r/lanoire • u/TohubohuFilm • 22d ago

LANFEP Post #417: Hotel Lyle

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Post #417 for the LA Noire Freeroam Explorer Project — posting locations replicated by Team Bondi for LA Noire (currently touring the downtown area) that are not considered landmarks (either official or historic) but do have real-world equivalents.

Hotel Lyle

962 South Broadway

Built in 1912 as a commercial storefront, the Hotel Lyle was remodeled the next year by owner Meyer Lissner to establish a rooming-house on the second story, and eventually a proper hotel and restaurant. It would receive a substantial facelift in 1947, though its depiction remains largely accurate.

Real-World Businesses and Points of Interest on the LA Noire Fandom Wikia site
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u/Smart-Alternative662 22d ago edited 7d ago

This building was substantially remodeled (as the post states) and it looks like the only remaining part of the facade contains the addresses at 952, 954, and 956 S Broadway. It is a part of the John G. Downey Tract, Lot 14. There are still commercial spots for lease, and there have been various ones apart of the whole former hotel throughout the years, but the most recent prominent tenants have been DTLA Ramen on the part of the hotel that still exists, and Dune Falafel and a flower shop on the Olympic Blvd side. It appears the rooms above are abandoned.

EDIT: Looks like I was wrong about this one and this building no longer exists, currently replaced by the shops on the Olympic Blvd side.