Early Morning Fire Hits Historic Coast Theatre Building
A fire broke out at the historic Coast Theatre building at 8325 Santa Monica Blvd. Monday morning Oct 3, 2022 […]
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Video: 1965 Film Offers Rare Look at the Dodge Mansion in West Hollywood
Designed in 1914 and constructed in 1916, the Walter L. Dodge House blended Modern and Spanish Mission styles and was […]
Then and Now: Wallace Reid House and The Standard Hotel, Sunset and Sweetzer
The Wallace Reid house was one of the most attractive homes in West Hollywood’s early Hacienda Park neighborhood. The house […]
Bank Building on Garden of Allah Site Demolished to Make Way for Gehry Project
Urbanize Los Angeles: “It’s official: Hollywood’s Lytton Savings Building has met the wrecking ball, clearing the biggest obstacle to the […]
The Last Train Through West Hollywood
P.J’s was a famous rock club on Santa Monica Blvd. at Crescent Heights in West Hollywood. Traktur restaurant and other […]
The Getty Has Curated Ed Ruscha’s Archive of Photos of the Sunset Strip and Hollywood in ’12 Sunsets’
In 1966, decades before Google Street View, Los Angeles artist Ed Ruscha mounted a motorized camera in the payload of a truck and set out to photograph every building on the Sunset Strip. He published the assemblage of photos in a grounbreaking book, Every Building on the Sunset Strip that signaled a new approach to art and photography.
City Website Offers Historic Walking Tours
The City of West Hollywood’s Historic Preservation Division has published three local history-related walking tours on its website at wehopreservation.org.
Take a Trip along Sunset Boulevard’s Musical History
Sunset Boulevard’s long relationship with the music industry is spotlighted in this illustrated tour published by the Los Angeles Times.