700 Block of Fifth Avenue in 1970, Kelsey Hotel, Lux Adult Threatre
Photo by City Photographer, 1970
The 700 block of Fifth Avenue in 1970 was the site of the Kelsey Hotel, Lux Adult Theatre in the Llewelyn Building, King Neptune Clothes, Acapulco Cafe and Paul's Loans. The Lux Theatre operated until the mid-1980s when the renovation of the Gaslamp Quarter began. The building is now home to an Italian restaurant. The 1887 Llewelyn Building is the only French Provincial building in the Gaslamp Quarter. Upstairs, the Louis Hotel was home to prostitutes and was considered one of the least savory addresses in the Gaslamp Quarter.