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70-733: The Schindler House , also known as the Schindler Chace House or Kings Road House , is a house in West Hollywood, California , designed by architect Rudolph M. Schindler . The house serves as headquarters to the MAK Center for Art and Architecture , which operate and program three Schindler sites, and is owned and conserved by the Friends of Schindler House. The Schindler House was a departure from existing residential architecture because of what it did not have; there

140-404: A utility room . The utility room was meant to serve the functions of a kitchen , laundry , sewing room, and storage. The four studios were originally designated for the four members of the household ( Rudolph & Pauline Schindler and Clyde & Marian Chace). The house also has a guest studio with its own kitchen and bathroom. The house, at just under 3,500 square feet (330 m), sits on

210-474: A 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m) lot. Instead of bedrooms, there are two rooftop sleeping baskets. The baskets were redwood four post canopies with beams at mitered corners, protected from the rain by canvas sides. When Schindler first submitted plans to the local planning authorities, they were denied, citing this radical, at the time, new method of construction. After many trips to the local planning office and extensive talks to convince them of its merit,

280-676: A building for his collection within five years; Scheyer further stipulated that the university must publish a modest catalogue of her collection. When UCLA failed to meet the conditions, the Arensberg collection went to the Philadelphia Museum of Art , while the fate of the Scheyer collection was left to a committee. In 1953, the committee entrusted Scheyer's collection of 450 works by the Blue Four and other modern artists (plus

350-634: A cache of 800 documents) to the Pasadena Art Institute , which evolved into the Pasadena Art Museum and moved to a new building on Colorado Boulevard. The museum's curator, John Coplans, regarded the Scheyer collection as its greatest cultural asset. Norton Simon took over the facility in 1974. A sampling of the Scheyer holding is frequently on view at the Norton Simon Museum . Scheyer's will required that

420-806: A complete catalogue of the Blue Four Galka Scheyer Collection, titled "The Blue Four Collection at the Norton Simon Museum" and published by Yale University Press. Her correspondence, the Galka Scheyer papers from 1917 to 1945, are part of the Archives of American Art . In 1960, the University Gallery at the University of Minnesota exhibited paintings, drawings and prints by Paul Klee from

490-410: A few blocks long or wide. Major intersecting streets typically provide amenities within walking distance of adjacent neighborhoods. West Hollywood has a subtropical - semi-arid climate with year-round warm weather, although winter nights are cool. The record high temperature of 111 °F was recorded on September 26, 1963, while the record low of 24 °F was recorded on January 4, 1949. Rainfall

560-578: A film screening, and a series of online discussions of the impact of the house on architectural modernism. On August 10, 1994, the Friends of the Schindler House signed an agreement with the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna to create the nonprofit MAK Center for Art and Architecture . The MAK Center for Art and Architecture's mission is to serve as a contemporary, experimental, multi-disciplinary center for art and architecture and

630-484: A winding street, off Sunset Plaza, which she named Blue Heights Drive. In Los Angeles, her circle of friends included artists Edward Weston and Stanton Macdonald-Wright , architects Frank Lloyd Wright , Neutra and Rudolph Schindler , collectors like the Arensbergs, Aline Barnsdall and bookseller Jake Zeitlin . Scheyer's continuous efforts to promote the Blue Four widened the influence of European modernism in

700-537: Is currently dominated by 4-story condominium and apartment buildings designed by Lorcan O'Herlihy , vastly different from the original expansive lots for single family residences. The condominium was built despite efforts by numerous notable architects who were invited by Peter Noever on behalf of the MAK Center in 2003 to submit alternative proposals for the site. Selected by a jury that included Frank Gehry , Chris Burden , Michael Asher and Richard Koshalek, all of

770-692: Is headquartered in three architectural landmarks by the Austrian-American architect Rudolph M. Schindler. The center operates a residency program and exhibition space at the Mackey Apartments (R.M. Schindler, 1939) and runs more intimate programming at the Fitzpatrick-Leland House (R.M. Schindler, 1936) in Los Angeles. The FoSH and MAK Center agreement allow Pauline Schindler's FoSH to retain full ownership of

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840-582: Is no conventional living room, dining room or bedrooms in the house. The residence was meant to be a cooperative live/work space for two young families. The concrete walls and sliding canvas panels made novel use of industrial materials, while the open floor plan integrated the external environment into the residence, setting a precedent for California architecture in particular. Schindler and his wife Pauline vacationed in Yosemite in October 1921. Inspired by

