Sunset Strip
Notorious Comedy Store crash pad hits the market for $3.29M
The newly remodeled 1925 Spanish Colonial was used as a crash pad for an all-star list of Comedy Store alumni during the drug-fueled 1980s comedy boom.
West Hollywood is trying to 'define' the future of the Sunset Strip
A handful of fancy new developments, including not just hotels but also a private club, and mixed-use projects, including one designed by Frank Gehry, are being built on the famous Sunset Strip. Now city leaders are trying to figure out its future.
World’s ‘most Instagrammable’ billboard may be headed to the Sunset Strip
The Belltower "speaks to a world where commercial cultural content can be hybridized, and media is no longer a just a way of advertising but a way of life."
Bank threatened by Gehry project saved—for now
The Cultural Heritage Commission voted Thursday to consider the Kurt Meyer-designed Lytton Savings and Loan Building (now a Chase Bank) for landmark status. The decision complicates things for the huge Frank Gehry project proposed for the site.
Kendall Jenner buys from John Krasinski and Emily Blunt
Venturing far from the family home in Calabasas, Kendall Jenner has just purchased a $6.5 million home above the Sunset Strip. That price tag is just a tad bit higher than what her little sister recently paid for a mansion in Hidden Hills.
Mansion where corgi lives it up in cute video has a tragic backstory
A real estate video we featured earlier this month shows a Corgi partying in a swanky mansion above the Sunset Strip. Cute, right? Wrong. Now, TMZ is reporting it appears to be the same property where Brittany Murphy and her husband died.
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These fancy buildings will transform the once scuzzy Sunset Strip
The Sunset Strip is a magnet for high-end developments. As the Hustler stores of the Strip are replaced with expensive condos, starchitecture, and boutique hotels, the Sunset Strip is poised to become fancier than ever.
Watch a small dog live it up in an LA mansion
Real estate agent/short film producer Ben Bacal releases a new video that imagines what might happen if a dog owned an $18.5 million home above the Sunset Strip. Apparently, the corgi would throw some pretty wild pool parties.
Zaha Hadid Designed a Billboard For the Sunset Strip
West Hollywood is on a mission to put a cutting-edge ad structure on Sunset Boulevard. They've narrowed their options down to four finalists' designs (including one by the late Zaha Hadid), all of which look like something out of Blade Runner.
1959 Modern Above the Sunset Strip by Lloyd Wright
Located within stumbling distance of the Chateau Marmont, the two-bedroom, two-bath pedigreed property could make a very respectable bachelor/bachelorette pad for some young Hollywood up-and-comer. Asking price is $1.5 million.
First Look at Posh Private Club Gwyneth Paltrow's Building on the Sunset Strip
Renderings have arrived to get everyone all excited and saving their pennies to join the latest private club to hit the Sunset Strip, the Arts Club. The fancy, no-swearing-allowed club costs $2,000 to join, plus $2,000-a-year dues, at its London...
New Rules Would Require Sunset Strip Billboards Be All Flashy and Elaborate
Sunset Boulevard's got a rep to protect where billboards are concerned. In the late 1960s and 1970s, the Strip was known for its super-cool signage, as documented by photographer Robert Landau in his book Rock 'n' Roll Billboards of the Sunset...
What $1,800 a Month Rents You in Los Angeles Right Now
Welcome to Curbed Comparisons, where we explore what you can rent or buy for a certain dollar amount in various LA 'hoods. Is one man's studio another man's townhouse? Let's find out! Our friends at Zumper have helped us out with five listings...
1926 Spanish Revival by Robert Finkelhor Above the Sunset Strip Asking $6 Million
Open House: Sunday Nov 8 between 1 - 4 PM 8440 Harold Way, Hollywood Hills West Price: $5,950,000Beds, Baths: 4 BR, 3.75 BAFloor Area: 4,332 sq. ft.Per the Listing: "Impeccably restored historic Spanish Revival Estate sited in the hills just above...
Sunset Strip Tower Records Getting Its Classic Look Back
Follow the yellow brick...sign? #NoMusicNoLife #TowerRecordsDoc #ATMP A photo posted by Colin Hanks (@colinhanks) on Oct 7, 2015 at 10:12am PDT The old Tower Records storefront on the Sunset Strip was, until recently, looking much changed s...
1BR Unit in WeHo's Lovely Andalusia Asking $749,000
Open House: Sunday Sep 20 between 2 PM - 5 PM 1471 Havenhurst Dr #6, West HollywoodPrice: $749,000Beds, Baths: 1 BR, 1 BAFloor Area: 766 sq. ft.Per the Listing: "Steps away from Chateau Marmont and just off Sunset Strip, the Andalusia: One of the...
