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Frolic Room is a historic bar located at 6245 W. Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California, near Hollywood and Vine and next to the Pantages Theater. It is known for its neon sign , its history with Hollywood , and its association with the Black Dahlia .
Al's Bar was a Los Angeles bar in the American Hotel that served as a gathering spot for that era's downtown art and music scenes. At the time of its closing, it was primarily known as the West Coast's oldest punk club, but over the years it regularly hosted theater plays, art exhibitions, and "No Talent Nights". [1] Al's Bar
The SkyBar (or Skybar) is a bar and lounge inside the Mondrian Hotel, in Los Angeles, California. It was opened in December 1996 by Rande Gerber. [1] It features an outdoor area with a pool overlooking West Hollywood, as well an indoor area with bar. It is known for being visited by celebrities. [2]
The UCHA was originally founded as Adams House by eight students in 1936, and was incorporated in 1938 as the University Cooperative Housing Association. [5] In 1941, the UCHA purchased for $45,000 the Landfair Apartments (also known as the Glass House), which was designed by Richard Neutra and was designated in 1987 as a historic-cultural monument in Los Angeles. [6]
[11] [12] It helped launch the 1960s folk-rock scene, [13] represented by groups such as the Byrds, the Mamas and the Papas, Buffalo Springfield, and Crosby, Stills, & Nash, who became associated with the Los Angeles neighborhood of Laurel Canyon. [14] [15] The California sound eventually saw its commercial peak in the 1970s hits of the Eagles ...
Fans line up outside the Trocadero for a concert by Louis Jordan (1944). Cafe Trocadero was an upscale nightclub that opened on the Sunset Strip in 1934 and immediately became the place where Hollywood stars went to be seen.
As the neighborhood gentrifies and Chinese residents grow older and fewer, the clubs remain a vital social glue.
The "Los Angeles equivalent to the Stonewall Inn", the Abbey is considered a central part of LGBT culture in Los Angeles. [13] According to Michelle Visage, the Abbey "has a homey feeling where you can just sit outside and eat or go in and gyrate". [14] The bar's signature drink is the appletini, which they say was created there.