objects moving on their own have been documented. The most haunted areas include the engine room, where a young crew member was crushed to death, and the first-class swimming pool, where the ghosts of two drowned women have been sighted. The Millennium Biltmore Hotel has been many things since it opened in 1923.
The first, Mayfair Grill, is designed as a garden cafe located in the atrium. The cuisine will feature southwest-inspired dishes and drinks from the New Mexico/Arizona/Souther California region. Our indoor and outdoor venues offer uncommonly vibrant settings for milestone celebrations or private events, from rooftop cocktails at Sipsip Calypso Rum Bar to dancing under vertical gardens on the Terrace. Because the city is the buyer, the purchase of the Mayfair will not be subject to transfer taxes, including those required under ULA, a voter-approved tax on transactions of more than $5 million, according to the report. Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez, who represents the neighborhood where the Mayfair is located, has not yet taken a position on whether she supports or opposes the purchase.
Others have reported that it sounded like someone was rummaging through their things while in bed, but no one was in the room. Ghostly figures in tuxedos have been spotted in the Blossom Room, the former home of the Oscars. Based on reports, the ghost of a little girl wanders the hotel in her blue dress. Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Montgomery Clift, and Marilyn Monroe all lived at the Roosevelt during their lifetime. With the likes of Al Capone and Bugsy Siegel as regular visitors to the hotel, it is no surprise the hotel is known for ghosts and haunted activity.
Millennium Biltmore Hotel, Downtown LA
The namesake Mayfair Grill is slated to be a picturesque garden café in the hotel’s atrium, serving up wood-fired cuisine inspired by North America’s Sonoran region (Arizona, Southern California and New Mexico). Up on the roof, guests will encounter Caribbean pool bar Sipsip (named for the Bahamian word for “gossip” or “sharing news,” a nod to Coconut Grove’s early Bahamian settlers), where craft cocktails and rum-based drinks are sure to flow. Opened in 1985—during one of the neighborhood’s peak eras—the indoor/outdoor hotel debuted with an impressive courtyard and lush garden, unlike anything the city had ever seen before. This summer, it’ll build on architect Kenneth Treister’s unique original design and reopen as the Mayfair House Hotel & Garden, where every guest will get to enjoy the experience of escaping to a private oasis. Embracing original architect Kenneth Treister’s signature work of art that has transcended time, the hotel was lovingly transformed by New York-based studio Goodrich. Honoring the neighborhood’s inherent artistic spirit, no two rooms at the Mayfair House Hotel & Garden are exactly alike, promising guests a new experience each time they visit.
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The facelift is designed to preserve the original design while enhancing the guest experience. Now that renovations on CocoWalk have been completed (which introduced new restaurants like The Key Club), the neighborhood’s iconic Mayfair Hotel & Spa is the next development soon to be on the scene with a fresh look. The Inside Safe budget already includes $110 million for hotel and motel rental costs and $47 million for the acquisition of several smaller motels. If the council signs off on the Mayfair deal, the cost of Bass’ Inside Safe program would probably jump from $250 million to well over $300 million for the current budget year, which began July 1. The Mayfair Hotel, which housed homeless Angelenos for much of the pandemic, is now listed for $70 million. Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #394, this 1908 Craftsman was designed by the firm of Eager & Eager.
The Mayfair Hotel, Downtown LA
The hotel was meant to be a location for business people to stay when passing through Los Angeles. One hotel guest recounts a story of taking a shower only to wake up to find his suitcase empty, the covers on the bed turned down, and the television on. Some people have said that they have seen shadow figures in their hotel rooms.
Others have been unable to sleep because of an unknown, or unsettling, feeling they get while in their hotel room. Bassett wondered if the housekeeping staff cleaned her room as she slept. The front desk staff confirmed that no one living had been to her room. According to Angela Bassett, there is an elegant ghost at the Marmont. Information on this page, including website, location, and opening hours, is subject to have changed since this page was last published. If you would like to report anything that’s inaccurate, let us know at
Welcome to the City of Angels, or perhaps more fittingly, the City of Ghosts. Los Angeles is a place where dreams come true, but it’s also a city with a darker side, hiding secrets and tales of haunted hotels. Farber said his group worked to connect Mayfair residents with the Department of Mental Health and other county agencies.
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