8221 Sunset Boulevard
8225
| Year | Unit | Occupants |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | BUILDING | |
| 1965 | 7 | CHAPMAN MARGUERITA |
| 1965 | D | GLAZER F |
| 1965 | D6 | PLEASENCE D |
| 1965 | F6 | HARTLEY T R CDR USN |
| 1965 | CHATEAU MARMOUNT | |
| 1973 | 5F | TALMY SHEL |
| 1973 | 6I | MOSS MOSS |
| 1973 | 7I | PAGE MARY |
| 1973 | CHATEAU MARMONT | |
| 1987 | CHATEAU MARMONT |
| Date | Title | Publication | Article |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/14/1970 | "Signs of the Sunset" | Los Angeles Times | New billboards make Sunset Strip Los Angeles’s “own Times Square.” John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s billboard located near the Chateau Marmont (8221 Sunset Boulevard) reads, “WAR IS OVER! If you want it.” More changes are also happening, such as the former motel The Golden Crest (8300 Sunset Boulevard) turning into a retirement home, Scientology moving into Angels Corner Liquor store (8863 Sunset Boulevard), and new nightclub Sister George (9105 Sunset Boulevard) opening. The advertisements “have become more important than the attractions.” |
| 9/14/1986 | "Tales of the Chateau" | Los Angeles Times | The famed Chateau Marmont located at 8221 Sunset has a lengthy history and list of Hollywood clientele. As Sunset Boulevard evolved from the place to be for Hollywood people in the 1930s to scattered businesses in the 1950s to the site of rock’n’roll clubs and riots in the 1960s and to the place of big rock tours in the 1970s, Chateau Marmont lasted all the while. From the top floor of the Chateau Marmont, in the 1980s, “Sunset Strip didn’t look to be such an old dog of a street anymore.” |
| 10/3/1995 | "New Look for Sunset Strip" | Los Angeles Times | West Hollywood’s “Sunset Specific Plan” will revitalize Sunset Boulevard by attracting entertainment businesses with zoning changes. This plan would allow developers to build higher/denser than normally allowed in exchange for setting aside land for plazas and terraces. Though successful places like House of Blues (8430 Sunset Boulevard) were part of Sunset’s recent “modest boom,” there has been a loss of “key businesses” such as Playboy Enterprises (8560 Sunset Boulevard) and Warner Chappell Music, Inc. (9000 Sunset Boulevard). The large tax revenue Sunset could provide to West Hollywood would allow the city to continue to fund its social service programs (like housing for AIDS patients or a Russian immigrant community center). The city wanted to “preserve an asset that has international significance.” |
| 8/3/2003 | "HOTELES CON ESTILO [= STYLISH HOTELS]" | La Opinión | The Chateau Marmont (8221 Sunset) is one of the legendary hotels on the Sunset Strip. |
| Date | Type | Resource | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Blog | "Chateau Marmont--interior featured on album cover for "GP" by Gran Parsons" | Rock & Roll Roadmaps |
| 1960 Tract 1942 | 1970 Tract 1942 | 1980 Tract 1942 | 1990 Tract 1942 | 2000 Tract 1942 | 2010 Tract 1942 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Population | 4,899 | 5,302 | 5,092 | 4,956 | 5,154 | 3,588 | |
| RACE | % White | 98% | 97% | 94% | 94% | 89% | 90% |
| % Black | 1% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | |
| % Spanish / Hispanic1960 displays persons with Puerto Rican or Spanish surnames. 1970 and 1980 display persons with Spanish origin or descent. 1990 and onwards display Hispanic and Latino persons. | 2% | 6% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 7% | |
| FOREIGN-BORNFirst reported in 1970 | % Total | 14% | 15% | 18% | 23% | 15% | |
| % Noncitizen | 5% | 7% | 11% | 5% | |||
| % Naturalized Citizen | 9% | 10% | 12% | 5% | |||
| EDUCATION | % w/High SchoolData for population 25 years and over. Before 1990, data display persons who attended high school. Data for 1990 and onwards display persons who have graduated with a high school diploma. | 87% | 92% | 95% | 93% | 96% | 96% |
| % w/CollegeData for population 25 years and over. | 47% | 53% | 67% | 79% | 84% | 86% | |
| % w/Bachelor's DegreeData for population 25 years and over. First reported in 1990. | 46% | 61% | 54% | ||||
| INCOME (show as inflation-adjusted 2022 $) | Average FamilyFirst reported in 1970. | $20.3K | $34.7K | $122.5K | $177.6K | $214.5K | |
| Median Family1970 uses tracts from 2010, but with 1970 data. First reported in 1970. | $15.2K | $28.5K | $72.6K | $122.8K | $130.5K | ||
| JOBS | % in Service IndustryData for population 16 years and over. | 5% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| % in Personal Service & Entertainment IndustryData for population 16 years and over. “Personal Service” refers to workers in hotels, motels, laundering, cleaning, beauty & barber shops, dressmaking, shoe repair, and temporary parking services. Before 2000, restaurants and food service were not included in the data. In 2000 and 2010, they were included. First reported in 1970. | 19% | 21% | 31% | 14% | 19% | ||
| HOUSING | % Living in Rented | 46% | 55% | 48% | 39% | 41% | 23% |
| 8221 W SUNSET BLVD |
| 8221 W SUNSET BLVD |
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