The Villa Riviera Hotel, 800 East Ocean Boulevard, constructed in 1929, was second in height at that time only to Los Angeles City Hall. Its architect, Richard D. King, won a grand prize at an international contest for his design of the sixteen-story building. The cost of construction was over two million dollars. At one time, Joseph M. Schenck of Twentieth Century-Fox and Norma Talmadge, then his wife, owned the hotel. It survived the Long Beach earthquake with only plaster cracks which were easily repaired and is a Long Beach landmark. A man sits on a bench by a park that leads to the Villa Riviera Hotel on Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach. A 2-hour parking sign is attached to the lamppost as well as a sign giving mileage to North Long Beach, 6; Bell, 15; Maywood, 16; Pasadena, 28 1/2.
Villa Riviera Hotel (Long Beach, Calif.) Hotels--California--Long Beach Streets--California--Long Beach Works Progress Administration Collection photographs Long Beach (Calif.) King, Richard D
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