Until its demolition in 2005, the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Blvd. in Hollywood was home to the Cocoanut Grove. The glamorous supper club and entertainment venue designed originally like a Moorish oasis tent opened in 1921, and for decades the stage hosted leading orchestras and singers while movie industry stars and executives dined and drank at tabl…
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