"Ray and I regarded our new acquisition as an investment, nothing more. It wasn't until Ray moved in and the renovation began that our thinking began to change. The Marmot, we discovered, was a most friendly castle. The atmosphere was warm and genuinely real. We fell in love with the place. As the months passed, we met many of the Marmont's guests. There were regulars, wonderful people, like , , , , , , , , , , and ."
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Chateau Marmont
, located in Los Angeles at 8221 , is a hotel, notable for the many celebrities who stay there as short-term guests or long-term residents. Inspired by the , the attorney Fred Horowitz commissioned the architects Arnold A. Weitzman and to design an apartment building, which opened in February 1929. Because of the , the apartment building was not a financial success and, after a change of ownership, was converted into a hotel, which opened in 1931. In 1976, Chateau Marmont was designated a .
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