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City Wide Election on May 21
5/21/2013
On May 21, 2013, the City of Los Angeles will head to the polls to vote for a new mayor, and residents of Hollywood will also elect a new city council representative. For official information on the election, visit the L.A. City Clerk's website here, and follow our own coverage by clicking here.
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Melt Your Hunger Away
12/15/2012
6290 Sunset Blvd.
San-Francisco based chain The Melt has opened it's first Hollywood location, in the Sunset Vine Tower. The restaurant serves grilled cheese sandwiches and seasonal fresh soups, in several different varieties, with a rotating weekly special.
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Walgreens Flagship Now Open
12/2/2012
1501 Vine Street
Hollywood is now home to Walgreens West Coast Flagship Store, located on the corner of Sunset and Vine. This is no regular drugstore: the 23,509 square foot concept space includes a sushi bar, frozen yogurt station, a wine and spirits shop with a cigar humidor and virtual bartender, an eyebrow bar, as well as fresh juice, smoothies, coffee and espresso. The ribbon cutting was attended by several celebrities.
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Sunset & Vine BID Survey
11/12/2012
Property Owners: on behalf of the Sunset & Vine BID Board of Directors, we invite you to participate in this short survey to help us plan and deliver services in the coming year. As a stakeholder, you have a unique point of view that can help us understand the needs and challenges that you face on a daily basis. You may choose to submit the survey anonymously or (preferably) include your contact information so that we can remain in touch and address issues that may be specific to your area. Click here to take the survey.
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Board Applications Due
10/26/2012
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The Central Hollywood Coalition's Nominating Committee is seeking applications for the Board of Directors. Applications are due Friday, October 26, 2012. The Nominating Committee is comprised of Kitty Gordillo, Hollywood/Wilshire YMCA; Mike Pogorzelski, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences; and Richard Falzone, Off Vine Restaurant. For more information, call the office at 323-463-6767.
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Cat & Fiddle's 30th Anniversary
10/15/2012
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6530 Sunset Blvd.
The Cat & Fiddle, the Sunset & Vine District's classic British pub, is celebrating 30 years this October! Recently featured as one of Esquire Magazine's "Best Bars in America 2012" and Travel & Leisure Magazine's "Top 20 Outdoor Bars in America," The Cat & Fiddle will be celebrating friends, family and long-time customers starting Monday October 15. The Cat will take a trip down memory lane, celebrating activities and fund from the 1980s! Visit www.thecatandfiddle.com for more details.
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SunsetGower Studios Celebrates 100 Years
10/15/2012
Sunset | Gower Studios, once home to Columbia Pictures, celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. The studio is where such televisions programs as "Soap," "Who's the Boss," and "The Monkees" were filmed, and currently hosts "Dexter," "The Newsroom," and "Scandal" among others. Award-winning films such as "It Happened One Night," "Bridge on the River Kwai" and "Lawrence of Arabia" were made by Columbia when it was headquartered there. For more information, click here to read the article in the LA Times.
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Real-Time Info Now Available for DASH Buses
10/5/2012
Riders who use the city's Community DASH bus service are now able to get real-time information regarding the routes on their phones, by text or online, the city's Department of Transportation Announced Wednesday. For more details, visit www.ladotbus.com.
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Carmageddon II
9/29/2012
Metro encourages Angelenos to Eat, Shop and Play locally during "Carmageddon II" on September 29 & 30th (when the I-405 will be completely closed between the I-10 and the I-110). Check out www.metro.net/projects/I-405/ and find local discounts for the weekend in your region. Click on the "Eat, Shop and Play Locally" banner and check out featured businesses and events. |
New Banners Installed
8/14/2012
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The four winning designs from the Sunset & Vine Pole Banner Contest, created by students at Helen Bernstein High School, have been fabricated into street pole banners which were installed last week throughout the district. Over 150 sets of banners were installed by Amgraph.
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Hide it, Lock it, Keep it!
7/18/2012
LAPD Hollywood would like to remind everyone to
use caution when visiting Hollywood to avoid theft from vehicles. If
you have valuables in your car, please remove them if possible when
leaving your car. If you have to leave them in your car, make sure they
are hidden from site, and that your windows are up and doors are
locked. This will go a long way to preventing theft from your
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New Walgreens Concept coming to Sunset & Vine
6/16/2012
Walgreens is planning to open a new concept store in the space at Sunset & Vine formerly occupied by Borders Bookstore, media outlets are now reporting. The new store will be a "high end" store which will be open 24 hours a day and include a nail salon, a beauty center, a sushi counter and a yogurt station. For more information, click here to see the article in LA Curbed.
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Weekend BBQs at Wolfslair
6/16/2012
1521 N. Vine Street
Wolfslair is doing barbecues on their patio all summer long, replete with $2 mimosas, plenty of burgers and sausages on the grill. Plus they found tables that facilitate ping-pong and foosball. Also: some other tables you can eat on. Visit them on Facebook for more details. (via UrbanDaddy)
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LAPD Hosts Town Hall
3/14/2012
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1022 N. Van Ness Ave.
