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Reopened last year
aer a refresh, Hotel
Figueroa kept the best
of its past while setting
the tone for its future
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ince opening in
1926 as an exclusive
women's hostelry
by the YWCA, Hotel
Figueroa has been at the
forefront of social progress.
roughout the years,
it has been a home for
intellectuals and artists—it
exhibited "Women Painters
of the West" in its lobby
in 1933—and provided a
platform for activists to
give speeches denouncing
racism and sexism, among
other issues, especially
in the 1950s. Today, the
legacy lives on in the Hotel
Figueroa's current form.
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HOTEL
FIGUEROA