910-805: Is sparse (only 13 inches annually), and falls mainly during the winter months. Snow is extraordinarily rare in West Hollywood, with the last accumulation occurring in 1949. The 2010 United States Census reported that West Hollywood had a population of 34,399. The population density was 18,225.6 inhabitants per square mile (7,036.9/km ). The racial makeup of West Hollywood was 28,979 (84.2%) White (77.9% Non-Hispanic White), 1,115 (3.2%) African American , 103 (0.3%) Native American , 1,874 (5.4%) Asian , 34 (0.1%) Pacific Islander , 1,049 (3.0%) from other races , and 1,245 (3.6%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3,613 persons (10.5%). The census reported that 34,290 people (99.7% of

980-622: Is the most concentrated single Russian-speaking region in the United States. The Gauntlet was a body piercing business founded by Jim Ward in West Hollywood that is considered the first business of its type in the United States and was the beginning of the body piercing industry. The Gauntlet began in November 1975, with its original location in Ward's West Hollywood home, but on the evening of Friday, November 17, 1978, it celebrated

1050-701: Is the most walkable city in California with a Walkscore of 89. Commercial corridors include the nightlife and dining focused on the Sunset Strip , along Santa Monica Boulevard , and the Avenues of Art and Design along Robertson , Melrose , and Beverly Boulevard . Residential neighborhoods in West Hollywood include the Norma Triangle , West Hollywood North, West Hollywood West , West Hollywood East, and West Hollywood Heights, all of which are only

1120-564: The Henry Hancock family. During the final decade years of the nineteenth century, the first large land reconstruction of the town of "Sherman" significantly accelerated the development of the region. In what would later become West Hollywood—the town of "Sherman"—was established by Moses Sherman and his partners of the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad , an interurban railroad line which later became part of

1190-502: The Pacific Electric Railway system. Sherman became the location of the railroad's main shops, railroad yards , and "car barns". Many working-class employees of the railroad settled in this town. It was during this time that the city began to earn its reputation as a loosely regulated, liquor-friendly (during Prohibition ) place for eccentric people wary of government interference. Despite several annexation attempts,

1260-681: The École des Beaux-Arts . By 1916, she was working as a painter in Brussels. Scheyer's commitment to the Blue Four began in 1915, when she first saw the work of Russian artist Jawlensky in Lausanne , Switzerland. She organized his participation in a group show at Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden , in 1921. That same year, on a trip to the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany, Jawlensky introduced her to Feininger, Kandinsky and Klee, who were instructors at

1330-469: The Arensbergs and on hopes of selling to other Hollywood collectors. In her promotional zeal, Scheyer even lent works by the Blue Four as props in movies. Scheyer had met architect Rudolph Schindler and lived briefly in his Kings Road House in 1931. Scheyer finally moved west in 1933, buying land in the Hollywood Hills and commissioning Richard Neutra to build a concrete and glass house on

1400-501: The Building department granted him a temporary permit, meaning that they reserved the right to halt construction at any stage. The house is built on a flat concrete slab, which is both the foundation and the final floor. The walls are concrete tilt up slabs, poured into forms on top of the foundation. The tilt up slabs are separated by 3 inches (76 mm), filled with concrete, clear glass or frosted glass. The tilt up panels act as

1470-516: The California State Office of Historic Preservation with the aid of a $ 160,000 state grant. FoSH owns and is responsible for the house, which was in a very challenging state when it was received. The first phase of restoration to the house was completed in the mid-1980s. By this time, the West Hollywood neighborhood had been rezoned to allow four-story apartment buildings. Gregory Ain (who greatly admired Schindler), advocated that

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1540-758: The City of West Hollywood and its LGBTQ+ Advisory Board have presented over 173 Rainbow Key Awards to those who have made outstanding contributions to West Hollywood’s LGBTQ+ community. These contributions, by an individual or a group, maybe in many forms, including the arts, community action, humanitarian action, sports, medicine, armed services, leadership potential, benefit to the global LGBTQ+ community, or other ways. Past honorees have included Bruce Vilanch , Abbe Land, Kenneth Hahn, Tom of Finland , Sheila Kuehl , David Cooley, Chaz Bono , West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation, Project Angel Food, Jazzmun , and Nahshon Dion . The West Hollywood Book Fair has been held in

1610-493: The County, and a number of architecturally distinctive apartment buildings and hotels were built. Many interior designers, decorators and "to the trade" furnishing showrooms located in West Hollywood date back to the middle of the century. Eventually, the area and its extravagant nightclubs fell out of favor. The Sunset Strip and its restaurants, saloons, and nightclubs continued to be an attraction for out-of-town tourists. During

