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pos: The Beverly Hills Hotel 1972. In January, 1977, Peter Finch died of a sudden heart attack while sitting in the hotel lobby. Two months later, he was posthumously awarded the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Howard Beale in the film "Network". His co-star Faye Dunaway stayed at the hotel after winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for the same film; in one memorable photograph she was seated by the hotel pool lounging back in a chair surrounded by newspapers and her Oscar trophy. The exterior of the hotel was featured on the album cover art of The Eagles' album

pos: The Beverly Hills Hotel 1972. In January, 1977, Peter Finch died of a sudden heart attack while sitting in the hotel lobby. Two months later, he was posthumously awarded the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Howard Beale in the film "Network". His co-star Faye Dunaway stayed at the hotel after winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for the same film; in one memorable photograph she was seated by the hotel pool lounging back in a chair surrounded by newspapers and her Oscar trophy. The exterior of the hotel was featured on the album cover art of The Eagles' album

neg: The Beverly Hills Hotel The Beverly Hills Hotel The Beverly Hills Hotel, also called "The Beverly Hills Hotel and Bungalows", is located on Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California. One of the world's best-known hotels, it is closely associated with Hollywood film stars, rock stars and celebrities. The hotel has 210 guest rooms and suites, and 23 bungalows, each designed in the signature pink and green colors which are a trademark of the hotel. The Beverly Hills Hotel was established in May 1912, before the city's existence. The original owners were Margaret J. Anderson, a wealthy widow, and her son, Stanley S. Anderson, who

neg: The Beverly Hills Hotel who knew Hughes was at the Beverly Hills was the hotel's chef. Hughes would awaken him in the middle of the night to prepare food for him. It has been alleged that several of the bungalows are haunted. Guests have reported hearing what is believed to be Harpo Marx playing the harp, and seeing an apparition of Sergei Rachmaninoff. The Beverly Hills Hotel The Beverly Hills Hotel, also called "The Beverly Hills Hotel and Bungalows", is located on Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California. One of the world's best-known hotels, it is closely associated with Hollywood film stars, rock stars

neg: Beverly Wilshire Hotel Beverly Wilshire Hotel The Beverly Wilshire Beverly Hills (A Four Seasons Hotel), commonly known as the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, is a historic luxury hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Located at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Rodeo Drive, it was completed in 1928. It has been used as a shooting location for films and television series. Guests have included US presidents and celebrities. Rooms begin at $795 per night, Suites begin at $1,500 per night. The hotel is located at 9500 Wilshire Boulevard on the east side of South Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California. The hotel was constructed by

neg: The Peninsula Beverly Hills of the rooms being refurbished. There is also a spa at The Peninsula. Located next to the Spa is a Fitness Center and a . pool surrounded by 12 cabanas. As well as the Belvedere, the hotel has two other restaurants, the Living Room and the Roof Garden. There is also a separate bar called The Club Bar. The Peninsula Beverly Hills The Peninsula Beverly Hills is a luxury, five-star hotel at the intersection of Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevard. The hotel is part of The Peninsula Hotels, who are owned by Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels. The Peninsula Beverly Hills

neg: Polo Lounge Polo Lounge The Polo Lounge is located inside the Beverly Hills Hotel at 9641 Sunset Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California. The lounge has been described as "done up in peachy pink (as you might expect), with deep carpets and dark green booths, each booth featuring a plug-in phone. Legend has it that Mia Farrow (and maybe even Marlene Dietrich) was banned from the Polo Lounge for wearing pants." Hernando Courtright, who ran The Beverly Hills Hotel in the '30s and '40s, had a friend named Charles Wrightsman, who led a national champion polo team. Wrightsman felt it unseemly to keep the

neg: Polo Lounge burglary, formed the basis of the evidence which convicted each of the participants of conspiracy and obstruction of justice in January 1975. Polo Lounge The Polo Lounge is located inside the Beverly Hills Hotel at 9641 Sunset Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California. The lounge has been described as "done up in peachy pink (as you might expect), with deep carpets and dark green booths, each booth featuring a plug-in phone. Legend has it that Mia Farrow (and maybe even Marlene Dietrich) was banned from the Polo Lounge for wearing pants." Hernando Courtright, who ran The Beverly Hills Hotel in the '30s

