-(L)-LUXURY HOTEL
PROPERTY TYPE - HOTEL
RATINGS - AAA 4 DIAMONDS, MOBIL 4 STARS
THE BEVERLY WILSHIRE, ORIGINALLY CALLED THE BEVERLY
WILSHIRE APARTMENT HOTEL, OPENED ITS DOORS
IN 1928. THE BEVERLY HILLS SCENE WAS FAR DIFFERENT
FROM THE SOPHISTICATED SCENE EMBODIED BY THE
BEVERLY WILSHIRE AND RODEO DRIVE TODAY.
THE HOTEL TAKES IN THE FACT THAT IT HAS
BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE BEVERLY HILLS
COMUNITY AND ITS ROLE IN MANY SOPHISTICATED SOCIAL
GATHERINGS AND MOVIE SCENES OVER THE PAST SEVEN
DECADES. THE HISTORY REFLECTS THE GROWTH OF
LOS ANGELES*S WESTSIDE, THE INFLUENCE OF THE
AUTOMOBILE, AND THE GLAMOUR OF THE HOLLYWOOD
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.
THE HOTEL WAS BUILD ON THE SITE OF THE BEVERLY AUTO
SPEEDWAY, EXTENDING FROM PICO TO WILSHIRE AND
BEVERLY TO SPAULDING. THE SPEEDWAY PROVIDED
RESIDENTS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PICNICS AND
MODEL T FRORD RACES ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS.
OUT-OF-TOWN TRAVELERS ARRIVED BY STEAM RAILWAY,
MAKING CONNECTIONS WITH ELECTRIC TROLLEYS -
L.A.*S *RED CARS*. AT THE TIME, THE POPULATION
OF BEVERLY HILLS WAS LESS THAN 1000 AND IT WAS
STILL UNDISCOVERED BY HOLLYWOOD*S IN-CROWD.
