Question: What two West Coast cities also claim original cylindrical Holiday Inn buildings?
Answer: Long Beach, California, and Los Angeles (Brentwood), California, also claim cylindrical Holiday Inn buildings. Like Raleigh’s circular Holiday Inn, the Long Beach and Brentwood structures were designed by Lundgren and Maurer of Austin, Texas. The Long Beach Holiday Inn opened in 1968, preceding Raleigh’s opening by one year. The Brentwood Holiday Inn, now known as Hotel Angeleno, opened in 1970.