neg: The Peninsula Beverly Hills The Peninsula Beverly Hills The Peninsula Beverly Hills is a luxury, five-star hotel at the intersection of Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevard. The hotel is part of The Peninsula Hotels, who are owned by Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels. The Peninsula Beverly Hills was the second Peninsula branded hotel to open in the United States, with The Peninsula New York opening three years beforehand in 1988. In 2015 the hotel won the AAA Five Diamond Award for the 22nd year in a row while the Belvedere restaurant won it for the 20th consecutive year. At the moment the Belvedere is the

neg: Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel on Beverly Drive. As a result, traffic on Rodeo Drive was shut down for the rest of the day. The hotel has been home to a monthly art exhibit since March 2015. The first exhibit featured Karen Lee Fisher, an artist from Beverly Hills. It was the recipient of the Beverly Hills 2013 Golden Palm for community service. A year later, it was the recipient of an AAA Four-Diamond rating. Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel The Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel is a luxury hotel in the City of Beverly Hills, California. It is the only hotel located on Rodeo Drive, the

neg: Beverly Wilshire Hotel location for HBO's "Entourage" television series, with cast and crew filming there at least three times per season when it was produced from 2004 until 2011. Beverly Wilshire Hotel The Beverly Wilshire Beverly Hills (A Four Seasons Hotel), commonly known as the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, is a historic luxury hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Located at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Rodeo Drive, it was completed in 1928. It has been used as a shooting location for films and television series. Guests have included US presidents and celebrities. Rooms begin at $795 per night, Suites begin at $1,500 per

neg: The Peninsula Beverly Hills only restaurant in Los Angeles that has been awarded the prize. When the hotel first opened in 1991 it was the first luxury hotel to open in Beverly Hills in 20 years. As the hotel is located in the centre of Beverly Hills, it is very close to public amenities such as Beverly Gardens Park, Westfield Century City and the Los Angeles Country Club. The nearby shopping street Rodeo Drive is located within a five-minute distance. The hotel is about a 35-minute drive from Los Angeles' main airport, Los Angeles International. The hotel underwent a renovation in 2011 with all

neg: Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel The Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel is a luxury hotel in the City of Beverly Hills, California. It is the only hotel located on Rodeo Drive, the main shopping street in Beverly Hills. The hotel is located at 360 North Rodeo Drive, the main street of the City of Beverly Hills, between Brighton Way and Dayton Way. The hotel was established in 1993 by Efrem Harkham as part of Luxe Hotels, an entity of three hotels in Los Angeles County. It has 88 rooms, designed by Vicente Wolf, a Cuban-born interior designer from New York City. The

neg: The Beverly Hills Hotel protests are "misguided" and will not affect the government policy of Brunei when the Dorchester Collection's annual revenue is $300 million while the BIA has over $30 billion in assets from oil and gas. By May 2014, the Beverly Hills City Council passed a resolution urging the Sultan of Brunei to sell the Beverly Hills Hotel. Lili Bosse, the mayor of Beverly Hills at the time, welcomed the resolution and added that she had made a "personal decision" not to return to the hotel until the situation had been solved. The decision was lauded by Rabbi Laura Geller of Temple

neg: The Beverly Hills Hotel the first historic landmark in Beverly Hills, and two new Presidential Bungalows were added. The song Hotel California by the American rock band The Eagles is slightly based on the folklore behind the hotel. In early 1911, Margaret J. Anderson, a wealthy widow, and her son, Stanley S. Anderson, who had been managing the Hollywood Hotel, ordered the construction of the Beverly Hills Hotel, in close proximity to the Burton Green mansion. Burton Green, an oil tycoon and real estate developer, President of the Rodeo Land and Water Company, had purchased land in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains,

neg: The Beverly Hills Hotel balconies. Each of the rooms has its own balcony and is designed in the Beverly Hills Hotel colors of peachy pinks and greens, apricots and yellows. Several of the more expensive rooms have private patios, Jacuzzis and their own kitchens. Five bungalows were originally added to the gardens in 1915 to provide for families who could return each year with their own staff. As of 2015, the hotel has 23 bungalows set out across the gardens. Bungalows 14-21 are known as "Bachelor's Row", due to their association with film stars and their affairs, including Warren Beatty and Orson Welles. In

neg: The Beverly Hills Hotel Seasons and Fairmont hotel chains. Adweek declared that "the bad press and protests have tarnished the glamorous image of the Beverly Hills Hotel, one of the most famous hotels in the world" and added that "such extreme brand damage will be difficult to repair". Judith Kirkwood of "Orange Coast Magazine" has stated that "The Beverly Hills Hotel is such an icon that my friend, Gretchen, and I wondered if it was a mirage when the taxi pulled up in the "porte cochere" and deposited us on a red carpet, but realized that it was "more like a peachy pink dream

