Hotel Continental
Gene Autry’s Hotel Continental opened in 1963. Sold to Hyatt Hotels Corporation in 1966, it was renovated in 2008 and reopened as the Andaz West Hollywood. In the late 1960s and 70s the hotel’s proximity to popular Sunset Strip clubs made it the preferred LA accommodation for touring rock groups, notably English bands Led Zeppelin, The Who and the Rolling Stones. It was often referred to at the time as the Riot House, a play on the name Hyatt House. The balconies made famous by stories of rock stars throwing televisions from them are now glass-enclosed sunrooms that overlook Sunset Boulevard.
West Hollywood, Los Angeles County
Images by Andrew Schmidt