ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Places of Interest Listings
Sunset Tower Hotel
8358 W. Sunset Blvd. (323) 654-7100. Completed in 1931, was originally 46 apartments, and home to su…
Sunset Strip
Doheny Dr. to Crescent Hts. Once-favorite night spots such as the Trocadero, Moc…
Sunset Las Palmas
1040 N. Las Palmas Ave.(323) 860-0000. Formerly Hollywood Center Studios and loc…
Sunset Gower Studios
1438 N. Gower St. Formerly Columbia Pictures (1926-1972). Classic It Happened One Night with Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable and Mr. Smith…
Sunset Bronson Studio
5800 Sunset Blvd. (323) 460-5500. Original Warner Bros. Studio where in 1927 the first sound movie The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson, was …
Storer House
8161 Hollywood Blvd.The second of four Hollywood area textile-block designed houses by Frank Lloyd Wright was built in 1923. Do not disturb …
Shakespeare Bridge
Franklin Ave. between Myra Ave. & St. George St. Joins Los Feliz, Franklin Hills and Silverlake neighborhoods. This beloved 1925 Gothic …
Schindler House
835 N. Kings Rd. (323) 651-1510. Rudolph Schindler’s home, considered to be the first house built in the Modern style, now a center fo…
Samuel-Novarro House
2255 Verde Oak Dr. Lloyd Wright translates the textured pre-cast concrete Mayanesque block into pressed metal. The result hints at pre-Colum…
Runyon Canyon Park
2000 N. Fuller Ave. Historic city park. Hike the trails and explore the relics and ruins of a Hollywood estate. Parking lot entrance on Mulh…
Rockwalk
7425 Sunset Blvd. (323) 874-1060. Founded Nov. 13, 1985, handprints, signatures, and memorabilia from the greatest musical performers and in…
RKO Studios
Corner of Melrose & Gower. Formerly owned by Joseph Kennedy, Howard Hughes, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and…
Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditorium
6780 Hollywood Blvd. (323) 466-6335. Ripley’s Museum offers over 300 different exhibits of the strange, unusual and bizarre. Look for …
Red Studios Hollywood
846 N Cahuenga Blvd. (323) 463-0808. Began as Metro Pictures Back Lot #3 in 1915. From The Golden Age of Television to The Golden Girls, fro…
Raleigh Studios
5300 Melrose Ave. (888) 960-3456. Working studio dates back to 1914 and Mary Pickford. Home of classic films such as The Mark of Zorro, The …
Plummer Park
7377 Santa Monica Blvd. (323) 845-0172. Part of Plummer Estate that Helen Hunt Jackson, author of Ramona, visited. Park includes recreationa…
