Hacienda Arms Apartments

Hacienda Arms Apartments
Piazza del Sol, 2008
Hacienda Arms Apartments is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area
Hacienda Arms Apartments
Hacienda Arms Apartments is located in California
Hacienda Arms Apartments
Hacienda Arms Apartments is located in the United States
Hacienda Arms Apartments
Location8439 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, California
Coordinates34°5′42″N 118°22′24″W / 34.09500°N 118.37333°W / 34.09500; -118.37333
Built1927
ArchitectCharles Sherman Cobb; Bard, Arthur, & Co.
Architectural styleItalian Renaissance Revival-Mediterranean Revival[2][3]
NRHP reference No.83003531[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 15, 1983

Hacienda Arms Apartments, also known as Coronet Apartments and Piazza del Sol, is a historic building located on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California, United States.

The four-story, 52,000-square-foot (4,800 m2) Italian Renaissance Revival sourced Mediterranean Revival style structure was built in 1927 and operated initially as a luxury apartment building catering to the entertainment business. In the 1930s, it became the "most famous brothel in California."[4] The building declined in prestige in the 1950s and 1960 and was acquired by rock star Rod Stewart in the 1970s. After Stewart's plans to redevelop the building as a luxury hotel ended in a legal dispute, the building was nearly destroyed in a 1983 fire that was found to be of suspicious origin. It was extensively renovated and, since 1986, has been known as the Piazza del Sol. It now houses the offices of several production companies, including Miramax Films. The restaurant Katana, co-owned by Ryan Seacrest and Tori Spelling and described by Newsweek as "so hip it hurts," also operates at the building.[5]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
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