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Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisals In
Los Angeles County, City of West Hollywood
| West Hollywood is
bordered on the north by the Santa Monica Mountains, on the north and east by
the Hollywood District of Los Angeles, on the west by the city of Beverly Hills
and on south by the Fairfax District of Los Angeles. While West Hollywood is
technically a distinct city, it is culturally very much a part of Hollywood and
the rest of Los Angeles. For many years, the area that is now the City of West
Hollywood was an unincorporated area in the midst of the City of Los Angeles,
but was under the jurisdiction of Los Angeles County. Because gambling was
illegal in the city of Los Angeles, but legal in the county, the 1920s saw the
proliferation of many nightclubs and casinos along the section of the Sunset
Strip that did not fall within the Los Angeles city limits. As a result, these
businesses were immune from the heavy-handed treatment by the LAPD. (The Los
Angeles County Sheriff's Department was and still is in charge of policing the
area) Movie people were attracted to this less restricted county area and a
number of architecturally fine apartment houses and apartment hotels were built
for appraisal. Movie fans throughout the world knew that Ciro's, the Mocambo,
the Trocadero, the Garden of Allah, the Chateau Marmont and the Formosa Cafe on
Santa Monica Boulevard were places that movie stars could be seen. Eventually,
the area and its extravagant night spots lost favor with movie people. But the
Strip and its restaurants, bars and clubs continued to be an attraction for
locals and out-of-town tourists. In the late 1960s, the Strip was transformed
again during the hippie movement. Young people from all over the country
flocked to West Hollywood clubs such as the Whisky a Go Go and the Troubadour. |
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