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Beverly Hills

After a failed attempt to find oil on the land in the early 1900’s, present day Beverly Hills was subdivided into lots. It wasn’t long before the city would contain one of the most famous zip codes in the world, attracting the town’s ...

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Brentwood

Brentwood’s history begins back in the late 19th century when it was originally part of a Mexican land grant. It went on to be developed at the turn of the century and would be home to several of the the Olympic games in 1932. With a hist...

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Hancock Park

Hancock Park-Wilshire is a wonderful combination of big city living paired with a neighborhood feel, one of the few areas in LA to offer both. As a thoroughfare of the city, the main drag of Hancock Park-Wilshire is almost always active, an...

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Hollywood Hills

Contrary to its reputation, Sunset Strip isn’t all studios and movie lots. This eclectic neighborhood is also home to classic restaurants, shops, and a number of iconic area institutions. The surrounding Hollywood Hills’ quiet, winding ...

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Santa Monica

This seaside city is named after Saint Monica, the mother of Saint Augustine, but the reason why remains undetermined. One telling says it was named by explorer Gaspar de Portolà, who camped there in 1769 and named it in honor of the feast...

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Sunset Strip

Contrary to its reputation, Sunset Strip isn’t all studios and movie lots. This eclectic neighborhood is also home to classic restaurants, shops, and a number of iconic area institutions. The surrounding Hollywood Hills’ quiet, winding ...

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Venice

Venice was founded in the early 1900’s by a tobacco millionaire, Abbot Kinney. The area was originally a beach resort set on two miles of ocean front property. It was an independent city until 1926 when it merged with Los Angeles.

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West Hollywood

In the 1920’s, gambling was illegal in the city of Los Angeles but still legal in Los Angeles County. Since West Hollywood was still unincorporated at the time, casinos and nightclubs started popping up around what is now the Sunset Strip...

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