Trousdale Estates
District of Universal City
California - United States

"—And He Built a Crooked House—"

""—And He Built a Crooked House—"" is a science fiction short story by Robert A. Heinlein first published in Astounding Science Fiction in February 1941. It was reprinted in the anthology Fantasia Mathematica (Clifton Fadiman, ed. ) in 1958 and in the Heinlein collection The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag in 1959.

Located at 34.1092, -118.385 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Short stories by Robert A. Heinlein, 1941 short stories, Works originally published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Four-dimensional geometry

Sunset Strip

The Sunset Strip is the name given to the mile-and-a-half (2.4 km) stretch of Sunset Boulevard that passes through West Hollywood, California. It extends from West Hollywood's eastern border with Hollywood at Havenhurst Drive, to its western border with Beverly Hills at Sierra Drive. The Strip is probably the best-known portion of Sunset, embracing a premier collection of boutiques, restaurants, rock clubs, and nightclubs that are on the cutting edge of the entertainment industry.

Located at 34.0907, -118.386 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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West Hollywood, California, Landmarks in Los Angeles, California, History of Los Angeles, California, Entertainment districts in California

The Comedy Store

The Comedy Store is a comedy club located in West Hollywood, California, at 8433 Sunset Boulevard on the Sunset Strip. It has a sister comedy club in La Jolla, San Diego, California.

Located at 34.0951, -118.374 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Nightclubs in California, Comedy clubs in the United States, Landmarks in Los Angeles, California, West Hollywood, California, Reportedly haunted locations in the United States

Whisky a Go Go

The Whisky a Go Go is a nightclub in West Hollywood, California, United States. It is located at 8901 Sunset Boulevard, on the Sunset Strip.

Located at 34.0906, -118.386 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Event venues established in 1964, Landmarks in Los Angeles, California, Nightclubs in California, Music venues in California, Historic Rock and Roll Landmarks, West Hollywood, California

Ciro's

Ciro's (also known as Ciro's Le Disc) was a nightclub in West Hollywood, California, at 8433 Sunset Boulevard, on the Sunset Strip, opened in January 1940, by entrepreneur William Wilkerson. Herman Hover took over management of Ciro's in 1942 until it closed its doors in 1957. Hover filed for bankruptcy in 1959, and Ciro's was sold at public auction for $350,000.

Located at 34.095, -118.374 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Hollywood history and culture, Nightclubs in California, Former music venues, West Hollywood, California

Roxy Theatre (West Hollywood)

The Roxy Theatre (often just The Roxy) is a famous nightclub, on the Sunset Strip, in West Hollywood, California. The Roxy is owned by Lou Adler and Adler's son, Nic, who operates the club.

Located at 34.0908, -118.388 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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1973 establishments in California, West Hollywood, California, Landmarks in Los Angeles, California, Nightclubs in California, Music venues in California, Art Deco architecture in California

Mocambo

The Mocambo was a nightclub in West Hollywood, California, at 8588 Sunset Boulevard on the Sunset Strip. It was owned by Charlie Morrison and Felix Young.

Located at 34.0927, -118.379 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Hollywood history and culture, Nightclubs in California, Former music venues

KCRW

KCRW is a public radio station broadcasting from the campus of Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, carrying a mix of National Public Radio news, talk radio and freeform music format. A network of repeaters and broadcast translators allows the station to serve the Los Angeles metropolitan area and other communities in Southern California. The station has also become widely known because of nationally distributed programming, streaming Internet radio broadcasts, and podcasts.

Located at 34.1189, -118.392 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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KCRW, Radio stations in Los Angeles, California, NPR member stations, College radio stations in California, Radio stations established in 1945, Santa Monica College

The Viper Room

The Viper Room is a nightclub located on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California. It was opened in 1993 and was partly owned by actor Johnny Depp until 2004. The club became known for being a hangout of Hollywood elite, and was the site where actor River Phoenix died of a drug overdose on Halloween morning in 1993. The Viper Room has undergone several changes in ownership, and continues to host music of multiple genres, including metal, punk rock, and alternative rock.

