Friday, February 28, 2014

1924 Open Reception...

'The largest and most pretentious in the country' the Los Angeles Times declared in this April 9, 1924 article on the opening of 'The Gaylord, the newest apartment-house in Los Angeles.'

There is just one item in the article that I am trying to figure out, 'the billiard-room in the basement.' I know where the commissary, linen room, kitchen, barber shop, beauty salon and servants' quarters were all located in the basement, but it is the billiard-room that is a mystery. Is there a secret chamber somewhere that has been sealed over or was this room just a part of a sales pitch? All of the rooms seem to be accounted for in the basement. This may be one of those few details that gets lost in the passing of time.