SLD 1 Like No Other

A STORY LIKE NO OTHER

A replica created for the movie "Myra Breckenridge"
of a 1950's Sunset Strip billboard advertising the
Stardust Casino in Las Vegas. 1970.

SLD 2 Deep Roots

A YOUNG CITY WITH DEEP ROOTS

The first known residents of West Hollywood were a cameleer and
a small herd of camels who arrived in 1864. By the turn of the century the
land was mostly farmland, like this bean field in 1901.

Slide 3 Playground

A PLAYGROUND FOR THE STARS

Movie stars enjoying the nightlife on the
Sunset Strip in Hollywood's Golden Era. 1930s-1940s.

SLD 4 Civil Rights

A CITY FORGED IN CIVIL RIGHTS

Viewers at an L.A. Pride Parade on the roof of
Hugo's Restaurant on Santa Monica Blvd., 1980s

SLD 5 Mob

A GAMBLER'S PARADISE

Mickey Cohen, the quintessential Sunset Strip
mobster, ran his criminal enterprises from a building
at Sunset and Palm Avenue in the 1940s and 1950s.

SLD 6 Studio

A CENTURY OF FILMMAKING

Set for "Robin Hood" at the Pickford-
Fairbanks studio - now The Lot - at
Santa Monica Boulevard and Formosa
Avenue. 1922.

SLD 7 Rock

THE EPICENTER OF ROCK 'N ROLL

Johnny Rivers performs
at the Wiskey a Go Go
on the Sunset Strip.
1964.

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BECOMING WEST HOLLYWOOD

SERIES

WILD WEST WEHO

RIVIERA IN THE FOOTHILLS

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Hacienda Park Apartments, built in 1927, on Sunset Boulevard. Read More >>

TOPICS

NIGHTCLUBS

SUNSET STRIP

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