1680-625: The FoSH's centennial campaign to restore the Schindler House. In 2022, the MAK Center for Art and Architecture, the public institution which operates the Schindler House, presented Schindler House: 100 Years in the Making , a series of programs and exhibitions to mark the building's hundredth anniversary. Schindler's radical concept for a cooperative life/work space with its raw concrete walls and sliding canvas panels were an innovative use of industrial materials and its open floor plan thoroughly integrated

1750-732: The Halloween Carnaval each year. Christopher Street West is an LGBT pride parade and festival that was first held in June 1970 in Hollywood to commemorate the first anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York. After incorporation, the event moved to West Hollywood for many years and was typically held the second weekend in June until it relocated to the City of Los Angeles in 2022. The annual One City One Pride event

1820-508: The Native communities and features dance, music, food, and educational resources. West Hollywood inaugurated the first City Poet, Steven Reigns , during the regular City Council meeting on October 6, 2014. Pickle Drag Queen became West Hollywood's first drag laureate on International Drag Day, July 16, 2023. Approximately forty percent of the population identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. West Hollywood has become one of

1890-559: The ONE Archives Gallery and Museum is the first museum in Southern California exclusively dedicated to gay history. In 2018, America's first city-wide Bi Pride event was held in West Hollywood. The city government is headed by a five-member city council, including a Mayor and a Vice Mayor who serve one-year terms. The positions of Mayor and Vice Mayor are largely ceremonial positions which rotate between

1960-668: The Original Cannabis Cafe states it was granted the first license. The West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval is an event that takes place annually on October 31. The largest Halloween street party in the United States (spanning over 1 mile (1.6 km) of Santa Monica Boulevard from La Cienega Boulevard on the East to Doheny and the Beverly Hills border on the West), it is estimated that as many as 500,000 people attend

2030-475: The United States. John Cage and Diego Rivera were among those introduced to the work of these artists through Scheyer. Scheyer also posed for Jawlensky frequently, and in 1927, artist Lucretia Van Horn painted a portrait of Scheyer. At her death in 1945, Scheyer left her collection to UCLA with the proviso that the university meet conditions of a 1944 gift of her friend Walter Arensberg 's modern art collection. Arensberg's donation required UCLA to provide

2100-547: The avant-garde art school. From 1924 Scheyer represented the Blue Four in the United States, organizing the first American exhibition of their work at the Charles Daniel Gallery, New York, in 1925. The next year she travelled to the west coast and began arranging exhibits of work by the Blue Four and giving lectures on their work in multiple major cities. Scheyer initially settled in the Bay Area. In 1926 she

2170-403: The average family size was 2.50. In the city, the population was spread out, with 5.7% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 48.6% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 123.4 males. For every 100 females aged eighteen and older, there were 125.2 males. The median income for a household in

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2240-409: The city was $ 38,914, and the median income for a family was $ 41,463. Males had a median income of $ 45,598 versus $ 35,750 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 38,302. About 7.3% of families and 11.5% of the population were below the poverty line , including 10.0% of those under age 18 and 10.5% of those age 65 or over. According to the City's 2021 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,

2310-567: The city. The population density was 18,992.7 inhabitants per square mile (7,333.1/km ). There were 24,110 housing units at an average density of 12,821.0 units per square mile (4,950.2 units/km ), making West Hollywood one of the most densely populated cities in the US. The racial makeup of the city was 86.4% White , 6.4% African American , 3.8% Asian , 0.4% Native American , 0.1% Pacific Islander , 2.9% from other races , and 3.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.8% of

2380-450: The councilmembers, and both positions are largely not re-elected in concurrent terms. However, councilmembers serve multiple non-concurrent terms in both offices. The five councilmembers are Mayor John M. Erickson, Vice Mayor Chelsea Lee Byers, John Heilman , Sepi Shyne , and Lauren Meister. West Hollywood was the first city in the country to have a city council with a majority of gay members. On February 19, 2001, West Hollywood became

2450-807: The diseases brought in by the Europeans from across wide oceans. The Spanish mission system referred to the Tongva tribe as "Gabrielinos", in reference to the Mission de San Gabriel . Early in 1770 Gaspar de Portola 's Mexican expeditionary force stopped just south of the Santa Monica Mountains near what would become West Hollywood. Here they collected pitch ( brea in Spanish) from tar pits which they used to waterproof their belongings and to say Mass. The Gabrielinos are believed to have burned

