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At present, the City remains as Los Angeles’ hottest
destination for the entertainment industry with its boutique hotels,
celebrity-owned restaurants, unparalleled nightlife and shopping, and events
like the Vanity Fair Oscar Party and the largest Halloween Street Party in the
world. West Hollywood continues to be an example for progressive, creative
individuals on the cutting edge of trends and new ideas, working together as a
community in one of the most sprawling cities in the country.
Myths about Hollywood and West Hollywood ?
The Legendary Sunset Strip is in Hollywood Not true…the Strip begins and ends at
West Hollywood’s city limits
Hollywood is where the stars are Nope! It’s West Hollywood with such notable
residents and business owners as Robert De Niro, Faye Dunaway, Ashton Kutcher,
Dan Aykroyd and Steve Martin
Nobody walks in L.A Wrong again… With West Hollywood only 1.9 square miles in
size, everyone walks
All the Oscar parties are in Hollywood NO! Vanity Fair, Elton John and most of
the Studio Oscar parties are held in West Hollywood every year
There’s not enough variety amongst West Hollywood restaurants Not true! With
over 150 restaurants including, Morton’s, Il Sole, Lucques, La Boheme, BOA,
Katana and Mel’s, West Hollywood suits everyone’s palate
The city is only for the Gay and Lesbian visitors and business clientele
Well…with over 14 great hotels it caters to the entertainment industry and to
the tourist as well as the Gay and Lesbian traveler
The live music scene in L.A. is in Hollywood Not quite… with such landmark night
clubs as The Whisky a GO GO, Troubadour, KeyClub, Viper Room and House of Blues,
West Hollywood Rocks!
Specialty shopping can only be found on Rodeo Drive Again, wrong…West Hollywood
has the young and hip Avenues of Art & Design, Sunset Strip and Sunset Plaza
with such stores like Herve Leger, Halston, Maxfield, Anna Sui, D&G and Tracey
Ross just to mention a few
Located in sunny Southern California in Los Angeles County, West Hollywood is a
1.9 square mile city situated between glitzy Beverly Hills on the west and funky
Hollywood to the east; a destination often referred to as the “playground of the
stars” due to its entertainment industry influences and its southern-position at
the base of the Hollywood Hills, a hilly area dotted with celebrity homes. West
Hollywood’s central location truly makes it the essence of all things ‘hip and
happening’ and having just celebrated its 23rd year of official city-dom, a
young city as well, adding to the progressive and creative nature of City
Government, residents, and visitors to the area.
West Hollywood is comprised of a distinct variety of neighborhoods for such
small square mileage and a population of 39,000. Think you can’t walk in LA?
West Hollywood is the only walkable city in LA; you can move easily from Sunset
Boulevard, to Santa Monica Boulevard’s gay and Russian communities, and south to
the Avenues of Art & Design District. Combined, West Hollywood’s unique history,
venues, and energy create a community atmosphere unlike any other.
The famed Sunset Strip
Located at the base of the western-most Hollywood Hills, the Sunset Strip on
Sunset Boulevard is legendary for its history, glamour, and for showing guests
an extraordinarily good time. Though well recognized in movies like “Sunset
Boulevard” or television shows like “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip,” visitors
who have experienced this rock n’ roll stretch of road will agree that the big
screen doesn’t do justice to LA’s most exciting real estate. From the Strip’s
eastern border with Hollywood to its western border with Beverly Hills (Crescent
Heights Boulevard and Doheny Drive, respectively), this idolized destination
will enchant your senses with its array of nightclubs, restaurants, world-class
hotels, spas, and boutique shopping. The Strip can be experienced on foot, as
you take in historic dance clubs like the Whisky a Go-Go where the Doors were
the house band in the 60’s, or the Roxy and Rainbow – clubs big during the 80’s
hair band music scene, or the ritzy and trendy shopping and al-fresco dining of
Sunset Plaza and Sunset Millennium. !
Santa Monica Boulevard
Santa Monica Boulevard is named in the Sheryl Crow song "All I Wanna Do" (Is
have some fun!) and not surprisingly - this eclectic thoroughfare is one of LA’s
largest, connecting the eastside of Los Angeles with the Pacific Ocean. And
while this expansive boulevard goes through various personas as you head in
either direction, nowhere in LA is it more diverse, fun, and pedestrian-friendly
than West Hollywood’s 1.9 mile section, also known as “Route 66.” West
Hollywood’s portion of The Boulevard stretches from La Brea Avenue on the East,
to Doheny Drive on the west.
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