Neighborhoods
Articles about the neighborhoods of Los Angeles.
What do Lindsay Lohan, Bugsy Siegel and Charles Manson have in common? It’s obvious really – Sunset Boulevard! Find out if there are any other common denominators on the Sunset Strip: True Crime & Ghost Tour, a deep dive of this historic neighborhood (you’d be surprised). The Sunset Strip is one of the most famous…
The name of Beverly Hills is synonymous with Los Angeles and the movie-star lifestyle. There probably isn’t a single visitor to Southern California who hasn’t heard of this small city, nestled on the slopes of the Santa Monica mountains, in the LA suburbs. It forms one of the four pillars of the city’s praetorian glamor…
Get ready for the ultimate Malibu Food & Wine Tour! This fun all-day trip includes 3 different wine tastings in the Malibu area, food to complement the wines, and a scenic drive through the Santa Monica mountains and Hollywood Hills. The whole day will be arranged in advance by an expert guide so that you…
In a city with many famous features and elements, including such mega-stars as the Hollywood Hills, Beverly Hills and Santa Monica Beach, the Los Angeles River is more like the well-known character actor that you’ve seen in dozens of movies and TV shows, but you can’t remember their name. That’s especially ironic when it comes…
Art Deco is an architectural style that is very much associated with Los Angeles. Since the new style first appeared in the 1920’s, at the Exposition des Arts décoratifs in Paris, through the 1930’s there was a boom in construction in LA, and developers immediately turned to the new style for inspiration. Art Deco seemed…
The San Fernando Valley is, in many ways, underrated. Sure, it has some big attractions, such as Universal Studios, but it’s often derided as a suburban sprawl that’s generally way hotter than the rest of Los Angeles and much less interesting. It’s not seen as having either the cultural might of Hollywood, nor the theme park riches…
When most people think of the birth of the LGBTQ+ rights movement in America, they think of Stonewall, 1969 in New York City. But long before that famous uprising, the earliest sparks of organized queer resistance were already burning in California. By the time of the Stonewall Riots Los Angeles and San Francisco were already…
The Ambassador Hotel was one of Los Angeles’ most famous hotels, which is no mean feat in a city that boasts the Biltmore, the Beverly Wilshire, the Chateau Marmont and many other famous, and infamous, establishments. The Ambassador’s renown came from its reputation as a place of entertainment and glamor from its opening in 1921 all…
Since it opened 120 years ago this year Venice Los Angeles has always attracted visitors, both from the region and, later, from the wider world. Conceived as a Disneyland – before Disneyland existed or had even been conceived – it was a crucial developmental stage between the early amusement parks, like Coney Island, and the…
Visitors to Los Angeles may not know Griffith Park by name (although many do), but you would struggle to find anyone in the world not familiar with its best-known landmark, the Hollywood Sign. The park’s 4,300-acres make it five times the size of Central Park in New York (it’s not a competition – but if…