Hotel Normandie (Los Angeles)

The Hotel Normandie is a historic boutique hotel within what is now Koreatown, Los Angeles. It is located at 605 S. Normandie Ave and has 92 guest rooms and suites. It was built in 1926 in the Wilshire district in the Renaissance Revival style and was designed by Walker & Eisen, the firm of Los Angeles architects Percy A. Eisen and Albert R. Walker.

Author Malcolm Lowry wrote a significant portion of the novel Under the Volcano while residing at the hotel. Under the Volcano is now listed at #11 on Modern Library's list of 100 Best Novels.

The hotel was listed as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #1013 in 2012 by the Cultural Heritage Commission City of Los Angeles.

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