The apartemet complex where Desmond was murdered no longer exists but it was located here. 

Jack Crane

William Desmond Taylor

William Desmond Taylor (26 April 1872 – 1 February 1922) was an Irish-born American director and actor. He directed 59 silent films between 1914 and 1922 and acted in 27 between 1913 and 1915. He was a popular figure in the growing Hollywood motion picture colony of the 1910s and early 1920s.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Desmond Taylor
• http://www.seeing-stars.com/died/50s_20s.shtml#20s