2520-544: The exhibitions at the MAK . It is at the same time a landmark to Schindler's architectural conception, where one can clearly witness the spirit, scale and material, 6.127 miles (9.860 km) away from the Kings Road House and only 24 miles (39 km) from Schindler's birthplace. In recent years, the Schindler House has had to contend with the rising density of the surrounding neighborhood. The surrounding neighborhood

2590-552: The expertise of cannabis sommeliers , known as " budtenders " on site. On August 20, 2020, the Original Cannabis Cafe (previously known as The Lowell Cafe in West Hollywood) became America's first restaurant allowed to serve legal marijuana to open in California. It became one of eight establishments granted a cannabis consumption license in West Hollywood. There were reportedly over 300 applicants, and

2660-559: The fall since 2001. Past participants have included Andrew McCarthy, Deepak Chopra, and Rocco DiSpirito. The Oscars is a major event in the city, with a majority of the large Academy Award party venues being located in the city. Many streets are closed, and traffic swells on this day each year. Frontrunners LGBT Pride Run is a 5 km/10 km run/walk held on the Sunday morning of LGBT Pride. The City of West Hollywood sponsors an animal walk and pet appreciation days throughout

2730-579: The foundation. West Hollywood has many ongoing programs to celebrate the vibrant arts and unique culture of the city. The literary community is acknowledged with the year-round author series WeHo Reads, featuring new and noteworthy authors at the West Hollywood Library with a full-day literary event each fall. An annual PowPow is presented by AIDS Project Los Angeles Red Circle Project and the City of West Hollywood. This event, held at Plummer Park promotes HIV awareness and prevention among

2800-566: The grand opening of its first commercial location at 8720 Santa Monica Boulevard (also in West Hollywood). Due to the expiration of rent control protections in LA County, a coalition of gay men, Russian Jews, and the elderly successfully held a vote to officially incorporate the City of West Hollywood in 1984; by electing a city council with an openly gay majority and immediately passing a series of rent control measures to protect its longtime citizens. West Hollywood then immediately adopted one of

2870-646: The hard sheltering wall at the back of the house, and a softer permeable screen at the front. Schindler had long been fascinated by the construction method of tilt up concrete slabs, having done extensive research on them in his early days working for Ottenheimer, Stern, and Reichert . He was now intent on using this method for the new home he was designing, along with his friend Clyde Chace , an engineer and contractor who had worked closely with Irving J. Gill who pioneered tilt-up architecture in Southern California. With Schindler as architect and Chace as builder to save costs, construction began in November 1921. Construction

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2940-521: The house and her husband in August 1927 while Rudolph remained at the house until his death in 1953. The Chace apartment had a variety of famous and creative people live in it, including; art dealer & collector Galka Scheyer , dancer John Bovingdon , novelist Theodore Dreiser , photographer Edward Weston and composer John Cage . Pauline Schindler returned to live in the Chace Studios part of

3010-468: The house with the surrounding gardens. " The Pit (Breitenbrunn am Neusiedlersee, Austria) ", Peter Noever 's land art project at the beginning of the Eurasian Steppe , situated at the interface between two world cultures, at a geopolitical intersection in the east of Austria, bares the "Concrete Fragment - Rudolph M. Schindler". A 1:1 cast of the tilt-up slabs in concrete, made on the occasion of

3080-573: The house, separate from her former husband, in the late 1930s and stayed until her death in May 1977. Pauline Schindler died in May 1977, leaving the house in the Schindler family until the Friends of the Schindler House (FoSH), an organization created by architects and historians passionate about the house and its legacy as well as members of the Schindler family, purchased the property in June 1980 from

3150-546: The institution receiving her collection "publish an illustrated catalogue of the Collection with as many color and photographic reproductions of the pictures as possible, and a minimum of written descriptive matter." Simon fulfilled that obligation in 1976, confirming the museum's ownership of the collection. In 2002, the Norton Simon Art Foundation commissioned scholar Vivan Endicott Barnett to write

3220-634: The late 1960s, the Sunset Strip was transformed again during the hippie movement which brought a thriving music publishing industry coupled with the "hippie" culture. Some young people from all over the country flocked to West Hollywood. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union , thousands of Russian Jews immigrated to the city. A majority of the 5,000 to 6,000 Russian Jews settled in two major immigration waves, 1978–79 and 1988–92. Other than New York, West Hollywood's Russian-speaking community

