The facade of Boardner's features a faded, mid-century neon sign hanging above a recessed entrance on Cherokee Avenue. Since nineteen forty-seven, this bar has operated in the same narrow space, serving as a neighborhood anchor long before…
Hollywood Rock and Vinyl
Trace the rebellious sounds of Los Angeles on a walk past historic music venues, landmark studios, and iconic record shops where vinyl culture thrives.
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1. Boardner's by La Belle
2. The Record Parlour
The Record Parlour holds thousands of vintage vinyl records inside a room that functions as a time capsule from the mid-twentieth century. Unlike a standard retail store, it operates as a collection of curated history where the walls are…
3. Grandmaster Recorders Events
The three arched windows facing the street belong to what was once a powerhouse of recorded music. This building housed Grandmaster Recorders, where Stevie Wonder tracked Songs in the Key of Life and David Bowie recorded Let's Dance.…
4. Hollywood Palladium
The Hollywood Palladium features a massive, streamlined art deco facade with a wide, rounded marquee that wraps around the corner of Sunset Boulevard. Tommy Dorsey opened this ballroom in nineteen forty, using the money he saved by buying…
5. Amoeba Music
The two-story building on Sunset Boulevard holds a jagged, sprawling roofline that resembles a folded paper crane. It houses the world’s largest independent record store, Amoeba Music. The shop started in Berkeley in nineteen ninety, but…
6. Capitol Studios
The thirteen story tower at seventeen fifty North Vine Street is shaped like a stack of phonograph records. Capitol Records built this headquarters in nineteen fifty-six to accommodate the burgeoning high-fidelity recording industry.…