neg: Beverly Hills, California the old Pacific Electric streetcar line that traversed Beverly Hills along Santa Monica Blvd. Houses south of Wilshire Boulevard have more urban square and rectangular lots, in general smaller than those to the north. There are also more apartment buildings south of Wilshire Blvd. than anywhere else in Beverly Hills, and the average house value south of Wilshire is the lowest in Beverly Hills. Nearly all businesses and government offices in Beverly Hills are located south of Santa Monica Blvd. Two notable exceptions are the Beverly Hills Hotel and the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Just outside the city limits to the

neg: Beverly Hills, California sell or rent property to Jews in Beverly Hills. Burton Green began construction on The Beverly Hills Hotel in 1911. The hotel was finished in 1912. The visitors drawn by the hotel were inclined to purchase land in Beverly Hills, and by 1914 the subdivision had a high enough population to incorporate as an independent city. That same year, the Rodeo Land and Water Company decided to separate its water business from its real estate business. The Beverly Hills Utility Commission was split off from the land company and incorporated in September 1914, buying all of the utilities-related assets from

neg: The Beverly Hilton leisure travelers, into a property where business travelers constitute 80 percent of the clientele. The meeting spaces and the International Ballroom—where the Golden Globes ceremony is held—were also renovated. On February 11, 2012, singer Whitney Houston died in her bathtub in Suite 434. Hotel management has since renovated the room. In April 2006, owners unveiled plans for a $500-million expansion to the Beverly Hilton property. The plans require an amendment to the Beverly Hills general plan's three-story height limit in order to build two 13-story condominium towers and a 15-story condo hotel, where rooms would be rented to guests when

neg: Jack Fina settled in San Francisco. He also operated a talent agency called the Concerto Music & Entertainment Agency with his manager Al King. In the early 1960s, Fina led a small band at the Beverly Hills Hotel, where he remained for a successful eight years. It was also around the same time that he appeared, as a single, on Dick Sinclair’s television show. Fina died aged 56, from a heart attack during an engagement at the Beverly Hills Hotel, Sherman Oaks, California. He is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Hollywood Hills. Jack Fina Jack Fina (August 13, 1913 – May 14,

neg: Beverly Hills Chihuahua hyperactive male Chihuahua, Papi, who has a desperate crush on her. A sequel, "Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2", was released on direct-to-DVD on February 1, 2011, and "" was released on September 18, 2012. In Beverly Hills, California, wealthy heiress Vivian "Viv" Ashe leaves her richly pampered pet chihuahua, Chloe, with her irresponsible niece, Rachel, while she embarks on a business trip for ten days. Papi, the gardener Sam's pet Chihuahua of Mexican descent, has an unrequited crush on Chloe, by which she is disgusted. Rachel decides to go to Mexico with her friends and stay at a hotel by the

neg: Beverly Hills, New South Wales opened 1 October 1940. Beverly Hills has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: The main shopping strip is located on King Georges Road, near the Beverly Hills railway station. There are over 40 different cafes, restaurants and takeaways along King Georges Road featuring Asian, Mediterranean, and Modern Australian cuisines. The area has all the features typical of Australian metropolitan localities: restaurants, retail shops, an IGA supermarket, real estate agents, a pub (the Beverly Hills Hotel), cinema, ATMs, kindergarten, primary/high schools, Scouts, parks, leisure and health facilities. Beverly Hills railway station is on the Airport & South Line of the Sydney

neg: Jacob Pressman of Judaism, later known as the American Jewish University (AJU), located in Bel Air. He was a recipient of the 2004 Rabbi Simon Greenberg Award from AJU. Pressman was the founding President of the Maple Counseling Centre, a non-profit organization which offers free counseling sessions, based in Beverly Hills, California. He has written a weekly column in "The Beverly Hills Courier" since 2004. He has written two books. Pressman was married to Marjorie Steinberg. They resided in Beverly Hills, California. One of their sons, Joel, who worked as a Performing Arts teacher at the Beverly Hills High School, died in

neg: Caroline Leonetti Ahmanson and savings and loans company. She became a widow when he died in 1968, and moved into a penthouse suite at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. She died of Alzheimer's disease-related complications on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 in Beverly Hills, California. She was eighty-seven years old. Caroline Leonetti Ahmanson Caroline Leonetti Ahmanson (April 12, 1918 – June 21, 2005) was an American fashion consultant, businesswoman and philanthropist. She was a corporate director of The Walt Disney Company and the Fluor Corporation. She served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco from 1981 to 1984.

