SF Polk art deco (1351)

Art deco building, built in 1932 (per hotel website), housing the Embassy hotel. I could find no other information on the history of the building. The building is located in what was until recently known as the lower Polk Gulch, an area for young hustlers, gay, bi, and trans runaways, homeless, and impoverished. Per various websites, non-gay neighborhood organizations have formed in recent years and, in cooperation with the police, have attempted to drive those populations out of the area. Now, directly across from the hotel, is one of the many buildings in SF owned and used by the private (and expensive) Academy of Art University (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Art_University)