Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools / The Ambassador Hotel (site) (Los Angeles, California)

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A landmark hotel that was opened 1 Jan 1921, formally closed in 1989, and eventually demolished in 2006 despite protests for conservation through adaptive reuse.
The hotel was located at 3400 Wilshire Boulevard.

Best known as a favorite haunt of celebrities from the early 1920's until the late 1960's and the site of many Academy Awards ceremonies. Perhaps as many as seven U.S. Presidents slept there, from Hoover to Nixon, along with heads of state from around the world. The hotel's famed Cocoanut Grove nightclub was played for decades by the biggest names in entertainment, serving as the launching point of such performers as Barbra Streisand, Bing Crosby and Richard Pryor. It was also the site of the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, following his California Primary victory speech.

The Ambassador was torn down in 2006 after a lengthy battle between preservationists and the Los Angeles Unified School District. Only the only the hotel entrance and east wall of the Cocoanut Grove remain.

The Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools, called the RFK Community Schools, is a complex of public schools in Los Angeles, California. The schools cost $578 million to build, making it the most expensive public school in the United States.

The school was designed for 4200 students, which can be filled by students within a nine-block radius.

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambassador_Hotel