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Labor force and hotels, 8 , 11
effects of uneven employment, 103 –105, 109 , 149 , 263
profiles, 308 –309
locational importance, 109 , 156 , 270
stimulus for construction and reform, 57 , 90 , 180 , 192 , 236
Labor unrest, 236
Laborers. See Casual laborers
Lancaster, Ohio, 231
Land use mixture
as result of individual owners' actions, 110 , 168 , 187 , 187, 253
undesirable, 248 –252, 256 , 112, 249
and hotel districts, 48 , 154 –155, 250 –251, 295 , 197
See also Zoning
Lexington, Kentucky, 6
Lick House, San Francisco, 28 , 32 , 35 , 28
Light housekeeping rooms, 124 –125, 192 , 297 , 306 , 125
interior conditions, 245 , 126, 268
Light wells. See Hotel design, light well variations
Lodgers and lodger evil, 6 , 92 , 214 , 280 . See also Boarding with a family
Lodging house, as occasional synonym for rooming house, 6
Lodging houses, building types, 140 –151
as interchangeable landscape, 162
contrasts between facades and interiors, 163 –165, 164, 166 , 179 , 194 , 287
cubicle type (and wards), 141 –144, 147 , 171 , 165
cubicle type, interior views, 143, 145
cubicles and wards in California codes, 146 , 243
flophouses and police station lodgings, 141 , 148 , 132
full room type, 4 , 141 , 143 , 145, 171 , 190
informal lodgings, 147
slow specialization of building types, 188 , 190 , 189, 193
types and mixtures of types, 143 –147, 24, 135 , 146 , 159
ward type (see Cubicle type)
See also Central Hotel; Denver House; Family association buildings; Hotel Warner; International Hotel; Kenton Hotel; Portland Hotel; Reno Hotel
Lodging houses, general issues
advantages for residents, 160 , 162 –163
and building codes, 146 , 241 –246
fluctuations in demand, 134 , 182 , 265 , 184
future needs, 1 –2, 8 –11, 299
health and safety risks, 143 , 145 , 229 , 242
and locations, 113 , 151 –160, 158 , 160 , 192 –193, 135, 162
municipal, 148 , 182 , 240 , 280 –281, 240
owners and philanthropists, 149 –150, 169 –170, 150 (see also Edward Rolkin)
and redevelopment, 243 , 269 –270, 274
social and cultural risks, 7 –8, 140 , 226 , 228 , 238 , 265
See also Single workers' districts
Lodging houses, residents, 137 , 141 , 148 , 156 , 190 , 309 , 139
African Americans, 137 , 159 , 161
Asian Americans, 137 , 157 –159
Lodging houses, residents,
ill, injured, or social outcasts, 138 , 140 , 160
native-born Euro-Americans, 137
individual examples:
Felix Ayson, 4 ;
Bertha Thompson (Box-Car Bertha), 138
See also Casual laborers
Loft buildings, 96 , 147 , 96 , 146, 189
Loneliness, and rooming houses, 221 –222
Los Angeles, 147 , 220 , 229 , 299 . See also Ambassador Hotel
Lower East Side, New York, 280
Lower Nob Hill, San Francisco, 75 –76
Lower West Side, New York, 154
Lubin, Simon J., 235 –236, 239 , 235, 237
Lucky M Pool Hall, San Francisco, 158
Lunchrooms. See Food provision