Henry Diltz, photographer of the original Morrison Hotel album cover, attends the Day of the Doors pop-up event on Jan. 4, 2020, at the Original Morrison Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. (Scott ...

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.

Henry Diltz, photographer of the original "Morrison Hotel" album cover, attends the Day of the Doors pop-up event at the original Morrison Hotel at 1246 S. Hope St. on Jan. 4, 2020, in Los Angeles.

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 ...

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 four-story Los Angeles landmark, the Morrison Hotel, which was made famous by The Doors, has been destroyed after going up in flames.

The Los Angeles Fire Department knocked down a fire Thursday in a vacant downtown building that was formerly the home of the Morrison Hotel, which became famous after it was photographed as the ...

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 (Dec. 26).

In 1970, the Doors released the album Morrison Hotel, named after an establishment in downtown Los Angeles and immortalizing it with the famous cover art. On Thursday (Dec. 26), the iconic four ...

“On this day, December 17th, 1969, we were out taking photos for the Morrison Hotel album cover,” Diltz wrote on Facebook. “We were at a transient hotel in Downtown LA on Hope Street.

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 ...

Morrison and The Doors would release one final album, “L.A. Woman,” before he was found dead in a Paris bathtub on July 3, 1971. Vehicles drive past the Morrison Hotel on Tuesday, Dec. 21 ...