Located at the northwest corner of Sunset Boulevard and Cassil Place, 6633 Sunset was built in 1919 as a private residence and later became a photography studio.
nightclubs
6000 Sunset: Cashis King Market / Hollywood Casino/ Recording Studio
6000 Sunset Boulevard, on the corner of Gordon Street, was designed in the art moderne style in April 1933 by architect Harry L. Pierce. It opened that summer as the Sunset Cashis King Market.
Texas Guinan
She wasn’t a gangster, a gambler or a bootlegger, but as Prohibition Era New York’s Queen of the Nightclubs she rubbed elbows with all three on a nightly basis.
Long before she was delighting Broadway with catch phrases like “Hello, sucker!” “Butter and egg man,” and “Give the little lady a great big hand,” Los Angeles had known her as a musical comedy chorine, and a rough-and-tumble star of western movies. The city never quite forgot her.
Brawls
The Strip became famous for fistic encounters between film industry professionals, Hollywood café society, and other newsworthy names. Once, such incidents might have been hushed up for fear of damaging the participants’ reputations. Now they were a publicist’s dream. Even the mainstream press reported them, tongue–in-cheek, as amusing, “boys-will-be-boys” hijinks. If the incident involved Errol Flynn, women pulling each other’s hair out, or both- so much the better. Continue reading
9236 Sunset: Henri’s / Colony House
Henri’s restaurant Continue reading
9131 Sunset: Elmer’s Fireplace
Elmer’s Fireplace Continue reading
9039 Sunset: LaMaze / Dave’s Blue Room / Sherry’s
Café Lamaze / Dave’s Blue Room / Sherry’s Continue reading
8804 Sunset Blvd.
Michael’s Exclusive Haberdashery Continue reading
8795 Sunset Blvd.
Café Gala Continue reading
8730 Sunset Blvd.
Kings Club/Jane Jones’ Little Club/Club Marcel Continue reading
J. H. Graham 