This hotel at Kings Road on the Sunset Strip opened in 1963 as Gene Autry's Hotel Continental but he soon sold out to Hyatt Hotels and it became the Continental Hyatt House in the sixties and seventies – the "Riot House" – Keith Richards dropped a hotel television set out the window of Room 1015 in 1972 – Jim Morrison lived here until he was evicted for hanging out his window by his fingertips, dangling over the pavement, just for the fun of it – and Little...
more »This hotel at Kings Road on the Sunset Strip opened in 1963 as Gene Autry's Hotel Continental but he soon sold out to Hyatt Hotels and it became the Continental Hyatt House in the sixties and seventies – the "Riot House" – Keith Richards dropped a hotel television set out the window of Room 1015 in 1972 – Jim Morrison lived here until he was evicted for hanging out his window by his fingertips, dangling over the pavement, just for the fun of it – and Little Richard lived in room 319 for twenty years. Now it's the sleek Andaz West Hollywood and kind of boring. It's across the street from the Sunset Tower Hotel, designed in 1929 by Leland A. Bryant and opened in 1931 – both John Wayne and Howard Hughes lived here for a time. Now all the rooms look out on the Saddle Ranch Chop House – kitsch from 1999 but in a lot of movies. In 2013, Business Insider named it the rowdiest bar in the United States. This is an odd corner. ~ Wednesday, July 22, 2020
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