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Anyone ever been to or stayed at the Bonaventura Hotel in downtown LA? What did you think of it infamous Lobby? (lemmy.world)

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Its lobby has been sort of criticized as a postmodern nightmare by many critics, how did you find it?

Seems like a scary place to be high for sure

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[-] asg101@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

I used to live in L.A. and visited the Bonaventure a few times. My most vivid impression of it and all the downtown office/hotel buildings was that these gleaming futuristic towers were surrounded by people living on the street in abject poverty and hunger. Millionaires and billionaires had to walk (or drive) past the homeless on a daily basis. I handed out bag lunches in the 80's, and saw entire families living on park benches within eyesight of the Bonaventure.

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