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Tom Arnold's Old Places: La Valencia Hotel
A Pink Lady to whom age has been exceptionally kind
The building known by locals as La Jolla's “Pink Lady” was designed by local architect Reginald Johnson as a tribute to classic Spanish architecture. Opened in December 1926 as an apartment hotel called Los Apartmentos de Sevilla, the name was changed less than two years later to La Valencia, and the focus was shifted toward attracting short-term visitors from Hollywood, where co-owner MacArthur Gorton had connections. It was an easy sell during the Roaring Twenties: the 11-story hotel boasted sunny courtyards, tropical gardens and sweeping ocean views. Early guests included Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, and Ginger Rogers. Later, the La Valencia became a home away from home from the stars who sustained the original La Jolla Playhouse, including founders Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, and Mel Ferrer, and actors Joseph Cotten and Jennifer Jones. In the late '50s, Raymond Chandler holed up at the Pink Lady to write his last completed novel, Playback, while Theodore Geisel – better known as Dr. Seuss – was a regular at the ground-level Whaling Bar. The La Valencia was designated a San Diego Historic Landmark in 1987 and continues to attract the rich, the famous and the beautiful, a Pink Lady to whom age has been exceptionally kind.
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Tom Arnold's Old Places: La Valencia Hotel
A Pink Lady to whom age has been exceptionally kind
Tom Arnold's Old Places: La Valencia Hotel
A Pink Lady to whom age has been exceptionally kind
The building known by locals as La Jolla's “Pink Lady” was designed by local architect Reginald Johnson as a tribute to classic Spanish architecture. Opened in December 1926 as an apartment hotel called Los Apartmentos de Sevilla, the name was changed less than two years later to La Valencia, and the focus was shifted toward attracting short-term visitors from Hollywood, where co-owner MacArthur Gorton had connections. It was an easy sell during the Roaring Twenties: the 11-story hotel boasted sunny courtyards, tropical gardens and sweeping ocean views. Early guests included Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, and Ginger Rogers. Later, the La Valencia became a home away from home from the stars who sustained the original La Jolla Playhouse, including founders Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, and Mel Ferrer, and actors Joseph Cotten and Jennifer Jones. In the late '50s, Raymond Chandler holed up at the Pink Lady to write his last completed novel, Playback, while Theodore Geisel – better known as Dr. Seuss – was a regular at the ground-level Whaling Bar. The La Valencia was designated a San Diego Historic Landmark in 1987 and continues to attract the rich, the famous and the beautiful, a Pink Lady to whom age has been exceptionally kind.