Most of the Hotel Latham stories that I’ve heard for more than 50 years seem to focus on its tragic end on Aug. 4, 1940, when a fire destroyed the building. (Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P. Brown)But during a program Tuesday evening at The Crusty Pig restaurant, which stands today where Hotel Latham did a century ago, Alissa Keller filled in many details about the life of Hotel Latham. The Hotel Latham architect was Edward S. Child, of New York. A postcard image of the Hotel Latham. I’m glad my longing for Hotel Latham now has proper bookends — the beginning and the end.