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Tag along with the architects behind the Hotel Figueroa face-lift at this insiders’ tour

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The lobby entryway at Hotel Figueroa in downtown Los Angeles on March 1, 2018.

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Santa Monica artist Alison Van Pelt portrayed the hotel’s first managing director and pioneering aviatrix Maude Bouldin, astride a motorcycle, at Hotel Figueroa. It is an 8-foot-square painting in the guest lobby.

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The bar at Hotel Figueroa.

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A push of a book on a bookshelf reveals a secret room in one of the guest rooms at Hotel Figueroa.

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The push of a book on a bookshelf in one of the guest rooms reveals this secret room at Hotel Figueroa.

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A guest room at Hotel Figueroa.

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Blu, fig-leaf wallpaper in a guest bathroom at Hotel Figueroa.

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A guest bathroom at Hotel Figueroa.

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An artist was commissioned to design the elevator doors, a different artist for each floor, at Hotel Figueroa.

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A guest room at Hotel Figueroa.

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A guest room at Hotel Figueroa.

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Hotel Figueroa in downtown Los Angeles.

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A guest room at Hotel Figueroa.

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Photographs by photographer Estevan Oriol line a hallway at Hotel Figueroa.

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A hallway at Hotel Figueroa.

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Lobby in Hotel Figueroa.

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The lobby entryway at Hotel Figueroa.

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The lobby entryway at Hotel Figueroa.

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By Lisa Boone
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When it was announced that the Hotel Figueroa was going to receive a multimillion-dollar makeover in 2015, many people worried that the quirky boutique hotel would lose its bold, Moroccan charm.

Created by the Young Women’s Christian Assn., the 12-story hotel originally opened in 1926 as “an exclusive women’s hostelry” that catered to female travelers.

Following a lengthy two-year renovation, the hotel’s redesign honors the hotel’s history with stylish feminine touches and 21st century luxuries that meet the needs of modern travelers.

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Curious to know more? Tour the hotel with architects Rocky Rockefeller and Keith Ireland of Rockefeller Kempel Architects when the Los Angeles chapter of the American Institute of Architects hosts a tour of the hotel on Aug. 23.

Hotel Figueroa tour

When: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday Aug. 23

Where: 939 S. Figueroa St., downtown Los Angeles

Tickets: $25 to $35

Info: aialosangeles.org

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Lisa Boone

Lisa Boone is a features writer for the Los Angeles Times. Since 2003, she has covered home design, gardening, parenting, houseplants, even youth sports. She is a native of Los Angeles.

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