First, a big CONGRATS to the Boys in Blue for winning the 2020 World Series last night and bringing the trophy home to L.A. to help lift the spirits of the city along with the recent NBA championship win by the Lakers.
Second, the man most influential in bringing the Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles was this man, Mayor Norris Poulson (here you have a photo of him celebrating the City Council approving the Dodgers contract on Oct 7, 1957). Upon his return from Washington D.C. in 1953, after having served as a congressman between the years of 1943- 1953 and being elected as mayor of L.A. in 1953, Mayor Norris Poulson & his wife took up temporary residence in the Gaylord while they looked for a "modest home of our own."
Poulson is just another on a long list of distinguished luminaries who resided at the Gaylord over our storied 96 year history. The Gaylord is synonymous with the history of City of Los Angeles.
