A fire in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday destroyed a historic building that had been immortalized on the cover of the 1970 album "Morrison Hotel," by rock band The Doors. More than 100 ...

It was a building immortalized as the album art and title for the Doors’ fifth album. But on Thursday, the former Morrison Hotel — most recently slated to be used for affordable housing ...

A former hotel in downtown L.A. whose name graced a 1970 Doors album — and where the band surreptitiously shot the record’s cover art — was badly burned in a fire Thursday morning ...

The historic Los Angeles building featured on the cover of a 1970 album by iconic rock band The Doors was damaged in ... long ago under the name Morrison Hotel, which shared band leader Jim ...

The former Morrison Hotel made famous by the Doors' album art erupted in flames in Los Angeles and required more than 100 firefighters to contain the blaze.

The Morrison Hotel, the famous backdrop for The Doors’ 1970 album named after it, was destroyed by a huge fire Thursday while being occupied by dozens of homeless squatters. Almost 100 ...

The site was famously captured for the cover of The Doors' Morrison Hotel album, which was released in 1970. On the cover, the band's members are seen posing inside a glass window with the moniker ...

Vehicles drive past the Morrison Hotel on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2004, in Los Angeles. The famed hotel is pictured on the cover of The Doors’ 1970 album of the same name.

LOS ANGELES — The former Morrison Hotel, made famous by The Doors and their 1970 album of the same name, was significantly damaged by a fire that erupted in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday.