Hotels Guided Tours
Style French Antiques
509 N. Robertson Ave.
Roosevelt Hotel (1927) Architecture Tours L.A.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
7000 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028 323/464-7868, www.architecturetoursla.com
310/550-6726
323/466-7000, www.hollywoodroosevelt.com Guided tours highlighting the architecture,
www.stylefrenchantiques.com
Originally designed by C. E. Tobermann in a history and culture of LA.
Svenska Mobler
Spanish/Moorish idiom. Home of the 1940s
154 N La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036
Deco Cinegrill nightclub (now Teddy’s) and the
323/934-4452, www.svenskamobler.com
famed midcentury modern Tropicana Poolside
Shops
Bar; a David Hockney mural, recently restored,
Twentieth
Blackman-Cruz
decorates the pool bottom.
8057 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048
800 N. La Cienega Blvd.,
323/904-1200, www.twentieth.net
Sunset Tower Hotel (1931)
Los Angeles, CA 90036
8358 Sunset Blvd.
310/657-9228, www.blackmancruz.com
Vioski
West Hollywood, CA 90069
132 S La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036
Carla Inc.
323/656-1622, www.sunsettowerhotel.com
323/937-7741, www.vioski.com
7466 Beverly Blvd. Suite 101
Art Deco high-rise hotel designed by Leland
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Zipper
A. Bryant.
323/932-6064, www.carlainc.com
8316 West 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA 90048
The Farmer’s Daughter (1940)
213/951-0620, www.zippergifts.com
Denmark 50
115 South Fairfax Ave.
7974 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046
Los Angeles, CA 90036
323/852-1939, www.denmark50.com
Bars
800/334-1658, www.farmersdaughterhotel.com
Downtown
Renovated in 2000 by Dean Larkin Design.
The Dresden Room
719 N. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036
1760 North Vermont Ave.
Avalon Hotel (1949)
310/652-7461, www.downtown20.net
Hollywood, CA 90027
9400 West Olympic Blvd.
Ecosmart Fire
323/665-4294, www.thedresden.com
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
1928 Cotner Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90025
It’s not modernist outside, but it’s strictly Rat
310/277-5221, www.avalonbeverlyhills.com
310/914-3335, www.ecosmartfire.com
Pack-era inside; used as a location for the
Originally the Beverly Carlton Hotel, designed
1996 movie Swingers.
by Alvin Lustig and Sam Reisbord.
Emmerson Troop
8111 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048
The Frolic Room (1936)
The Beverly Hills Hotel (1949)
323/653-9736, www.emmersontroop.com
6245 Hollywood Blvd.
9641 Sunset Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Hollywood, CA 90028
310/887-2777, www.thebeverlyhillshotel.com
Fat Chance
323/462-5890
Designed by Paul Williams. Most of the 1912
162 North La Brea Ave.
A neighborhood bar next to the Pantages
hotel is Mission Revival, designed by Elmer
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Theater with Moderne neon exterior signage.
Grey, but the famed green-tiled Moderne
213/930-1960, www.fatchancemodern.com
façade of Williams’ addition gives the hotel its
Boardner’s Bar (1942)
Floor-Model
iconic public face.
1657 N. Cherokee Ave.
3225 Helms Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90034
Hollywood, CA 90028
Beverly Hilton (1955)
310/945-5053, www.floor-model.com
323/462 9621; www.boardners.com
9876 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Futurama
Originally an Art Deco nightclub owned
310/274-7777, www.beverlyhilton.com
446 N La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036
by cowboy star Gene Autry; now a
Designed by Welton Becket.
323/937-4522, www.futuramafurniture.net
neon-limned neighborhood bar.
The Standard Hotel, Hollywood (1962)
Hammer Museum
The Blue Room (1952)
8300 Sunset Blvd.
10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024
916 South San Fernando Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069
310/443-7056, www.hammer.ucla.edu
Burbank, CA 91502
323/650-9090
www.standardhotels.com/hollywood
Jules Seltzer Associates
323/849-2779
Originally the Thunderbird Motel; now a retro-
8833 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048
Once described as “a bar time forgot,” with
modern hotel, developed by boutique hotelier
310/274-7243, www.julesseltzer.com
bright blue décor seemingly out of a David
Lynch film.
André Balasz. LAX Series
Élan Hotel (1969)
12705 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90066
The Troubadour (1957)
8435 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048
310/313-4700, www.laxseries.com
9081 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069
866/203-2212, www.elanhotel.com Lazar Industries LLC
310/276-1158, www.troubadour.com
Formerly a retirement home, renovated into 620 E Slauson Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90011
Not really modernist architecture, but a
a retromodern boutique hotel in 2000 by 323/232-7170, www.lazarind.com
mind-boggling amount of midcentury folk
Abramson Teiger Architects.
and rock music history. Bob Dylan, The
Byrds, Joni Mitchell and Buffalo Springfield
all made their L.A. debuts here.
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Liz’s Antique Hardware
453 S La Brea, Los Angeles, CA 90036
323/939-4403, www.lahardware.com
Modern Living
8775 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048
310/657-8775, www.modernliving.com
Modern One
7956 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048
213/651-5082
Modernica
This will be a gatefold.
7366 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036
213/683-1963, www.modernica.net
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Off The Wall Antiques
7325 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046
213/930-1185
www.offthewallantiques.com
OK
8303 W. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA 90048
323/653-3501, www.okstore.la
Papillon Gallery
462 N. Robertson Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
323/655-4468, www.papillongallery.com
Retro Gallery
1100 S. La Brea, Los Angeles, CA 90019
323/936-5261, www.retroglass.com
Rubbish
1627 Silver Lake Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
213/661-5575
Sam Kaufman
7965 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048
323/857-1965
www.samkaufmangallery.com
Show LA
1722 N Vermont Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323/644-1960, www.showlifestyle.com
Siegerson Morrison
8307 W 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA 90048
323/655-6138
www.siegersonmorrison.com
Sonrisa Furniture
7609 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036
323/935-8438, www.sonrisafurniture.com
Stephen Cohen Gallery
7358 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036
213/937-5525
www.stephencohengallery.com
Studio Hexagon
8763 Rosewood Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
310/859-7100, www.studiohexagon.com
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