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Bloody Gang Violence on the Sunset Strip in 1949 Repeats Itself in 2014

Marilyn Monroe outside her apartment building on Cynthia Street in West Hollywood

The (Many) Places in WeHo that Marilyn Monroe Called Home

Ciro’s: The Stars’ Favorite Nightspot for Nearly 20 Years

Historic Sunset Strip Lesbian Bars: Cafe Internationale

Bogart Hired by Warner Brothers, Moves from New York to West Hollywood

The Village of Sherman Rises around the Trolley Yard

West Hollywood Elementary School

West Hollywood Elementary School: It Wasn’t Just a Railyard that Moses Sherman Built

The Gay Rights Movement and the Push for Cityhood

Sunset Strip Neighbors Launched Campaign to Stop Tower Records’ Opening in 1970

Irving Blum, Ferus Gallery director, during Andy Warhol’s first-ever commercial gallery exhibit in July 1962 at 723 N. La Cienega Blvd. (in the unincorporated West Hollywood community)

WeHo’s Gallery Row Was Once the Center of L.A. Art

A Wonderful Day in The Doors’ Neighborhood

Mutato Muzika Studio on the Strip Designed by Oscar Niemeyer

Mutant Beauty On The Sunset Strip: Breasts, Brazilians and Beats

Death of Dorothy Parker’s Husband Alan Campbell at Their West Hollywood Home

Millionaire Producer Howard Hughes’ Racism Triggers Emotional Collapse in a West Hollywood Screening Room

Wrong Door Raid: The Celebrity Scandal That Irked Sinatra, Made a Fool of DiMaggio – All at Marilyn Monroe’s Expense

Beardland: Rock Hudson and Phyllis Gates Set up Housekeeping in the Hills

High-Class Stripper Lili St. Cyr Arrested after Performance at Ciro’s

Arrest of Hollywood Madam Brenda Allen Leaves ‘Hollywood Agog’

Mickey Cohen Moves Vice Operations Headquarters to the Strip

R. Thad Taylor outside the Globe Playhouse in 1974

Globe Playhouse, Macha Theatre, The 11:11

Coast Playhouse recently.

Players Ring Gallery II, The Gary, Pan-Andreas Playhouse, Coast Playhouse

A rare photo of the exterior of the Carmel after it had been renamed the Paris.

The Carmel

Left: Ty Hardin in a publicity shot from the TV show, “Bronco”; right: Arline Judge in a Columbia Pictures publicity still

Cameo Playhouse

Gallery Stage, Players Ring Gallery I

Players Ring, August 1961: Located at Santa Monica Blvd. and N. Flores Ave., the Players Ring was the best known and most popular theatre in the district.

Players Ring

Century Theatre, Civic Playhouse, Warner Playhouse

The Coronet, Largo at the Coronet

The Forgotten History of West Hollywood’s Old Theatre District

Battle of the Balcony: The Mother of All Celebrity Brawls

Bugsy Busted on Bookmaking Charge at Sunset Tower

Mocambo: An Elegant Venue for the Top Entertainers of the Day

F. Scott Fitzgerald Dies in Sheilah Graham’s Hayworth Avenue Apartment

Historic Sunset Strip Lesbian Bars: Jane Jones’ Little Club

Bruz Fletcher’s Camp Style at Club Bali

Cafe Trocadero Set the Style for Hollywood Glamour on the Sunset Strip

Paul Revere Williams

Drag Star the ‘Creole Fashion Plate’ Debuts on the Sunset Strip in 1932

Architect Rudolph Schindler had an uncanny ability to design three-dimensional spaces. To him, the real medium of architecture was space, leading to a style he called SPACE architecture. (Photo by Joshua White, MAK Center)

North Kings Road: Actors, Architects, Novelists and Their Ghosts

Ever Wonder Why So Many English Tudor Buildings Line the Sunset Strip?

The French Quarter's outdoor dining area

The French Market’s Story

Coronet Apartments, Villa of Vice?

Out of the Ashes

The ‘Strange Men’ Murder

An All-American Tragedy

Billy Wilkerson: Sunset Strip Tastemaker – and Inveterate Gambler

The Clover Club seen from the intersection of La Cienega c. 1939. (Photo courtesy of L.A. Public Library)

The Sunset Strip Was Once a Gamblers’ Playground. Could Its Future Be a Return to the Past?

Normandie Village: WeHo’s Other Hidden Hollywood Community

Where WeHo’s Streets Got Their Names

West Hollywood's Hart Park (Photo courtesy of SVChistory.com)

West Hollywood Doggedly Pursued Hart Park

The Dodge House on Kings Road (1916-1970)

Surviving scandals, arson and even murder, the future looks bright for the Piazza del Sol

Riviera in the Foothills

The Capture of the Bandit Tiburcio Vasquez in 1874 Was the First National News Story Reported from West Hollywood

Greek George Caralambo, West Hollywood’s First Settler, Tended Camels around Today’s Melrose Place

These French chalet-style cottages at 1328 N. Formosa Ave. were designed by noted architects Arthur and Nina Zwebell for Charlie Chaplin. (Photo credit: Iamnotastalker.com)

Charlie Chaplin’s Courtyard Cottages Leave Their Mark on West Hollywood

Camels, Confederates and Other Stories from West Hollywood’s Civil War History

Valentino

Garden of Alla

Hayvenhurst

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Player's Club at 8225 Sunset on the Strip in the 1940s. Owned and operated by writer-director Preston Sturges, it was considered a dinner club for movie stars. Pink Taco occupies the building now.

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Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman Set up Housekeeping above West Hollywood

West Hollywood Fashion Designer Rocks the World in 1964 with Topless Bikini

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The Pink Pussy Cat, A High Class Strip Club, Was a West Hollywood Hang-Out for the Rat Pack

Videotape Recording Invented at the Bing Crosby Building on the Sunset Strip

The Players Club, 8225 Sunset Blvd.

Drinks, Dinner and Dancing at the Players Club

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