Sunset Strip Could Lose Another Weird Tenant to Make Way for a Mixed-User
The Sunset Strip is skyrocketing in hotel and general redevelopment, meaning lots of its quirkier tenants (House of Blues, the Hustler store) are dropping out of the picture one by one. The next odd spot potentially in the crosshairs is...
Hotel Could Rise Next to Gwyneth Paltrow's Private Club on Sunset Strip Hustler Store Site
The Hustler store on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood has been a fixture on the Strip since 1998, but when it sold last year, it was very clear that it was not going to be sticking much longer in the age of fancy development and private clubs....
West Hollywood Has Made the Best Ever Street Closure Notice
Starting Monday and lasting until the middle of September, La Cienega between Sunset Boulevard and Fountain Avenue in West Hollywood is closing down to allow for work related to the big Sunset|La Cienega project. Nobody likes to be surprised by a...
Sunset Strip House of Blues Closing Early to Make Way for Big Hotel/Housing/Retail Project
The countdown to a House-of-Blues-less Sunset Strip began last summer, when news came out that construction would begin late this year on a new mixed-use hotel and residential project on the site. (The project has been kicking around for years,...
Gwyneth Paltrow Opening Pricey No-Swearing Club on the Strip
Anyone can go into the Hustler Store on the Sunset Strip, and anyone care swear there, as long as they don't do it too loudly, but actress Gwyneth Paltrow is hoping to change all that. Apparently concerned that she has not yet cemented her rep as...
Rocky & Bullwinkle Statue Set to Return to the Sunset Strip
The unveiling of the Rocky and Bullwinkle statue at the @paleycenter #JayWard @DWAnimation pic.twitter.com/sXTVOM4LK5— David Derks (@dderks) October 9, 2014 The beloved Rocky & Bullwinkle statue that once adorned the Sunset Strip is on its way...
What $1,600 Rents You in Los Angeles Right Now
Welcome to Curbed Comparisons, where we explore what you can rent or buy for a certain dollar amount in various LA 'hoods. Is one man's studio another man's townhouse? Let's find out! Our friends at Zumper have helped us out with five listings...
Famous Sunset Strip Tower Records Saved By Gibson Guitars
Short of landmarking the building, this is probably the happiest, most fitting ending that the old flagship Tower Records building on Sunset Boulevard could have hoped for—instead of being redeveloped, it'll become a showroom for musical...
Cornerspotted: Sunset Boulevard and Sweetzer Avenue in WeHo
Ferryboi was the first to answer and he did so correctly: according to the archives, this photo is of Sunset Boulevard just west of the Château Marmont, close to Sweetzer Avenue. The Château can been seen in the background and was a helpful hint...
Full House Creator Getting Very Randy Talking About This House He Wants to Sell You
Jeff Franklin, the man who created the classic TV shows Full House and Family Matters, built and is now selling a huge mansion on a piece of land above the Sunset Strip that he's owned for almost 30 years. Designed by the king of over-the-top...
Whoa: Ian Schrager Designing Lush Sunset Strip Marriott Hotel
Ooh-la-la! The "West Coast flagship" of the Marriott Edition hotel (the chain's boutiquey brand), at Sunset Boulevard and Doheny Drive in West Hollywood will be designed by none other than the inventor of the whole idea of the boutique hotel (and...
LADWP Replacing 4 Miles of Water Mains Along Floody Sunset
The world famous Sunset strip resembles a river after water main break http://t.co/qfwq5kF6BN pic.twitter.com/o6VtJ3PVPL— Jon Passantino (@passantino) September 26, 2014 In the wake of one seriously muddy flood along the Sunset Strip late last...
14 Craziest Photos and Videos From Today's Sunset Strip Flood
The world famous Sunset strip resembles a river after water main break http://t.co/qfwq5kF6BN pic.twitter.com/o6VtJ3PVPL— Jon Passantino (@passantino) September 26, 2014 So this is just how we live now: every couple months or so, a giant water...
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The 25 Most Expensive Houses For Sale in LA Right Now
With the Holmby Hills megamansion Fleur de Lys selling for a mindboggling (and record-setting) $102 million, it's already been a wild year for super-high-priced real estate in Los Angeles. But now that one famously expensive (and hard-to-sell)...
Browse the Famous Sunset Strip Tower Records Back in 1971
Though there's no hard-and-fast demolition date for the Sunset Strip building that housed the most famous Tower Records, its days are likely numbered, as a developer has been trying to get a huge retail project built on the site for years now and...
Wildfox Headed to Sunset Plaza, Guide to Shopping the LBC, OAK NYC Arrives in Fairfax
SUNSET STRIP: Wildfox's first flagship is headed to Sunset Plaza this October. The LA knitwear label's debut store will take over Turkish brand Sarar's former space at 8710 Sunset Boulevard. LONG BEACH: Here's a handy guide to shopping in exotic...