Located at 34.0905, -118.385 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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West Hollywood, California, Landmarks in Los Angeles, California, Nightclubs in California, 1993 establishments in the United States

Rainbow Bar and Grill

The 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. The bottom level of the building is the restaurant, The Rainbow Bar and Grill. Upstairs is an exclusive club called "Over the Rainbow", which consists of a full bar, dance floor, and a DJ booth. The restaurant is next to The Roxy Theatre and The Key Club.

Located at 34.0906, -118.388 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Restaurants in Los Angeles, California, Landmarks in Los Angeles, California, Drinking establishments in California, West Hollywood, California, Restaurants established in 1972

Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles

Laurel Canyon is "a eucalyptus-scented canyon" neighborhood located "deep in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles", California. It was first developed in the 1910s, and became a part of the city of Los Angeles in 1923 (previously, it was an unincorporated part of Los Angeles County). Much like Topanga Canyon (whose central thoroughfare is Topanga Canyon Boulevard), community life at Laurel Canyon is focused on its central thoroughfare, Laurel Canyon Boulevard.

Located at 34.1173, -118.375 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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1960s in the United States, Hippie movement, Neighborhoods in Los Angeles, California

KYSR

KYSR (98.7 FM, "98-7 FM") is a commercial modern rock radio station in Los Angeles, California, covering the Los Angeles, Orange County, and Inland Empire areas on 98.7 FM. KYSR is also simulcasted on KSRY 103.1 FM in Tehachapi, California. It is Clear Channel's largest station with the alternative rock format, taking over from KDGE in Dallas, Texas since 2008, the year when KYSR adopted its current alternative rock format.

Located at 34.119, -118.393 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Radio stations in Los Angeles, California, , Clear Channel radio stations, Radio stations established in 1948, 1948 establishments in the United States

The Mansion (recording studio)

The Mansion is a 10-bedroom mansion owned by music producer Rick Rubin in the Laurel Canyon area of Los Angeles, originally built in 1918. The Mansion is famous for many bands who recorded their best titles, and it's also famous because the mansion's first resident was legendary Harry Houdini.

Located at 34.1163, -118.375 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Houses in Los Angeles, California, Reportedly haunted locations in the United States, Recording studios in the United States

Alta Loma Road

Alta Loma Road is the celebrity-filled cul-de-sac that runs a mere one block. It is off the Sunset Strip in the city of West Hollywood. It is one block west of La Cienega Blvd. and is between Holloway Drive and Sunset Boulevard. The street originally ran directly through from Holloway Drive to Sunset Boulevard but was changed to a cul-de-sac after many of the celebritites on the street voiced their concerns about traffic from the Sunset Strip.

Located at 34.0925, -118.378 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Streets in Los Angeles County, California

London Fog (nightclub)

The London Fog was a 1960s nightclub located on the Sunset Strip in what was then unincorporated Los Angeles County, California (now in the city of West Hollywood). It is most notable for being the venue where The Doors had their first regular gigs for several months in early 1966 before becoming the house band at the Whisky a Go Go. The London Fog was located just west of the Whisky a Go Go, a few doors down, at 8919 Sunset Blvd.

Located at 34.0914, -118.386 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Defunct nightclubs, West Hollywood, California

Andaz West Hollywood

The Andaz West Hollywood is a 239-room Hyatt hotel located at 8401 Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood, California (at Kings Road). The hotel opened in 1963 as the Gene Autry Hotel. Sold in 1966, it was renamed the Continental Hyatt House. In 1976 it became the Hyatt on Sunset until February 1997 when the hotel was renamed the Hyatt West Hollywood. In January 2009 the hotel was renovated and renamed the Andaz West Hollywood.

