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The Tropicana Motel at 8585 Santa Monica Blvd. in the1970s

Wild West Hollywood’s Tropicana Motel

Baseball pitching great Sandy Koufax was looking to supplement his Los Angeles Dodgers salary when he bought the Tropicana Motel […]

Mickey Cohen

Excavating the Viper Room – Early History of One of the Sunset Strip’s Oldest Buildings

Note: This article was written in 2014 and originally published on the “Playground to the Stars” website. The Viper Room, […]

Tower Records on the Sunset Strip

Sunset Strip Neighbors Launched Campaign to Stop Tower Records’ Opening in 1970

Tower Records was such a fixture on the Sunset Strip that for an entire generation of music fans it must […]

A Wonderful Day in The Doors’ Neighborhood

In a place as frenetic as West Hollywood can be, it’s easy to drive through or walk by the city’s […]

Recent Posts

  • Early Morning Fire Hits Historic Coast Theatre Building
  • Video: 1965 Film Offers Rare Look at the Dodge Mansion in West Hollywood
  • Then and Now: Wallace Reid House and The Standard Hotel, Sunset and Sweetzer
  • Looking East on the Sunset Strip in 1984
  • Nude Wrestling Academy on Santa Monica Boulevard – Then and Now
  • Bank Building on Garden of Allah Site Demolished to Make Way for Gehry Project
  • The Last Train Through West Hollywood
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  • City Website Offers Historic Walking Tours
  • Take a Trip along Sunset Boulevard’s Musical History
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