L.A., Hayward Manor

In 1874, the first Ralphs Grocery Store was built on this site at 6th and Spring in Downtown L.A. In 1905, Dr. Henderson Hayward built the Henderson Hayward Hotel Building. From blogdowntown.com - "The Hayward Hotel is actually a series of three buildings, constructed between 1906 and 1925. The original hotel is at the corner, and opened in July of 1906. The addition on Spring street was added in 1918, while the 6th street annex was opened in 1926. The original building also received an extra floor in 1916."
It is now the Hayward Manor, 525 low-rent studio apartments - approximately $800 monthly.
The 10th floor roof garden is a nice oasis.
For a 1913 history of Dr. Hayward, go to http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~npmelton/lahayw.htm