Hotel Rosslyn Annex

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name =Hotel Rosslyn Annex

| nrhp_type =

| image = Hotel Rosslyn Annex, Los Angeles.jpg

| caption = Southeast side of the Hotel Rosslyn Annex

| location= 112 W. 5th St., Los Angeles, California

| coordinates = {{coord|34.0468|-118.2489|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = United States Los Angeles Downtown

| area =

| built =1923

| architect=Parkinson & Parkinson, George Edwin Bergstrom

| architecture=Beaux Arts

| added = August 13, 2013

| governing_body =

| refnum=13000589

}}

File:The Rosslyn Hotels- 111 West Fifth Street- Los Angeles 13, California (67727).jpg

The Hotel Rosslyn Annex is a historic building in Los Angeles, California built in 1923 at the corner of 5th and Main streets. The structure was designed by the firm Parkinson & Parkinson in the Beaux Arts style and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/places/pdfs/13000589.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hotel Rosslyn Annex|author= Dory, Elysha |date=2011 |publisher=National Park Service}}{{dead link|date=June 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

The building is across the street from the original 800-room Rosslyn Hotel built in 1914. Designed as a twin, both were topped by mammoth glowing signs featuring the names surrounded by a heart, the shape acknowledging the Hart brothers who owned the hotels.Pool, Bob (October 31, 2014) [http://www.latimes.com/local/great-reads/la-me-c1-hidden-speakeasy-20141031-story.html "DOWNTOWN L.A. SPEAKEASY RESTS EASY — FOR NOW"] Los Angeles Times

The building became famous for its large roof-mounted signboard saying "New Million Dollar Hotel."{{Cite web |title=Rosslyn Hotel and Annex |url=https://waterandpower.org/Museum2/Rosslyn_Hotel_and_Annex.html |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=Water and Power Associates}}{{Cite book |last1=McCann |first1=Linda |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ElSTJpnxs7oC |title=Historic Hotels of Los Angeles and Hollywood |last2=Taube |first2=Dace |last3=Zachary |first3=Claude |last4=Roseman |first4=Curtis C. |date=2008 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-5906-3 |publication-date=2008 |pages=60 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Johnson |first=Dana |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2N8REAAAQBAJ |title=In the Not Quite Dark |date=2016-08-01 |publisher=Catapult |isbn=978-1-61902-850-0 |language=en}} The hotel closed in 1959, before reopening again in 1979 and eventually focusing on low-price housing.{{Cite web |title=Rosslyn Hotel |url=https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/rosslyn-hotel/ |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=LA Conservancy |language=en-US}} The rooftop sign was featured in the pilot episode of "The Amazing Spider-Man",{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdCXSV15Af0&t=3369s&ab_channel=Spider-man77TV | title=The Amazing Spider-man | S01E01 | Pilot | website=YouTube | date=July 31, 2023 }} the music videos for "Where the Streets Have No Name" by U2 and "Interstate Love Song" by Stone Temple Pilots, as well as the 2000 Wim Wenders film "The Million Dollar Hotel".{{Cite web |title=Filming Locations for Million Dollar Hotel (2000), in Los Angeles. |url=http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/m/Million-Dollar-Hotel.php |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations}} The story of the film had been conceived by U2's lead vocalist Bono while filming the music video, and the filming took place inside the hotel despite its dilapidated state by then.{{Cite news |date=14 October 1991 |title=U2's Bono Doing "Million Dollar" Deal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EkNwz83JvvkC |work=New York Magazine |pages=10}}

The 264-unit Hotel Rosslyn Annex was renovated in 2015 to house a mix of homeless veteran, low-income and market-rate tenants.Holland, Gale (September 9, 2014) [http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-rosslyn-homeless-vets-20140930-story.html "Restored Rosslyn Hotel annex will house 75 homeless veterans"] Los Angeles Times{{Cite web|url=https://www.laconservancy.org/locations/rosslyn-hotel-annex-apartments|title = Rosslyn Hotel (Annex) Apartments | Los Angeles Conservancy}}