TDW 1250 - The Nearly Forgotten Aztec Hotel

0:03 Welcome everyone. Adam the Woo here. I'm

0:03 standing in front of my chiropractic

0:05 clinic. Adamson, that is if I was in the

0:08 Karate Kid and Mr. Miyagi

0:12 so adorned me to actually own a

0:15 chiropractic center, he would say,

0:17 "Adamson,

0:20 massage on,

0:22 massage

0:24 off." It's my second channel, daily vlog

0:26 channel. It's the daily woo. I am coming

0:28 to you from the San Fernando. Is it San

0:31 Fernando Valley? San Gabriel Valley, I

0:36 believe is actually where I am in a

0:37 little area by the name of Monrovia,

0:40 California. Got a little confused there

0:42 because I kind of butchered that Mr.

0:44 Miyagi joke. Danielson Adamson. It's my

0:48 second channel, daily vlog channel. It's

0:50 the daily woo. I think I may have done

0:51 that twice. I am very, very confused. I

0:53 have not had the proper amount of

0:55 caffeinated beverages this morning. But

0:57 as I drive around Southern California,

1:00 as I cruise through this very majestic,

1:02 awesome area known as Monrovia,

1:05 California, which is one of my favorite

1:07 areas, Sierra Madre, Monrovia, Arcadia,

1:12 this whole area of Southern California

1:15 and Los Angeles is probably my favorite

1:17 area as you make your way towards

1:19 Pasadena. And there's something very

1:21 fantastic that I saw off to the side of

1:22 the road that I've actually passed in

1:24 the past. That's a lot of paths. That's

1:27 a lot of passing. And that's a lot of

1:29 passing in the past. And I have passed

1:31 this place before, numerous times in the

1:34 past. I've always wanted to vlog it. And

1:35 today, I'm actually going to do so. What

1:37 am I referring to? I'm talking about a

1:39 building that was actually built in 1924

1:42 on the original Route 66. Of course,

1:45 Route 66 goes from Chicago, Illinois to

1:50 Los Angeles, California. It actually

1:52 ends at the Santa Monica Pier. This road

1:55 here was the original Route 66. And as

1:58 we all know, along Route 66 are many

2:00 roadside attractions, weird, wacky

2:03 creations as far as constructions, and

2:05 the way buildings are built. And this is

2:08 no exception. This building was This

2:09 building was built in 1924,

2:12 and it's actually called the Aztec

2:15 Hotel. It actually closed in 2012, and

2:18 businesses have actually taken over

2:20 where the hotel once was. But the

2:22 exterior, the fantastic facade of the

2:26 hotel still exists. Are you ready for

2:29 this? Say hello, not to my little

2:32 friend, but to the I'm doing a little

2:34 Scarface reference there. Say hello to

2:36 my little friend. It's the Aztec Hotel.

2:53 This is what they call Mayan

2:53 architecture. There were actually a lot

2:55 of buildings in that time period built

2:57 with this actual kind of construction in

3:01 mind. And we're actually going to get up

3:02 a little bit closer and actually take a

3:04 closer view at this fantastic building.

3:07 Now, as you're driving along, this

3:09 actually sticks out. Not really like a

3:12 sore thumb, but more like a fantastic

3:15 thumb. A thumb that if you were to see

3:18 it, you would go, that is one heck of a

3:20 nice thumb. And that is basically what

3:23 we are dealing with here. We are

3:25 actually on the corner of Magnolia

3:28 Avenue

3:29 and Foothill Boulevard. You can see the

3:32 sign there, Foothill Boulevard and

3:34 Magnolia Avenue. And of course, City of

3:38 Monrovia. And look at that mountain

3:40 range off in the distance. Does anyone

3:43 know what mountain range that is off in

3:47 the background? If you do, please leave

3:49 a comment down below. Now, we are going

3:50 to cross the road here. This original

3:53 Route 66 as traffic sits and actually

3:56 watches us pass. Look at this. The

3:58 traffic's actually not so bad for being

4:00 in the greater Los Angeles area. This is

4:02 actually not so bad. Of course, the

4:04 freeway is about a quarter of a mile

4:06 that way or a mile that way. It is a

4:08 whole different story at this time of

4:10 day on the freeway, let me assure you.

4:12 Which is one of the reasons I veered off

4:14 to actually get away from the

4:15 bumperto-bumper rush hour traffic. And I

4:18 made a good decision because I stumbled

4:20 upon once again I stumbled upon this.