neg: Beverly Hills, California Pickford, Fairbanks, Will Rogers and Rudolph Valentino. The Beverly Hills Utility Commission, opposed to annexation as well, managed to force the city into a special election and the plan was defeated 337 to 507. In 1925, Beverly Hills approved a bond issue to buy for a new campus for UCLA. The cities of Los Angeles, Santa Monica and Venice also issued bonds to help pay for the new campus. In 1928, the Beverly Wilshire Apartment Hotel (now the Beverly Wilshire Hotel) opened on Wilshire Boulevard between El Camino and Rodeo drives, part of the old Beverly Hills Speedway. That same

neg: Beverly Cañon Gardens Beverly Cañon Gardens Beverly Cañon Gardens is a public park in Beverly Hills, California. The address is 241 North Cañon Drive. The park runs from Cañon Drive to Beverly Drive and spans 33,000 square feet. On one side is the Montage Beverly Hills and on the other side is Bouchon, chef Thomas Keller's restaurant. The park was created by the developers of the Montage Beverly Hills hotel. It has landscaped gardens (including sycamores, topiaries and tulip trees), walkways with colonnades on each side, and dining tables. The fountain in the center was handcarved in Israel. In the summer, the city

neg: Beverly Hills Speedway The property was sold to a developer for $10,000 per acre. By 1928, the Beverly Wilshire hotel would be built on the site of the track's north-west turn. The Speedway Association would later open a new track in Culver City, just south of MGM studios. Statistics for winners of each race. Beverly Hills Speedway The Beverly Hills Speedway (also called the Los Angeles Speedway) was a wooden board track for automobile racing in Beverly Hills, California. It was built in 1919 on of land that includes the site of today's Beverly Wilshire Hotel, just outside the "Golden Triangle". The former

neg: Beverly Garland the hotel that Crank built and named for her. Originally built as a Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge in the 1970s, it became a 255-room Spanish-Mission style resort called the Beverly Garland's Holiday Inn, and was renamed The Garland in 2014. On December 5, 2008, Garland died from natural causes at her home of over 40 years in the Hollywood Hills, after a lengthy illness . Several hundred people attended a memorial service and reception on December 13 at her namesake hotel property. Her body was cremated. She was survived by a son, a daughter, and two grandchildren. Beverly Garland Beverly

neg: Beny Alagem Group, an asset management firm headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In December 2003, Alagem purchased the Beverly Hilton Hotel from entertainer Merv Griffin for US$130 million through Oasis West Realty LLC, where he serves as Chief Executive Officer. He proceeded to renovate it for an extra US$90 million. He is overseeing the development of the Beverly Hills Waldorf Astoria with Guggenheim Partners, which is scheduled to be dedicated in 2017. Designed by the architectural firm Gensler, it is adjacent to the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills will be the first new luxury hotel for the brand on

neg: Giorgio Beverly Hills Giorgio Beverly Hills Giorgio Beverly Hills, established in 1961, was the first luxury boutique to be founded on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California, United States. It was founded by Fred Hayman and George Grant, who opened their women's fashion boutique in 1961 at 273 Rodeo Drive (at the junction with Dayton Way), which was then a very ordinary street. Gucci, Tiffany and others established Rodeo Drive stores in the mid-1970s. The name was derived from Grant's first name. Hayman recognised the potential of the site, as it was close to The Beverly Hilton hotel, where he had been working.

neg: Pierre-Yves Rochon Pierre-Yves Rochon Pierre-Yves Rochon (born 1946) is a French interior designer. He has designed luxury hotels and restaurants around the world. Pierre-Yves Rochon was born in 1946. He grew up in Britanny. Rochon first worked for designer Michel Boyer. Rochon started his own business in 1979. He has designed luxury hotels like the Four Seasons Hotel George V and the Shangri-La Hotel in Paris, the Savoy Hotel and the Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane in London, and the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills in Beverly Hills, California. Rochon has a wife, Annick, and a son. They reside in Paris.

neg: Pierre-Yves Rochon Pierre-Yves Rochon Pierre-Yves Rochon (born 1946) is a French interior designer. He has designed luxury hotels and restaurants around the world. Pierre-Yves Rochon was born in 1946. He grew up in Britanny. Rochon first worked for designer Michel Boyer. Rochon started his own business in 1979. He has designed luxury hotels like the Four Seasons Hotel George V and the Shangri-La Hotel in Paris, the Savoy Hotel and the Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane in London, and the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills in Beverly Hills, California. Rochon has a wife, Annick, and a son. They reside in Paris.

neg: Margareta Svensson also performed and held resident engagements at among other places The Grand Hotel Stockholm , Sweden, The Dorchester, London, UK, The Beverly Hills Hotel Polo Lounge, The Beverly Wilshire Hotel, and Montage Beverly Hills where she was responsible for all music, and she has traveled the world both as a headliner as well as a piano-singer, and performed for many superstars, including Sir Paul McCartney, Whoopi Goldberg, Stevie Wonder, Chevy Chase, Michael Bolton, BB King, Sir Tom Jones and Kiss and world leaders like Margaret Thatcher, to name a few. Her extensive career as a singer-pianist and performer, led to

neg: Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel hotel is home to a restaurant called On Rodeo Bistro & Lounge. The chef is David Padilla. The hotel hosts many philanthropic events. For example, the annual Apple Ball for the Beverly Hills Education Foundation takes place there. Moreover, the hotel partnered with the Guittard Chocolate Company to create a cake in the shape of the Beverly Hills City Hall for the centennial block party, which took place on April 27, 2014. On December 1, 2014, Beverly Hills Police Department officers fired gunshots in the hotel lobby at a suspect shortly after a robbery at the Bank of America branch

neg: The Beverly Hilton their owners are away. One intent of the owner's plan was "to position the upgraded hotel as a less-expensive 4½-star alternative to nearby five-star rivals such as the Peninsula." Two new three-story buildings on Wilshire Boulevard would house 96 guest rooms and shops. The Beverly Hilton will be renovated into a smaller, 402-room hotel, renamed the Beverly Hilton Oasis. A 120-room Waldorf-Astoria Beverly Hills hotel, designed by Gensler with interiors by Pierre-Yves Rochon, will be included in the project. The Waldorf-Astoria Beverly Hills will be the first new hotel for the brand on the West Coast. The Beverly Hilton and

neg: The Beverly Hills Hotel hotel was first painted its famous pink color in 1948, to match that period's country club style. The following year, architect Paul Williams added the Crescent Wing. The strict resident owner of The Beverly Hills Hotel from 1954 until his death in 1979 was former Detroit real estate magnate Ben L. Silberstein. In 1986, Marvin Davis bought the Hotel from Silberstein's sons-in-law Burt Slatkin and Ivan F. Boesky. On December 30, 1992, the hotel closed for a complete restoration, reopening in 1995. Since 1996 it has been run as part of the Dorchester Collection. In 2012 the hotel was named

neg: The Beverly Hills Hotel Mission-style hotel" was to be built by Anderson, with the motto that "her guests were entitled to the best of everything regardless of cost". The hotel opened May 12, 1912, before the city's existence. Margaret and Stanley took up residence within the hotel grounds. By 1914, Hollywood directors, actors and actresses such as Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, Gloria Swanson, Buster Keaton, Rudolph Valentino and Will Rogers had purchased homes in the area, "transforming bean fields surrounding The Beverly Hills Hotel into prime real estate". The city of Beverly Hills was established. The first five bungalows of the

neg: Beverly Grove, Los Angeles Boulevard and San Vicente Boulevard. It abuts the city limits of Beverly Hills to the west, West Hollywood to the north, Fairfax and Mid-Wilshire to the east, and Carthay to the south. There is one private elementary school. It is home to shopping and fashion districts, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills, Sofitel Los Angeles, SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills, the eight-story Beverly Center, and the Robertson Blvd. retail district. In the first draft of Mapping L.A., "Beverly Grove" was not included as a distinct neighborhood; rather, the area was shown as part of

neg: The Beverly Hilton The Beverly Hilton The Beverly Hilton is a hotel located on an property at the intersection of Wilshire and Santa Monica boulevards in Beverly Hills, California. The Beverly Hilton has hosted many awards shows, charity benefits, and entertainment and motion picture industry events, and is perhaps best known as the venue of the annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony. Conrad Hilton opened the Beverly Hilton in 1955. Architect Welton Becket designed the hotel as a showpiece with 582 rooms. Since 1961, the hotel's International Ballroom has hosted the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. In

