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 Rock History
Walk the legendary stretch of Sunset Boulevard where counterculture and hair metal were born, stopping at the hotels and clubs where rock-and-roll history was made.
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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 Comedy Store
The Comedy Store is a low-slung, stucco building on the Sunset Strip distinguished by the names of legendary comedians painted across its exterior walls. Opened in April nineteen seventy-two by Sammy Shore and Rudy De Luca, the club sits…
5. 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…
6. The Viper Room
The Viper Room stands at eight thousand eight hundred fifty-two Sunset Boulevard, recognizable as a low-slung, intimate club on a strip famous for its history of nightlife. Originally built as a grocery store in nineteen twenty-one, the…
7. Whisky a Go Go
The Whisky a Go Go is marked by a tall, narrow sign bearing its name in white letters against a black background, rising above the busy storefronts of the Sunset Strip. When it opened on January sixteen, nineteen sixty-four, at…
8. The Roxy Theatre
The Roxy Theatre on the Sunset Strip is marked by a prominent, bright marquee that distinguishes the venue from the surrounding businesses. It occupies a space that once held a burlesque club called the Largo before producers Lou Adler and…
9. Rainbow Bar & Grill
The Rainbow Bar and Grill sits on the Sunset Strip at nine thousand fifteen Sunset Boulevard, identifiable by the life-size statue of Lemmy Kilmister standing in the outdoor area now known as Lemmy’s Lounge. Since opening on April sixteen,…