Frank Hirata at the front desk of the Clem Hotel
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The Clem Hotel had 130 rooms and mainly serviced members of Spokane's Asian community. Spokane's International District saw declining populations after the 1950s and when the city was preparing for Expo 74 most of the area was demolished to build parking lots. The Clem Hotel survived longer than other buildings in the area but was demolished in January of 1982 to make way for additional downtown parking.
This file appears in: The Unlawful Arrest and Detainment of Frank Hirata
The Unlawful Arrest and Detainment of Frank Hirata
Kazuma “Frank” Hirata was a prominent member of Spokane’s Japanese-American community. During the 1930s he was the manager of the Spokane Vegetable Growers Association, a critical organization for the Japanese community’s economic success in the…