3290-557: The late-18th century with European colonization when the Portuguese explorer João Rodrigues Cabrilho traveled to and eventually laid claim on the region for Spain . Around 5,000 of the indigenous inhabitants from the Tongva Indian tribe canoed out to greet the ship. The Tongva tribe was a nation of hunter-gatherers known for their reverence for dance and courage. By 1771, these native people had been severely ravaged by

3360-576: The pitch for fuel. By 1780, what became the " Sunset Strip " was the major connecting road for El Pueblo de Los Angeles , and all ranches westward to the Pacific Ocean . This land passed through the hands of various owners during the next one hundred years, and it was called names such as "La Brea" and "Plummer" that are listed in historical records. Most of this area was part of the Rancho La Brea , and eventually it came to be owned by

3430-646: The population) lived in households, 109 (0.3%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized. There were 22,511 households, out of which 1,141 (5.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 3,060 (13.6%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 852 (3.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 431 (1.9%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 1,094 (4.9%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 1,321 (5.9%) same-sex married couples or partnerships . 13,434 households (59.7%) were made up of individuals, and 2,606 (11.6%) had someone living alone who

3500-483: The population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 26,416 people (76.8%) lived in rental housing units. During 2009–2013, West Hollywood had a median household income of $ 52,649, with 15.8% of the population living below the federal poverty line. As of 2019 , gay men were 33% of the city's population; a 2013 survey had estimated the gay male population at 39%. As of the census of 2000, there were 35,716 people, 23,120 households, and 5,202 families residing in

3570-403: The population. There were 23,120 households, out of which 5.8% had children under the age of eighteen, 16.4% were married couples living together, 4.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 77.5% were non-families. 60.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.0% included someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.53, and

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3640-425: The property should be sold and the house rebuilt in the desert, because its context had changed so profoundly. As with all complex renovations, debates as to which era to return the house to have been part of the restoration and preservation process. In 2022, on the hundredth anniversary of the Schindler House, FoSH launched a campaign to stabilize and preserve the house. Events during the year include special events,

3710-473: The property, with MAK Center serving as the public-facing institution that operates the house for public visits, tours, exhibitions, programs, and events. A $ 250,000 grant from MAK was used to restore the house as a study center for experimental architecture, and the museum also provide significant operating costs to FoSH. In 2022, the Museum der angewandte Kunst and the MAK Center contributed $ 150,000 in support of

3780-501: The remainder of the year. In July 2019, the West Hollywood Business License Commission approved a cannabis consumption license for Lowell Herb Co . In September 2019, Lowell Farms: A Cannabis Cafe opened with a menu of cannabis for consumption, THC-infused drinks and meals for cannabis-enhanced sense of taste and smell. It is the first cannabis cafe in the United States and will include

3850-449: The resulting proposals—including the three winning designs, by Odile Decq , Eric Owen Moss and Carl Pruscha —were organized into an exhibition, "A Tribute to Preserving Schindler's Paradise," at the house. Other competition entrants included Coop Himmelb(l)au , Lebbeus Woods , Dominique Perrault , Zaha Hadid , and Peter Eisenman . All submitted projects are documented in the publication "ARCHITECTURAL RESISTANCE." The Schindler House

3920-587: The second city in the United States (after Boulder, Colorado ) to change the term pet "owner" to pet "guardian" in their municipal codes. Galka Scheyer Born in 1889 in Braunschweig, Germany, to a middle-class Jewish family, Galka Emmy Scheyer studied art and English in London, took painting lessons from Braunschweig artist Gustav Lehmann, traveled to Italy with him and spent a couple of years in Paris at

3990-408: The southwest. The city's irregular boundary is featured in its logo; it was largely formed from the unincorporated Los Angeles County area which had not become part of the surrounding cities. West Hollywood benefits from a very dense, compact urban form with small lots, mixed land use, and a walkable street grid. According to Walkscore, a website that ranks cities based on walkability, West Hollywood

4060-475: The strongest rent control laws in the nation. The city of West Hollywood gave the keys to the city to Stormy Daniels on "Stormy Daniels Day", May 23, 2018. West Hollywood is bounded by the city of Beverly Hills on the west, and by neighborhoods of the city of Los Angeles : Hollywood Hills on the north, Hollywood on the east, the Fairfax District on the southeast, and Beverly Grove on

