Sunset Tower Hotel

It was the Roaring 20’s and Los Angeles was playing host to the emerging entertainment industry.  A truly “Golden Age”, everything seemed to be feasible through modern technology. New technologies, especially automobiles, and moving pictures and radio proliferated 'modernity' to a large part of the population. Art Deco was the style of design and architecture that marked the era. Originating in Belgium, it spread to the rest of western Europe and North America towards the mid-1920s. The contemporary Deco style was just coming into it's glory period as it sought to emphasize the future through emerging "streamlined" transportation and technology. As its east coast Deco counterpart, the Chrysler Building, took shape in New York, the Sunset Tower arose on famous Sunset Boulevard and immediately became a symbol of an important time in Los Angeles' history.

Originally designed as a 14-story apartment building by architect Leland Bryant, the Sunset Tower catered to celebrities wishing to draw attention to their star power. The Sunset Tower embodied these aspirations and counted among its former residents the likes of Howard Hughes, John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe, Errol Flynn, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra and Bugsy Siegel during the 30's and 40's.  Subsequently, the Tower languished through four decades being used as everything from offices to production studios to movie shoot locations until, in the 1980's, it was saved by preservation laws and the building was converted into a luxury hotel.  Hotelier Jeff Klein and partners recognized the iconic value of the hotel and bought the Tower in 2004.  They hired a team of designers including Interior Designer Paul Fortune and the architecture and landscape teams from KAA Design to "respect the Deco origins but bring a modern sense of sophistication and style".

Today, the Sunset Tower Hotel sits as a proud symbol of the magic and intrigue of Hollywood while catering to it's guests with every modern convenience.  Now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Sunset Tower is once again the life of the party with refined details and a sophisticated palette, returning this glamorous tower back to being Hollywood's finest Art Deco Hotel.  Along with the timeless and sophisticated Tower Bar restaurant, the hotel is home again to a lively and celebrated Hollywood crowd.