Though subtle, the differences are just enough to lead me to believe the 1904 firehouse was razed during the bridge project and a replacement then built at the new location. And while the original featured one bay door, the hotel has two.
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The former boasted an intricately paned, three-panel window with angled projections across its second floor (as you can see here), while the latter has six separate flat windows in that spot. 17 is quite different from that of the Arts District Firehouse Hotel. Though similar, the edifice of the original Engine Co. I’ve come across a few reports stating that to accommodate the project, the entire building was picked up and moved the short distance to 710 South Santa Fe Avenue, but I don’t believe that to be true. At its inception, the handsome vine-covered building (which you can see here) sat facing Seventh Street, in pretty much the spot where Bread Lounge stands today When the Seventh Street Bridge, which ran in front of the station, was raised above grade in the mid-20s, Engine Co. Interestingly, it was situated in a slightly different location at the time – at 2100 East Seventh Street, about 100 feet north of its current home. 17, which started servicing the downtown area on April 1st, 1905. The Arts District Firehouse Hotel began life as Engine Co. The Arts District Firehouse Hotel is so artfully designed and unique that I couldn’t help but snap some pics while waiting for my drink, which turned out to be quite fortuitous, because, as it turns out, the place is a filming location!
Undeterred, I ventured right on over there as soon as we arrived in town to grab that matchbook – and an iced latte from the lobby coffee bar, natch. to take care of some business a few weeks later, I, of course, tried to reserve a room at the property, but it was completely booked. One look at Emily’s story and I decided I had to snag some of the hotel’s matches ASAP to add to my new collection. As it so happens, I had recently changed up my kitchen décor by adding some pops of pink, including a bowl filled with two rose-colored matchbooks. While there, she recorded an Instagram story showing an assortment of blush matchbooks displayed at the check-in desk. Case in point – a few months back favorite blogger Emily Schuman, of Cupcakes and Cashmere, did a photo shoot at the Arts District Firehouse Hotel, a stylish fire-station-turned-lodging in downtown L.A. I typically scoff at the notion, but he’s 100% right. The Grim Cheaper likes to say that I fixate on the silliest of things.
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