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Sunset Tower Hotel
West Hollywood, California, United States · Independent · Core Luxury
Leland A. Bryant's 1931 Streamline Moderne tower on the Sunset Strip is often ranked among Los Angeles's finest Art Deco high-rises, a reinforced-concrete landmark later listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Early residents included John Wayne, who once hauled a cow up to the penthouse for cream at 3 a.m., and Howard Hughes, who kept lower floors for companions. After near-ruin in the 1980s, Jeff Klein restored the original Sunset Tower name and reopened the walnut Tower Bar as a Hollywood clubhouse.
- 64 rooms
- Opened 1929
- Neighborhood: Sunset Strip
- Rooms from 350 sq ft (33 m²)
- Architect: Leland A. Bryant
About Sunset Tower Hotel
- When completed in August 1931 at a cost of 750,000 dollars, the Los Angeles Times called it the tallest apartment house in Los Angeles County at 15 stories and 195 feet.
- Bugsy Siegel was arrested in 1944 for placing bets by long distance from associate Allen Smiley's apartment in the building, with George Raft present; Siegel called it a bum rap before pleading guilty and paying a 250 dollar fine.
- Truman Capote wrote in 1947 that every scandal that ever happened seemed to have happened at the Sunset Tower.
- Peter de Savary's St. James's Club restoration won a 1988 Los Angeles Conservancy award before later Argyle and Sunset Tower chapters.
- Exterior plaster friezes mix plants, animals, zeppelins, legendary creatures, and Adam and Eve along the Zigzag Moderne shaft.
Restaurants and bars
- Tower Bar — Bar
Amenities
- Spa
- Pool
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- MICHELIN One Key (2026)
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