Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools
The Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools, called the RFK Community Schools, is a complex of public schools in Los Angeles, California. This was formerly the site of the Ambassador Hotel, the site of the June 1968 assassination of presidential candidate United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools
Robert F. Kennedy Inspiration Park along Wilshire Boulevard
Main entrance to school on Catalina Street
Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles)
The Ambassador Hotel was a hotel in Los Angeles, California. Designed by architect Myron Hunt, the Ambassador Hotel formally opened to the public on January 1, 1921. Later renovations by architect Paul Williams were made to the hotel in the late 1940s. It was also home to the Cocoanut Grove nightclub, a premier Los Angeles night spot for decades; host to six Oscar ceremonies and to every United States President from Herbert Hoover to Richard Nixon.
Entrance gate of the Ambassador Hotel in 1959
Entrance of the Ambassador Hotel, 1970.
Early postcard of the Ambassador Hotel in March 1921.
The Cocoanut Grove was Los Angeles' premier nightclub for celebrities and entertainers.