Sunset Strip Historic Hotels

The Chateau Marmont mimics a Loire Valley castle, complete with turrets and balconies clinging to the steep hillside above Sunset Boulevard. In nineteen twenty-nine, apartment developer Fred Horowitz commissioned it as a luxury residence…

The Sunset Tower Hotel rises as a vertical stack of stepped concrete, featuring relief carvings of airplanes, cars, and zeppelins along its facade. Built in nineteen thirty-one, the building became a home for movie stars seeking privacy…

The Andaz West Hollywood wears a distinct, curved glass facade that bends with the sweeping arc of Sunset Boulevard. In the late nineteen sixties, this building operated as the Riot House, a hotel where musicians lived for months at a time…

A glass facade defines the structure that occupies this corner, replacing the low-slung, mid-century buildings that previously lined this stretch of the Strip. Decades ago, this specific site held the Gene Autry Hotel. The singing cowboy’s…

Hotel Ziggy defines itself with a massive, hand-painted black and white mural covering its facade. Beneath the paint lies the bones of the former infamous Hyatt House, long known as the Riot House. During the seventies, bands like Led…

The Sunset Marquis stands out for its high, ivy-covered walls that turn a hectic stretch of West Hollywood into a private, tropical compound. It began as a modest apartment complex in nineteen sixty-three for actors looking for steady…

The Alta Cienega Motel holds a neon sign that buzzes with a script font, marking the spot where Jim Morrison lived in room thirty-two for several years. Before he became the lead singer of The Doors, Morrison crashed here, often staying in…