8300 Sunset Boulevard

Occupants
Sources
The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, Los Angeles Street Address Directory, July 1965, accessed via Los Angeles Public Library.
Pacific Bell, Los Angeles Street Address Telephone Directory, July 1973, accessed via Los Angeles Public Library.
Pacific Bell, Pacific Bell Street Address Telephone Directory, Los Angeles, July 1987, accessed via Los Angeles Public Library.
Year	Unit	Occupants
1965		BUILDING
1965	201	FIOR J
1965	201	FlOR J-HAIR GOODS
1965	204	HOUSTON V
1965	205	J E PUBLISHERS CO
1965	206	MAC GREGOR M AGENCY
1965	207	BENNETT A-PUBLIC RELATIONS
1965	208	EISENBERG J
1965	210	SIMS A-ADVISING
1965	212	IRWIN R
1965	239	KLEIN R J
1965		HOLLYWOOD HOTEL
1973	114	SUEKOFF PAULINE G
1973	116	STEINBACH MARY MRS
1973	120	MUELLER ALICE
1973	122	SHERMAN BESSIE
1973	124	PHILLIPS BESSIE MRS
1973	127	JASIN MINNIE K
1973	128	UROFF LOUIS
1973	129	LAVIN IRVING J
1973	131	BERK B
1973	133	LEVEY RS
1973	136	GROSS DAVID
1973	137	PRESS DAVID G
1973	138	RICHE AARON
1973	139	PRESSLER DAVID
1973	140	FRANKLIN HELENA MRS
1973	141	GLATSTEIN ORRIE
1973	142	COOPER R
1973	143	BEARSON SAM
1973	145	SEINFELD HARRY
1973	147	STEINMAN R
1973	150	BERGER RS
1973	152	BANKS ANNA I
1973	156	JACOBSON ABRAHAM
1973	158	ARONSON JENNIE
1973	160	KOOLISH L
1973	162	WIDESS M B
1973	201	HIRSCH EUGENE W
1973	203	BEYER ALFRED
1973	204	SHAPIRO J
1973	206	AMINOFF SAM
1973	207	ERLICHMAN ESTHER
1973	208	SACHS JOS MRS
1973	209	SCHWARTZ NATHAN
1973	210	LIGHT L
1973	212	LEVINGS MAUDE C MRS
1973	214	LEVINE SAM
1973	217	MIRKIN JOS
1973	218	HORWITZ SOL
1973	219	COHEN ETTA
1973	220	WELCHER SOPHIE MRS
1973	221	BORNSTEIN F
1973	222	BIRNKRANT HENRIETTA
1973	223	HOFFMAN BERTHA
1973	225	HAYTIN ALEX
1973	226	SELBY ALFRED
1973	227	HOLDEN FRED E
1973	228	MITCHELL MAX
1973	230	COHEN BB
1973	231	ROSE MINNA
1973	232	DAVIDSON ETTA
1973	233	WIESMAN MINNIE
1973	235	VELIE HERMAN J
1973	236	SASINE GERTRUD MRS
1973	238	BLOCH MINNIE MRS
1973	239	BARR SELMA
1973	240	BROWN JENNIE R
1973	241	WEINBERG ALEXANDER
1973	242	GORMAN SOL
1973	243	SPEER CHAS
1973	244	WEISS SAML L
1973	245	AXELROD ESTHER
1973	246	FAVARY E
1973	247	FLASKER CECILIA
1973	248	LYMON IDA W
1973	248	ROZZEN ROSE MRS
1973	250	ARGULA LOUIS
1973	252	ROZZEN YETTA
1973	256	WOLIN JOSEPH M
1973	258	GORDON RS
1973	262	BARSONY EGON
1973	262	HARRIS I H
1973	301	SWIFT MADELEINE
1973	302	LAKATOS BEATRICE
1973	303	LANG J
1973	304	SINGER ISAY MD
1973	305	HIRSCHMAN EVE MRS
1973	306	FINKELSTEIN ZS
1973	308	FOLDES J
1973	309	SIEGAN DAVID E
1973	310	WEINBERG P
1973	311	HOFFING GUSSIE K
1973	314	GROVEMAN DOROTHY
1973	315	ZELLNIK ELLY
1973	316	BERCHER FLORENCE
1973	317	SCHUSTER SAML
1973	319	KAY ANNA
1973	320	KANTOR ALICE M MRS
1973	321	KAUFMANN ROSE
1973	322	REINER ROSE G
1973	323	LUBET EVE
1973	324	GROSSMAN CELIA MRS
1973	325	TURETZ HARRY
1973	326	CHARLOP EVELYN
1973	327	GALLING JAN G
1973	328	ASIMOW HARRY
1973	329	SHANE GOLDIE
1973	330	BUSCH LILLIAN C
1973	331	FRIEND IDA
1973	332	LIEBMAN EARL MRS
1973	334	COOPER ELLA
1973	335	SHEVEL LENA
1973	336	GOLDIN BERTHA
1973	337	SHANN ROSE
1973	338	LIPCOWITZ I
1973	340	STONE FANNIE
1973	341	LE FOHN ROSE B DR
1973	342	BERNS ELLA
1973	343	SILVER ANNA
1973	344	FRENKEL RALPH
1973	345	IZNER LENA
1973	346	MICHAELIS FRANZ DR
1973	347	SCHOENBART M
1973	352	ZUKER M H
1973	354	GROSSMAN MYRTLE
1973	356	KATZ SK
1973	358	LEE FREDA MRS
1973	360	SWIDLER SAM
1973	364	BRESNICK ESTHER S
1973		GOLDEN CREST RETIREMENT HOTEL
1973		MARSHALL AIR CONDITIONING & HEATING
1973		GOLDEN CREST BEAUTY SHOP
1973		LEBRECHT HILDA
1987	114	COHEN CHAS
1987	116	SURMAN CLAYRE
1987	118	HANDMAN SOPHIE
1987	120	CLARKE MAX A
1987	122	SILVERSTEIN HARRY
1987	124	HORSTKAMP FRED
1987	124	ROTH SALLY
1987	127	BOBREN MAX
1987	129	LAVIN IRVING J
1987	136	GREIFINGER L
1987	138	COLE C G
1987	140	FRANKLIN A H
1987	141	SCHOEN B
1987	142	DUNN E
1987	145	ROSNER MARCUS
1987	146	BENDELSON M
1987	147	COHEN DON D
1987	150	SIMON J
1987	152	LAZAR HERMAN
1987	154	SUBOTA DOROTHY
1987	160	POSNER L
1987	162	CHADWICK E K
1987	164	CAROL C
1987	204	STEINLAUF LISETTE
1987	205	DONATH C MRS
1987	207	SCHNOHORN EVA
1987	208	GLAZER MAX
1987	214	BROWN CELIA
1987	217	BRADY EDW
1987	218	FREUND PEARL C
1987	219	DICKTER BENNIE
1987	220	SANDERS JACK
1987	221	GOLINSKY ROSE
1987	223	GOLDBERG A
1987	224	HAAS NELLIE MRS
1987	228	KADISON REBECCA
1987	236	SOLOMON R Z
1987	244	FRIEDMAN F LOUIS
1987	245	COHEN HARRY
1987	246	ROSENFELD A M
1987	248	OSTERMAN LILLIAN
1987	254	DEUTSCH EDITH
1987	256	LIPTON R P
1987	258	MILLET M
1987	262	ARENSTEIN MARY
1987	264	KORT S D
1987	301	HECHT A
1987	302	HERTZ MAX
1987	305	HOROWITZ BERTHA
1987	306	LAZAR R
1987	307	ADLER HILDA
1987	308	MITCHELL J F
1987	311	HORELICK MOLLIE W
1987	312	GREEN C
1987	315	BREMENT E
1987	317	MAYER CLAIRE
1987	319	WALD NETTIE
1987	320	FREEMAN JOS
1987	321	MARKS CHAS
1987	322	PRIMACK HERMAN
1987	324	FARKAS ANDREW
1987	328	GUTMAN ERNEST MD
1987	330	SHERMAN ZINA
1987	333	COOPER ETHEL
1987	334	COOPER ELLA
1987	336	ARMSTRONG BERTINA
1987	338	JACOBY BERTHA
1987	344	SIEGER ABRAHAM I
1987	345	BROMBERG LENA MRS
1987	347	SHAFA HESSAM
1987	350	COHN A
1987	352	COOPER A
1987	356	BARAN JOS
1987	358	CAHN NORBERT
1987	360	GOLDKLANG PHILIP M
1987	362	GORDON JOS MRS
1987	364	SPECTER H O
1987		GOLDEN CREST RETIREMENT HOTEL
1987		DYNASTY LIMOUSINE RENTALS
1987		GOLDEN CREST BEAUTY SHOP
1987		A BETTER APPRAISAL
1987		BOSES COLLECTIONS
1987		STOCKER LOUIS
1987		FLEISHER ELEANOR

