Hayward Paint Removal Reveals a Shiny Exterior

By Eric Richardson
Published: Wednesday, June 25, 2008, at 05:16PM

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A close-up shows the old brown paint and the cream-colored finish underneath.

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — Another phase of the ongoing renovation to the exterior of the Hayward Hotel kicked off this week, with sidewalk protection erected and a crew put to work removing paint from the building’s 1918 Spring street addition.

Underneath the flat brown paint is a shiny, cream-colored finish. When talking to Eric Shomof of building owner Pacific Investments a few weeks back, he said that the finish was in good shape, though lots of work was involved in cleaning it off.

Given the pace of work over the last few days, the paint removal should take another week or two.

Eric Richardson

At the same time, the sidewalk covering provides a platform for doing work on the windows above the storefronts.

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Comments

M a r c writes:

DANG! I just walked past there and didn’t notice…granted it was dark. These are the kinds of restorations that downtown needs. I’m impressed…!

# on Jun.25.2008 AT 11:28 PM

Kim Cooper writes:

Oh, no! That’s a pretty cream-colored facade, sure, but the chocolate brown paint stands as a memorial for the two candy salesmen who died in a terrible accident at the Hayward in December 1929. This is a story I tell on Esotouric’s Hotel Horrors bus tour.

Seem a group of four candy salesmen were amusing themselves late in the evening in Room 922. Gregory Woodford of Inglewood and J.A. Pursley of Portland were sitting on the window sill when Woodford told a joke, then slapped Pursley on the chest to better promote the punchline. Pursley lost his balance and grabbed wildly for the curtains. As he fell backward, his foot came up under the joker’s knee, and Woodford too pitched backwards. They fell out the window before the horrified gaze of their pals, fell 7 stories through a skylight, crushing a potted palm before landing on the steel roof. Woodford was killed instantly, and Pursley, a newlywed of six weeks standing, soon died. In the room, police found a pint of liquor, scarcely touched. They ruled it an accident.

# on Jun.26.2008 AT 03:20 PM

Scott Mercer writes:

Okay, Kim, so now it’s white chocolate colored. Or maybe peppermint.

# on Jun.26.2008 AT 09:11 PM

Dan in LA writes:

OK, So let’s get See’s Candies or Godiva to open a store front store in the Hayward!!!

# on Jul.01.2008 AT 05:47 PM

hayward resident writes:

Has anyone seen the rooftop at the hayward?

# on Jul.01.2008 AT 11:00 PM