LAPD Hollywood is hosting a Town Hall Meeting for the community to come and meet the Neighborhood Watch Leaders from the Hollywood area. They will be presenting 2011 crime updates and 2012 goals, as well as discussing quality of life updates, community policing, and crime prevention. Guest speakers will include Hollywood Commanding Officer Beatrice Girmala and City Councilmember Eric Garcetti. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, March 14 at Santa Monica Charter School, 1022 N. Van Ness Ave.
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KNX On Your Corner Goes Hollywood
1/27/2012
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Hollywood will be in the spotlight on January 27 as KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO brings it's popular "On Your Corner" broadcast to Tinseltown. The day-long event features news and interviews broadcast live from locations in the Sunset & Vine District and the Hollywood Entertainment District. See the attached press release for more details. |
Happy New Year and Welcome, New BID Members!
1/4/2012
We here at the Sunset & Vine BID wish you all the best for 2012, and we'd like to welcome our new members in the newly renewed and expanded BID! The district now extends south on Vine Street to Santa Monica Blvd., where it meets the Hollywood Media District BID. For the new boundaries, please refer to the map.
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Wolfslair Biergarten Coming Soon
12/19/2011
1521 N. Vine Street
Wolfslair Biergarten is coming soon to the spot formerly known as Cafe Was, in the Sunset & Vine Center. With an amazing selection of German and craft beers, delicious sausages and inspired cuisine, we'll be waiting anxiously for the grand opening. Website, still under construction, at www.wolfslairla.com.
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Mayor, Police Chief Honor BID Security
12/17/2011
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck honored three Sunset & Vine BID security officers at a press conference on December 16. The officers, along with three LAPD officers, were commended for their service during a tragic shooting in Hollywood on December 6. For more information, click here.
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Oscars Academy to Build Outdoor Theatre
12/17/2011
AMPAS (The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences) has announced plans and released renderings of the amphitheater and event space it plans to build in Hollywood on the site which previously had been hoped to house a museum of motion pictures. The outdoor space, measuring 17,000 square feet, is expected to open in May 2012, when it will begin showing classic films. Adjacent to the theatre will be a 10,000-square-foot patio for special events. Read more in the LA Times article.
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Emerson College to Break Ground in December
11/3/2011
Emerson College presented their plans to proceed with constructing their new facility on Sunset Boulevard at Gordon Street at a community meeting. The college laid out their timeline, which includes groundbreaking the first week of December. They hope to have their certificate of occupancy by December 2013. The mixed use project includes a ground floor cafe open to the public, parking on the ground floor and three subterranean levels, the college in the middle of the project starting on the second floor, and two residential towers for students.
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AMPAS Outdoor Screening Site Slated for Next Year
10/20/2011
AMPAS (the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) has announced plans for their land in Hollywood, which include an outdoor movie screening area which could be completed within a year. The site was originally intended for a proposed motion picture museum; currently AMPAS is working with LACMA on a possible location in an existing building on Wilshire Blvd. For more information, visit the article on LA Curbed by clicking here.
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SVBID Security Nabs Tourist Bandit
8/29/2011
Last Friday, Officers with the Sunset & Vine BID Security Team were approached by a man reported that he had been robbed. The man was chasing the suspect on foot and the security officers followed, eventually catching the suspect after he pulled a knife. The officers took the suspect into custody and transferred him to LAPD. The suspect was later identified as the "tourist bandit," a parolee at large who escaped from federal custody earlier this month and is suspected of two bank robberies in Southern California in the past week. Congrats to our great officers with the BID Security Team! More information can be found here.
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Morrison Appointed to LAHSA
8/22/2011
We are proud to announce that Kerry Morrison,
Executive Director of the Hollywood Property Owners Alliance, has been
appointed to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority by Mayor
Antonio Villaraigosa. Morrison is a co-founder of Hollywood 4WRD, a community coalition to end
homelessness. In addition, she is a board member of the Hollywood Police
Activities League and a member of Home for Good, the Business Leaders
Task Force on Homelessness. For more information, click here to read the Mayor's press release. |
Emerson College Lawsuit Dismissed
8/9/2011
As reported at the recent Sunset & Vine BID Annual All Property Owners Meeting, the lawsuit against the proposed Emerson College development at Sunset Blvd. and Gordon St. has been dismissed. The project is now free to move forward but Emerson has not announced a schedule. The news was reported on Curbed LA, which you can read here.
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Vine Street Deli Open Now
6/17/2011
1241 N. Vine Street
Sometimes you just crave a good, old-fashioned deli sandwich. At the brand new Vine Street Deli, they take sandwiches (and coffee, and everything else they sell) seriously. From stove-kettled bagels to house-cultured pickles and kraut, they use only top quality ingredients that are fair-trade, free-range, local and organic whenever possible. Stop in and taste the difference! Menu and more available at www.thevinestreetdeli.com.
