The Chateau Marmont rises above Sunset Boulevard as a white, fortress-like structure with gabled roofs and a prominent turret, designed to resemble a French castle in the Loire Valley. Completed in nineteen twenty-nine, it was originally…
Sunset Strip Historic Hotels
This stroll down the legendary Sunset Strip introduces you to the iconic hotels that served as private sanctuaries for Old Hollywood stars and playgrounds for rock-and-roll royalty.
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1. Chateau Marmont
2. Sunset Tower Hotel
The Sunset Tower Hotel rises fifteen stories above the Sunset Strip, easily identified by its stepped, Art Deco silhouette and exterior plaster friezes depicting figures that include Adam and Eve, zeppelins, and legendary creatures.…
3. Andaz West Hollywood, by Hyatt
The Andaz West Hollywood sits at eight-four-oh-one Sunset Boulevard as a fourteen-story building with glass-enclosed sunrooms that overlook the street. Opened in nineteen sixty-three as Gene Autry’s Hotel Continental, it earned its…
4. The Valorian West Hollywood, Curio Collection by Hilton
The Valorian West Hollywood is easily recognized by the massive, thirty-foot-tall entry doors that mark its threshold on Sunset Boulevard. While it recently rebranded, the building has been a fixture of the Strip’s social landscape for…
5. Hotel Ziggy on Sunset
Hotel Ziggy occupies a prominent spot on the Sunset Strip, easily identified by its exterior walls covered in layered musical memorabilia and a prominent neon sign featuring a mouth with a tongue sticking out. Opened in April twenty…
6. Sunset Marquis
The Sunset Marquis is defined by three and a half acres of lush, private gardens tucked into a cul-de-sac just off the Sunset Strip. When developer George Rosenthal opened the hotel in nineteen sixty-three, he named it after his newborn…
7. Alta Cienega Motel
The Alta Cienega Motel, built in nineteen forty-eight, is a nondescript building situated near the corner of La Cienega and Santa Monica boulevards. Its exterior is plain, characterized by aqua-hued walls and an absence of amenities like a…