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Sunset Strip Doheny Dr.-Crescent Hts. Once-favorite night spots such as the Trocadero, Mocambo and Ciro’s were lo- cated here outside the city limits in unincorporated county land. Today the pleasant assortment of bou- tiques, restaurants, nightclubs and hotels such as art deco landmark The Argyle and historic Chateau Mar- mont are part of West Hollywood, “The Creative City”. Sunset Tower Hotel 8358 Sunset Blvd., (323) 654-7100. Completed in 1931, it originally consisted of 46 apartments, and was once home to such stars as Marilyn Monroe, Errol Flynn, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, the Gabor Sisters and many more. Now a 64-room luxury hotel listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Sunset Vine Tower 6290 Sunset Blvd. L.A.’s first “skyscraper” built fol- lowing removal of 14-story height limit in 1960, was the skyscraper in “Earthquake” and now converted to spectacular apartments. tours See listings for Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios Hollywood, and Warner Bros. Studios. Sony Pictures (Culver City) (310)244-8687; NBC TV Studio tour (in Burbank) (818) 840-3537; Red Line’s Inside Historic Hollywood Walking Tour 4 times daily (323) 402- 1074; Architecture Tours L.A. driving tours of signifi- cant buildings (323) 464-7868. Bus tours to movie stars’ homes and Hollywood: Starline Tours (800) 959-3131; Hollywoodland Tours (323) 462-4116.; All-Star Showbiz Tours personalized sightseeing tours (888) 908-3311. Dearly Departed’s Tragical History Tour (323) 466-3696; Hollywood Forever Cemetery Tours (818) 517-5988; Haunted Hollywood Tours (818)415-8269; and LA City Tours (323) 960-0300. TV Studios Hollywood has a 60-year history as a pioneer in TV broadcasting. See listings for KCET/Channel 28 and KTLA/Channel 5. Others: KCBS Television City, 7800 Beverly Blvd., (323) 575-2624; CBS Studio Center, 4024 Radford Ave., Studio City, (818) 655-5000; KNBC/Channel 4, 3000 W. Alameda Ave, Burbank; Paramount Studios (323) 956-1777. (See TV Tickets & Tours) Universal CityWalk 100 Universal City Plaza, (818) 622-4455. A lively pedestrian promenade with restaurants, nightclubs and link three entertainment attractions: Universal Studios Hollywood, Gibson Amphitheatre and the 18-screen Universal Studios Cinema and IMAX. Open daily in- cluding Christmas. www.citywalkhollywood.com Universal Studios Hollywood 100 Universal City Plaza, 1-800-UNIVERSAL. Univer- sal Studios Hollywood, The Entertainment Capital of L.A., features King Kong 360 3-D, created by Peter Jackson, the world's largest, most intense 3-D experi- ence, and the world-famous, behind-the-scenes Stu- dio Tour with comedian Jimmy Fallon as the new video host. Other groundbreaking attractions include "The Simpsons RideTM" "Revenge of the MummySM- The Ride," "Shrek 4-DTM," "Terminator 2:3DTM," "Jurassic Park®-The Ride," "WaterWorld®" stunt show and more! Now open every day of the year. Visit www.universalstudioshollywood.com. Places continues on page 56 SUMMER 2011 / DISCOVER HOLLYWOOD 55