4130-822: The top employers in the city were: Under the legalization of the sale and distribution of cannabis, the city plans to issue 40 licenses to either operate a dispensary, consumption lounge or delivery service. Eight licenses are planned in each of the following categories: State law does not allow local governments to regulate adults in growing, using, or transporting marijuana for personal use but commercial activities, such as growing, testing, and selling cannabis within their jurisdiction may be regulated by each city by licensing none or only some of these activities. West Hollywood's first four dispensaries, Alternative Herbal Health Services, Los Angeles Patients and Caregivers Group, Zen Healing and MedMen WeHo, were granted temporary extensions in June 2019 to operate as retail businesses through

4200-550: The town elected not to become part of the City of Los Angeles . In 1925 Sherman adopted "West Hollywood", "...a moniker pioneered earlier in the decade by the West Hollywood Realty Board" as its informal name, though it remained under the governance of Los Angeles County . For many decades, the area that is now the city of West Hollywood was an unincorporated area in the midst of Los Angeles. Because gambling

4270-440: The trip, Schindler returned to create a design for multiple families to share a modern living area, much like Curry Village, Yosemite National Park . The Schindler House is laid out as two interlinking L-shaped apartments (referred to as the Schindler and Chace apartments) using the basic design of the camp site that he had seen a year before. Each apartment was designed for a separate family, consisting of 2 studios, connected by

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4340-635: The world's top gay vacation spots for LGBT travelers and is at the center of gay California nightlife, including spas, shopping, and dining. The city maintains expansive historical records of the LGBT community. The West Hollywood Library has an extensive collection of LGBT records, literature, and history, including the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives , and the Ron Shipton HIV Information Center. According to an LA Times article,

4410-435: The year, which have in the past featured pet psychics and dog activities. During Halloween, the week before October 31, animals can participate in a costume contest in West Hollywood Park. West Hollywood is near Runyon Canyon Park 's hiking trail and dog park in Hollywood. The Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Party has traditionally been held at the Pacific Design Center . It is a multimillion-dollar fundraiser for

4480-425: Was 40.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 128.4 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 129.9 males. There were 24,588 housing units at an average density of 13,027.4 units per square mile (5,029.9 units/km ), of which 4,976 (22.1%) were owner-occupied, and 17,535 (77.9%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.6%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.9%. 7,874 people (22.9% of

4550-417: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.52. There were 4,343 families (19.3% of all households); the average family size was 2.42. The population was spread out, with 1,578 people (4.6%) under the age of 18, 2,407 people (7.0%) aged 18 to 24, 16,228 people (47.2%) aged 25 to 44, 9,061 people (26.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 5,125 people (14.9%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

4620-414: Was an LGBTQ Arts Festival held over a 40-day period from Harvey Milk Day, May 22 through the end of Pride Month, June 30. In 2023, the "One City One Pride LGBTQ Arts Festival" became the "WeHo Pride Arts Festival" to align with the new WeHo Pride brand. In 2024, the WeHo Pride Arts Festival is shifting from 40-days of programming to a unified weekend of programming from June 14 through June 16. Since 1993,

4690-451: Was complete by June 1922, with a total cost of $ 12,550. The landscaping, furniture and sleeping baskets remained to be completed. The Chaces and Schindlers shared the house from the summer of 1922 until July 1924 when the Chaces moved to Florida. Schindler's friend, partner and rival, Richard Neutra along with his wife Dione and son Frank lived in the Chace apartment from March 1925 until the summer of 1930. Pauline Gibling Schindler left

4760-433: Was illegal in the city of Los Angeles, but still legal in Los Angeles County, the 1920s saw the proliferation of many casinos , night clubs, etc., along Sunset Boulevard (which starts near downtown Los Angeles and runs westward). These businesses were immune from the sometimes heavy-handed law-enforcement of the L.A. Police Department . Some people connected with movie-making were attracted to this less-restricted area of

4830-418: Was included in a list of all-time top 10 houses in Los Angeles in a Los Angeles Times survey of experts in December 2008. West Hollywood, California West Hollywood is a city in Los Angeles County, California , United States. Incorporated in 1984, it is home to the Sunset Strip . As of the 2020 U.S. Census , its population was 35,757. Most historical writings about West Hollywood begin in

4900-459: Was named the "European representative" of the Oakland Art Gallery, an unpaid position. She also taught art at the Anna Head School in Berkeley in the 1920s. A Blue Four show she co-sponsored in Los Angeles with the film director Josef von Sternberg attracted the modernist collectors Walter and Louise Arensberg , whose holdings Scheyer eventually seeded with Paul Klees . By 1930 she decided to move to Los Angeles, basing that decision on sales to

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