Newspaper Articles
SourcesLos Angeles Times and Los Angeles Sentinel, accessed via ProQuest Historical Newspapers; Ethnic Newswatch and GenderWatch, accessed via ProQuest; La Opinión, accessed via Google News.
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.”

Census
SourcesU.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population and Housing, 1960-2010, accessed via Social Explorer and IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS).
		1960 Tract 7003	1970 Tract 7003	1980 Tract 7003	1990 Tract 7003	2000 Tract 7003	2010 Tract 7003
Total Population		3,981	5,323	5,993	5,918	5,670	5,623
RACE	% White	99%	98%	92%	92%	88%	88%
	% Black	0.6%	2%	4%	3%	3%	3%
	% 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.	3%	3%	4%	6%	7%	10%
FOREIGN-BORNFirst reported in 1970	% Total		25%	27%	21%	22%	24%
	% Noncitizen		7%		12%	9%	10%
	% Naturalized Citizen		18%		10%	13%	14%
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.	82%	84%	92%	90%	96%	99%
	% w/CollegeData for population 25 years and over.	40%	40%	55%	75%	82%	81%
	% w/Bachelor's DegreeData for population 25 years and over. First reported in 1990.				45%	53%	58%
INCOME (show as inflation-adjusted 2022 $)	Average FamilyFirst reported in 1970.		$15.5K	$22.4K	$58.3K	$77.5K	$84.7K
INCOME (show as inflation-adjusted 2022 $)	Median Family1970 uses tracts from 2010, but with 1970 data. First reported in 1970.		$12K	$22.6K	$47.8K	$60.5K	$72.8K
JOBS	% in Service IndustryData for population 16 years and over.	6%	6%	8%	8%	10%	17%
JOBS	% 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.		14%	15%	22%	14%	19%
HOUSING	% Living in Rented	92%	94%	90%	69%	70%	66%

Tax Assessments
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Occupants

Newspaper Articles

SourcesLos Angeles Times and Los Angeles Sentinel, accessed via ProQuest Historical Newspapers; Ethnic Newswatch and GenderWatch, accessed via ProQuest; La Opinión, accessed via Google News.

Census

SourcesU.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population and Housing, 1960-2010, accessed via Social Explorer and IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS).

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