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Folb Family Named Heroes of Hollywood
6/3/2011
Taglyan Cultural Complex
The Sunset & Vine BID congratulates our board vice president, Brian Folb and family, Paramount Contractors and Developers, on being honored by the
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Community Foundation's "Heroes of Hollywood." The first annual
Heroes of Hollywod luncheon will be held Friday, June 3 at the Taglyan
Cultural Complex. In addition to Smith, the event will also honor the
Fold Family Trust, Paramount Contractors and Developers; Homer Alba,
Hollywood Forever Cemetery; Kaneisha Northern, Grad Girls Network Inc.;
Mitch O'Farrell, Council President Eric Garcetti's Office; and Maureen
Shultz, Capitol Records. For more information, contact Chelsea Miller,
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Hollywood Arts Council Event at Hennessy + Ingalls
5/26/2011
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1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd.
The Hollywood Arts Council is hosting a very Hollywood evening to meet and greet new and prospective board members and the Council's new Executive Director, Shauna McClure. The event will take place on May 26 at Hennessy + Ingalls Art & Architecture Bookstore at Space 15 Twenty. Actress Stella Stevens will be autographing books and merchandise and screening her most celebrated film, "The Nutty Professor." $5 suggested donation. For more information, visit www.hollywoodartscouncil.org.
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Spinlates Grand Opening
5/25/2011
1555 N. Vine Street
Spinlates by HBHM Studios, a new workout studio at Sunset and Vine, will celebrate its official launch party with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, coordinated by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, on Wednesday, May 25 from 5 to 8 p.m. Following the ribbon cutting, instructors will demonstrate the classes and services offered at Spinlates, and will be providing music, drinks, giveaways and healthy food. Space is limited, so please RSVP to attend by e-mailing rsvp@myspinlates.com.
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Bowery Chosen as Best Burger In LA
5/2/2011
6268 Sunset Blvd.
Eater LA (la.eater.com) has released the results of their poll to find the best burger in LA, and the winner is Sunset & Vine's own Bowery! After a week where the readers of the popular food blog voted in five separate polls, Bowery was declared the "wild card" winner. The burger, an 8 oz. grilled sirloin burger served on an English muffin with choice of toppings, will now face the winners from other Eater cities. Congrats to everyone at Bowery!
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Jersey Mike's Now Open
4/20/2011
1517 Vine Street
Established in 1954 on the Jersey Shore, Jersey Mike's serves authentic submarine sandwiches - "Mike's Way" (with lettuce, onions, tomatoes, oil, vinegar and spices). In the late 80's, the brand grew as the owners franchised, and today there are over 500 locations. The new Hollywood location at Sunset and Vine opened April 20, 2011. Visit www.jerseymikes.com for information.
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Nightlife at La Vida
4/12/2011
1448 N. Gower St.
La Vida restaurant presents "Nightlife at La Vida" every Thursday night featuring the hottest DJ's and your favorite Hollywood promoters and host. Specialties include valet parking, dinner and lounge menus, bottle service, multiple dance floors and special performances. For weekly details, visit nightlifelavida.com.
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Rockstar Karaoke at Cafe Was
4/6/2011
1521 N. Vine St.
Ever wondered what it would be like to get on stage like a rock star and sing with a full live band behind you? Well, wonder no more! Just come down to Cafe Was on Wednesday nights. Starting at 9 p.m., the live band is there to make your rock and roll dreams come true! Call 323-466-5400 for details.
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Ready, Set, GO Burger!
1/18/2011
6290 Sunset Blvd.
Located in some prime real estate directly on the corner of Sunset & Vine (in the Sunset Vine Tower), Go Burger has just opened for business. Check out the menu on their website or follow them on Facebook for all the latest deals.
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Sunday Brunch at Fabiolus Cafe
1/16/2011
6270 Sunset Blvd.
Fabiolus Cafe is now offering a $9.99 brunch buffet on Sundays! It's an all-you-can-eat combination of classic Italian breakfast favorites, such as Asparagus and Zucchini Eggs Frittata, Scrambled Eggs with Mushrooms and Proscuitto, Pancakes with Maple syrup, and Fabiolus' famous Pork Roast. Stop in, dine on the patio, and enjoy your Sunday brunch!
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Parker Helps You Find That Spot
1/12/2011
The folks over at Streetline have partnered with the City of LA and Council District 13 to bring you Parker, a new app that helps guide you to the parking space nearest your destination in Hollywood. Currently available for $1.99 for iPhone users, the app will soon be available on Blackberry and Android phones. In addition to locating parking spaces, it will also provide handy information such as time limits and pricing before you get there. Available now in the Apple's AppStore, click here for more information.
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