Los Angeles Area Hotels

     In the 1930s stars such as John Wayne, Jean Harlow, Errol Flynn, and Clark Gable made the luxury Sunset Tower apartment building their home. The Tower also became a recognizable feature in on the page and on screen, in part through Raymond Chandler's hard-boiled detective novels and the movies they inspired, beginning with Murder My Sweet (1944).

     This Art Deco landmark, designed in 1929 by architect Leland A. Bryant, was built on rockers and was Los Angeles' first earthquake-resistant apartment building. Its distinctive exterior is matched by an exquisitely detailed interior that was lavishly restored in the 1990s, when the building opened as a hotel and was renamed the Argyle. The apartments were redesigned as suites, and each guest room is furnished with fine reproductions of original Art Deco pieces.

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