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Los Angeles: Hollywood, Sunset Strip, Griffith
Los Angeles, California, US · 7 stops · 27.6 mi (44 km) · about 1 h 11 min driving · 18 spoken stories
For film and music history buffs, this 71-minute drive from LAX to Griffith Observatory covers the essential Strip landmarks: Whisky a Go Go, Chateau Marmont, Rainbow Bar, TCL Chinese Theatre and Capitol Records. You'll pass the studios where Hollywood's greatest films were made and the venues that launched rock's biggest names.
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
From Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles
The stops
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1
The Culver Studios
The Culver Studios is a film studio in Culver City, California. Originally created by silent movie pioneer Thomas H. Ince, the studios have operated under a multitude of names: Ince Studio (1918–1925), De Mille Studios (1925–1928), Pathé Studios (1928–1931), RKO-Pathé Studios (1931–1935), Selznick International Picture…
“Coming up is one of the great survivors of the movie business, The Culver Studios.”
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Rainbow Bar and Grill
lunchThe Rainbow Bar and Grill is a bar and restaurant on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California, United States, adjacent to the border of Beverly Hills, California. Its address is 9015 Sunset Boulevard.
“We have arrived at the Rainbow Bar and Grill, nine zero one five Sunset Boulevard, right where the Sunset Strip brushes up against Beverly Hills.”
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Whisky a Go Go
The Whisky a Go Go is a historic nightclub in West Hollywood, California, United States. It is located at 8901 Sunset Boulevard on the Sunset Strip, corner North Clark Street, opposite North San Vicente Boulevard, northwest corner.
“Here it is, the Whisky a Go Go, eight nine zero one Sunset Boulevard, on the corner of North Clark Street where the Strip bends.”
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Chateau Marmont
Chateau Marmont is a historic hotel located at 8221 Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, California. Completed in 1929, the hotel was designed by architects Arnold A. Weitzman and William Douglas Lee. It was modeled loosely after the Château d'Amboise, a former royal castle in France's Loire Valley.
“Up ahead on its little hill above Sunset sits the Chateau Marmont, at eight two two one Sunset Boulevard.”
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Canter's Deli
Canter's Deli is a Jewish-style delicatessen, opened in 1931 in Boyle Heights, and later moved to the Fairfax District of Los Angeles, California, near the border of West Hollywood. It has been frequented by many movie stars and celebrities.
“Welcome to Canter's Deli on Fairfax.”
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TCL Chinese Theatre
Grauman's Chinese Theatre, known as the Chinese colloquially, and officially branded as the TCL Chinese Theatre for sponsorship reasons, is a movie palace on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.
“This is the big one, the movie palace on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, officially the TCL Chinese Theatre, though everyone just calls it the Chinese.”
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Capitol Records Building
The Capitol Records Building, also known as the Capitol Records Tower, is a 13-story tower building in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.
“And there it is, the Capitol Records Tower, thirteen stories just north of Hollywood and Vine.”
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