The El Royale Apartments building was designed by William Douglas Lee and built in 1929. The rooftop and entrance signs may be from then. For more, see this website. [map]

The Los Altos Hotel & Apartments was built as an apartment building in 1925. The twin signs were restored by the city in 1997. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3. [map]

The DuBarry Apartments building was constructed in 1929. The sign was also restored by the city in 1997. The letters are lit with green neon. [map]

The Evanston Apartments were built in the 1920s. The sign was restored by the city in 1995. [map]

The Bryson Apartment Hotel was built in 1913. The sign was probably built in the late 1920s. It was restored around 1996 by the city. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

The Amor Arms Hotel & Apartments was built in 1927. This sign was there by 1928. [map]

The Fontenoy Apartments were also built in 1928. For more, see this website. [map]

The Asbury Apartments were built in 1925. The building is used for low-income housing. For more, see this website. [map]

The Ravenswood Apartments were built by Paramount Pictures in 1930. This is is either from then or shortly after that. There was also another revolving "R" sign on the roof which is gone now. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

In 1923, a second building known as the "Rosslyn Annex" was built across the street. This added another 300 rooms and the original sign was changed to read "1100." A new scaffold bulb sign was built on the Annex building which read "Hart Bros., Rosslyn Hotel Annex, 1100 Rooms" and was encircled with a red heart. The Annex sign lost most of its letters over the years and now reads only "Rosslyn Hotel." When both signs were restored in 2000 by the City of Los Angeles, neon was added to all the letters to save on electrical costs. The heart's bulbs were retained, and the scaffolding was repainted to the original red, blue, yellow, and green. A few years later, the Rosslyn Building was converted into lofts while the Annex became low-income housing. The signs are too expensive to operate and are only turned on for movie shoots. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, 3, and 4. [map]

The Hotel Knickerbocker was built in 1923 as the Security Apartments. However, they never opened. In 1928, new owners bought the property and renamed it the Knickerbocker Hotel Apartments. The hotel opened in 1929 and this sign by Metlox was installed in 1931. The entrance canopy was added in 1955. The "Hollywood" letters were added then. The sign on top of the canopy was added later. In 1972, the hotel was converted into the Knickerbocker Apartments with housing for senior citizens. When the rooftop sign was restored, possibly in the 1980s, the "HOTEL" letters were painted over to read "THE". [map]