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Hotel Del Coronado 

 

Aka The Del or the Hotel Del.

Address  1500 Orange Avenue, Coronado, California. 

Story

Historic hotel located in the San Diego Bay (,,

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It's the second biggest wooden structure in the USA.

The construction started in March 1887 (;;

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It opened in February 1888 and offered 399 rooms ().



The hotel welcomed wealthy clients such as Charles Lindbergh, Thomas Edison, and Edward, Prince of Wales, among others.

 

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For less rich clients, the Del Tent City was founded, and was very popular from 1900 to 1938

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Link with Marilyn

September-October 1958 : Marilyn stayed there during the production of the outdoor scenes of « Some Like It

Hot » ;,

25th anniversary of the production of "Some Like It Hot", April 28, 1986

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Hotel Del Coronado

 

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