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Order Number	00011966
Title	Garden of Allah Hotel
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	West Hollywood-Hotels-Garden of Allah.; S-000-225.1 5x7
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Notes	Photograph included in the Exhibit: L.A. Landmarks - Lost and Almost Lost.
Historical Data	Russian actress Alla Nazimova built the original mansion, known as "The Garden of Alla" at 8080 Sunset Boulevard. Soon thereafter, she built a complex of 25 villas around the mansion and changed the complex name to "Garden of Allah." This name change from "Alla" to "Allah" was chosen to honor both Nazimov's name and Robert S. Hichens' novel "Garden of Allah." The villa complex, which surrounded the mansion, had the address of 8152 Sunset Boulevard. The Garden of Allah was a popular destination for figures in literary and film circles during in mid-1930s to the mid-1940s. Demolished in June 1959, it is now the site of a small strip mall.
Description	Panoramic view of Hollywood and what is now West Hollywood, showing the Spanish style Garden of Allah Hotel and Villas in the foreground at Sunset Boulevard (foreground) and Hayvenhurst Drive (far right).
Subject	Garden of Allah (Hotel). Hotels--California--West Hollywood. Architecture, Domestic--California--West Hollywood--Spanish influences. Streets--California--West Hollywood. Lost architecture--California--West Hollywood. Panoramic views. Sunset Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.). Sunset Strip (West Hollywood, Calif.). West Hollywood (Calif.).
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection