University of Southern California USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour
Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour
Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour
Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour
Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour
Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour
Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour
  • Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour
  • About Us
  • Civic Center/Little Tokyo
  • Fashion District
  • Historic Core
    • Map
    • 7th street
    • Arcade Building
    • Bank of America (former)
    • Barclay Hotel
    • Biddy Mason Park
    • Bradbury Building
    • Broadway
    • Broadway Department Store
    • Clark Hotel
    • Continental Building
    • Craby Joe's
    • Eastern Columbia Building
    • Farmers and Merchants Bank
    • Grand Central Market
    • Hotel Alexandria
    • Jewelry District
    • Los Angeles Theater
    • May Company Department Store
    • May Company Parking Garage
    • Million Dollar Theater
    • Orpheum Theater
    • Oviatt & Pacific Mutual Buildings
    • Pacific Electric Building
    • Pacific Stock Exchange (former)
    • Pershing Square
    • Rosslyn Hotel
    • Roxie Theater
    • Spring Street
    • State Theater
    • Subway Terminal Building
    • The Tower Theater
    • Title Guarantee Building
    • United Artists Theater
  • New Downtown
  • South Park
  • Pueblo/Chinatown
  • Wholesale District/Skid Row
  • Acknowledgements
  • Sources
  • Dr. Curtis C. Roseman
  • Email: croseman@usc.edu

Clark Hotel

426 South Hill Street

Situated near Pershing Square, the Clark is an 11 story complex with a spacious lobby and 555 rooms. It was purchased by the People's Republic of China in the 1980s to become a Chinese business/cultural center, but was later sold when relations between China and the United States cooled.

 

PHOTOS: "Dick" Whittington Collection, USC Libraries, Special Collections (left); 1940s postcard (right).