Located at 34.0954, -118.373 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Hotels in Los Angeles, California, West Hollywood, California, Landmarks in Los Angeles, California, Hyatt, Hotels established in 1963

Lookout Mountain Air Force Station

The Lookout Mountain Air Force Station (LMAFS) located on Wonderland Avenue, Los Angeles, California, provided in-service production of classified motion picture and still photographs to the U.S. Department of Defense and the Atomic Energy Commission from 1947-1969. The 100,000-square-foot facility is built on 2 acres of land and was originally built in 1941 as a World War II air defense center to coordinate radar installations. The studio was established in 1947 and its purpose kept secret.

Located at 34.1086, -118.389 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Nuclear history of the United States, Nuclear secrecy, Stations of the United States Air Force, Closed facilities of the United States Air Force, Military facilities in California

Laurel Hills, California

Laurel Hills is a community in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles, California, United States.

Located at 34.1202, -118.385 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Los Angeles, California

Coldwater Canyon

Coldwater Canyon is a canyon running perpendicular to the Santa Monica Mountains in the city of Los Angeles, California. The canyon is traversed by Coldwater Canyon Drive and Coldwater Canyon Avenue (linked by a short section of Mulholland Drive), which connect the city of Beverly Hills with the community of Studio City in the San Fernando Valley.

Located at 34.1075, -118.405 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Canyons and gorges of California, Geography of Southern California, San Fernando Valley

Jumbo's Clown Room

Jumbo's Clown Room is a dance bar located on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. It was opened on July 27, 1970 and later became a dance bar in 1980. Jumbo's Clown Room embodies the burlesque spirit more than its counterparts in Hollywood and farther west. Some of the interior and front of the Jumbo's Clown Room building is shown on the video for Let Me Go by 3 Doors Down.

Located at 34.0905, -118.385 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Hollywood

Bailey House – Case Study House

The Bailey House or Case Study House #21 was registered as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #669, with the endorsement of then owner Michael LaFetra, the Los Angeles Conservancy and Pierre and Gloria Koenig.

Located at 34.1166, -118.392 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Houses in Los Angeles, California, Modernist architecture in California, Houses completed in 1959, Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments

Franklin Canyon Park

Franklin Canyon Park is a public park located near Benedict Canyon at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains. The park comprises 605 acres, and is located at the purported geographical center of the city of Los Angeles. The park features a 3-acre lake, a duck pond and over five miles (8 km) of hiking trails. The lake and pond are visited by birds in the Pacific Flyway. The park was used for the hitchhiking scene in It Happened One Night, and the opening credits of The Andy Griffith Show.

Located at 34.1031, -118.412 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Parks in Los Angeles County, California, Beverly Hills, California, Nature centers in California, Santa Monica Mountains, Regional parks in California, Film shooting locations

Chamberlain West Hollywood Hotel

The Chamberlain West Hollywood is a hotel located in the centre of West Hollywood, California. The hotel has 114 suites, each with a private balcony and a gas-log fireplace. The suites average over 500 square feet and include amenities such as 42-inch HD televisions, iHome docking stations and designer bath products. The Chamberlain Bistro, the hotel restaurant, is run by Chef Emilio Noselolt and serves American and California cuisine.

Located at 34.0899, -118.379 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Hotels in Hollywood, California, West Hollywood, California, Residential buildings completed in 1970, Hotels established in 2005

1156 Shadow Hill Way, Beverly Hills, California, 90210

1156 Shadow Hill Way, Beverly Hills, California, 90210 is notable as the largest private residence in Beverly Hills, 90210. It is also notable both for its associations with celebrity international organized crime figures, and its frequent use on television and in Hollywood movies to portray an image of vast wealth for its fictitious characters.

Located at 34.0922, -118.415 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Beverly Hills, California, Houses in Los Angeles County, California

Kronish House

The Kronish House is a 7,000 square foot villa designed by Richard Neutra in 1955. The house is located on 9439 Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California in the United States. The house was designed for Herbert and Hazel Kronish.

Located at 34.0878, -118.401 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Beverly Hills, California, Houses completed in 1955, Richard Neutra buildings