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Abbott, Edith, 206 , 236 , 258

Actors as hotel residents, 64

Adams House, Boston, 60

African Americans. See Blacks

Alameda, California, 253

Alcoholics, 120 , 140

Algonquin Hotel, New York, 66 , 77

Allerton Houses, New York, 82 –83, 103

Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, 65

American plan. See Costs

Anderson, Nels, 134 , 154 , 160 , 207

Anonymity in rooming houses, 119 , 222

Apartment hotels, 84 –85, 306 , 195 , 224 , 253 . See also Hotel Agassiz

Apartments

criticisms shared with hotels, 215 , 223 , 227 , 250 –252, 254 –255

definitions, 7 , 255

intertwining history with hotels, 51 –52, 125 , 245 , 268 , 291 , 52 , 113

official preference and Western Addition, 262 , 276 , 278 –279

and parking, 267 , 296

private development and owner income, 86 , 178 –179, 192 , 249

tenant costs and barriers, 125 –126, 306

See also Efficiency apartments

Arbuckle, Roscoe (Fatty), and Arbuckle parties, 219

Aronovici, Carol, 205 , 219

Asian Americans, 11 , 102 , 105 , 112

Astor House, New York, 26 , 30 , 39

AuCoin, Les, 289

Automobiles, 121 , 156

effects of downtown highways, 251 , 269

parking at more expensive hotels, 43 , 81 , 269 –270

rooming houses and parking, 267 , 270 , 296 , 301 , 271

See also Motels

Avon Hotel, Oakland, 247


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