4:23 And there's actually C3PO and R2-D2 have

4:26 taken over have taken over the Aztec

4:30 hotel. But just look at the construction

4:32 of this. Look at look at the way the

4:35 colors are and look at the stained glass

4:37 windows here. Aztec shop here. Aztec

4:42 coffee shop which of course now is a

4:44 comic book shop. But you can imagine if

4:48 these walls could talk the stories that

4:51 this building could tell. Once a hotel,

4:55 people traveling cross country or

4:57 through California needed a place to

4:59 stay for the night. They would actually

5:00 rent a room. And you can see all the

5:02 rooms up there are completely empty now.

5:04 And if you listen closely, there's a

5:05 little bit of construction happening. Oh

5:07 my gosh, look at that balcony.

5:10 That is super awesome. Look at that

5:12 balcony. That is definitely a relic

5:16 of construction goodness right there.

5:19 Look at that.

5:21 Wow.

5:27 Actually, let's check around the back

5:27 and actually see what the back of the

5:29 building looks like.

5:31 So, there's the back. Look at this

5:34 fantastic house around the backside as

5:36 well. You can see the little drainage

5:38 pipes where the water when it

5:40 accumulates on the roof will actually

5:41 come out the side of those holes and

5:44 dump off. But just look at this. The top

5:46 of the drain pipe, the way that is

5:50 decorated and decored. Here's the inside

5:52 of the windows.

6:01 I would not classify this place as

6:01 abandoned because it's not abandoned.

6:02 They're actually using it and

6:04 repurposing it. And hopefully for some

6:06 Oh, listen. You can hear someone up top

6:08 there with a drill doing some kind of

6:11 maintenance and some kind of work up

6:12 there. Look at What do you think this

6:14 is? Look at this.

6:16 What the heck is that? Does anyone know

6:20 what the heck that was?

6:28 All right, let's go around the front.

6:28 That is where the majesty of this place

6:31 really pops out. Really shines. Anyone

6:33 driving down the road that has never

6:35 been down this road actually sees this

6:36 and thinks, "Man, that is a very, very

6:38 cool place. What is that?" Well, I will

6:41 tell you exactly what it is. I told you

6:43 before, but I will tell these cars as

6:44 they are passing by. The next car that

6:46 passes by, I will tell them, "Hey, Jeep.

6:48 Hey Jeep, this is the Aztec

6:53 hotel.

6:55 Very cool. And look at this. Now there

6:58 is a salon here. There is a barber shop

7:01 there. There is me. Look at me right

7:03 there wearing my fisherman the fridge

7:04 shirt and Michael Jackson button.

7:07 Wearing my Michael Jackson button there.

7:09 And of course my nice blazer,

7:13 which I think is fitting for how awesome

7:16 this place look. Look at the sign. The

7:18 old neon sign up there. The old neon

7:21 sign right here. Look at that.

7:25 Relics of the past. And look at this

7:28 chandelier.

7:34 Look at that chandelier. That's awesome.

7:34 You can still see there are actually

7:36 real candles.

7:38 No, actually they're not real candles.

7:40 They're actually fake candles, but they

7:41 look like real candles. And then the

7:43 lights, the actual light bulbs are on

7:46 top of those.

7:47 But here it is, the old Aztec Hotel. Oh

7:50 my gosh. Look inside here.

7:55 The lobby of this place is awesome. I'm

7:58 going to try to get my camera through

7:59 these bars so you could actually see the

8:01 lobby. You can actually see the lobby

8:03 here.

8:10 [snorts] Might be kind of tough.

8:10 Might be kind of tough to see the lobby.

8:30 Okay, I had to squeeze you in that

8:30 little hole right there. So, I just

8:31 squeezed you in that hole. Hopefully,

8:33 you could see the inside the lobby, but

8:34 it's very awesome. There are actually

8:36 murals upon the sides of the walls in

8:39 the lobby. Man, it would be awesome if

8:41 we could get in here. But the door the

8:43 door is actually locked. Maybe one day I

8:46 could actually get in there. Of course,

8:47 we could could just trigger the fire

8:50 alarm. And I don't know if that would

8:52 actually help or if that would actually

8:53 bring the landlord to the front to

8:55 actually let us in. But look at these

8:57 old tables out front as well. Look at

9:00 this.

9:02 That is awesome.

9:04 That is super super cool. I love the

9:06 windows. I love these lights.

9:10 And just look at this.

9:12 You do not see this every day. How often

9:14 do you drive through your little town

9:17 and see a building that looks like this?

9:20 Very rarely, I assure you. This is a

9:24 piece of history here in Morovia,

9:26 California, the greater Los Angeles

9:28 area. It's the Aztec Hotel. Just look at

9:32 that. That is awesome. Have a great day.

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TDW 1250 - The Nearly Forgotten Aztec Hotel

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