Sunset Strip nightclubs receive landmark status

Hosted by Steve Chiotakis Dec. 03, 2019 Los Angeles

Whisky a Go Go, May 2006. Photo credit: Mike Dillon (CC BY-SA 3.0)

This fall, the city of West Hollywood gave landmark status to the Whisky a Go Go, the Roxy, and the Rainbow Bar and Grill. That status protects the venues from the aggressive development happening all around the area.

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Credits

Host:
Steve Chiotakis

Producers:
Christian Bordal, Jenna Kagel

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