neg: Beverly Wilshire Hotel Four Seasons Hotel. The hotel was sold to Hong Kong-based private equity firm Joint Treasure International in 1995. In 2006, the hotel was again renamed following a renovation, dropping the Regent affiliation and becoming Beverly Wilshire Beverly Hills (A Four Seasons Hotel). Since 2006, Wolfgang Puck has operated a restaurant, Cut, in the hotel. Elvis Presley and later Warren Beatty spent a number of years in the hotel. It was also the home of John Lennon, when he was separated for several months from his wife Yoko Ono. The American socialite and Woolworth department store heiress Barbara Hutton spent her

neg: Heinsbergen Decorating Company Building Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco. In Los Angeles, Heinsbergen's murals can still be seen at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, the Beverly-Wilshire Hotel, Los Angeles City Hall, the Wiltern Theatre, the ceiling of El Portal de La Paz Mausoleum at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier and the Park Plaza Hotel. After Heinsbergen died, his children continued to operate the business at the Beverly Boulevard building, in many cases working to restore murals that their father had designed decades earlier. The Heinsbergen Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The building was later converted

neg: Beverly Hills Speedway Beverly Hills Speedway The Beverly Hills Speedway (also called the Los Angeles Speedway) was a wooden board track for automobile racing in Beverly Hills, California. It was built in 1919 on of land that includes the site of today's Beverly Wilshire Hotel, just outside the "Golden Triangle". The former site is bounded by Wilshire Boulevard, South Beverly Drive, Olympic Boulevard and Lasky Drive. The project was financed by a group of racers and businessmen that called itself the Beverly Hills Speedway Association. The track was the first in the United States to be designed with banked turns incorporating an engineering

neg: Bruce Wagner Avenue, where she remained for 40 years. He attended Beverly Vista Elementary School in Beverly Hills, California, until the 8th grade. He attended Beverly Hills High School but dropped out in his junior year. He worked in bookstores, drove an ambulance for Schaefer Ambulance Service, and became a chauffeur at the Beverly Hills Hotel. He has two older sisters. In his twenties, Wagner began writing articles for magazines, and writing scripts. His first screenplay, "Young Lust", was produced by Robert Stigwood but was never released. It was that experience that ultimately led him to write his modern take on F.

neg: Arnold Kirkeby the Drake Hotel, and ending his hotel interests when he sold the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, California. After selling the hotel chain, he then invested in the Janss Investment Company development of Westwood, Los Angeles, California, in 1959. As part of this project, Kirkeby broke ground on the Kirkeby Center on Wilshire Boulevard in 1960, but died before the building was completed. Kirkeby Center is now known as the Occidental Petroleum Building, and is the home of the Armand Hammer Museum. Television fans will note that Kirkeby owned the stately mansion located at 750 Bel Air Road in Bel

neg: The Beverly Hilton Condominium Tower initiative) was a November 2016 ballot initiative to allow Oasis West Realty to build a 37-story condominium tower on the Beverly Hilton site. The initiative was rejected by Beverly Hills voters, with nearly 56% voting no. The Beverly Hilton The Beverly Hilton is a hotel located on an property at the intersection of Wilshire and Santa Monica boulevards in Beverly Hills, California. The Beverly Hilton has hosted many awards shows, charity benefits, and entertainment and motion picture industry events, and is perhaps best known as the venue of the annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony. Conrad Hilton opened the

neg: Beverly Hills Women's Club Beverly Hills Women's Club The Beverly Hills Women's Club is an historic house and social club in Beverly Hills, California. The club was founded in October 1916, and it served as a unit for the American Red Cross during the First World War. In 1925, they raised US$4,000 at a horse show attended by the likes of Hobart Bosworth, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Stanley S. Anderson (owner of the Beverly Hills Hotel), Cecilia DeMille (daughter of Cecil B. DeMille), Charles E. Toberman, Silsby Spalding (Mayor of Beverly Hills), and Alphonzo Bell (developer of Bel Air, California). Later that year, they

neg: Vicente Wolf York City in the 1970s. He is a proponent of minimalism, especially High-tech. Indeed, "Architectural Digest" called in 'an undisputed minimalist master.' However, he rejects the label 'minimalism.' He has designed hotels such as Lorien Hotel & Spa in Alexandria, Virginia and the Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. He has also designed Café Rodeo in Beverly Hills, the Bedell Cellars Winery in North Fork, the L'Impero and Alto restaurants in New York City, and the LS Store in Hong Kong. He has also designed private residences, including the penthouses at Manhattan House, a building at 200 east

neg: Sam Nazarian Diego. XIV, in partnership with Chef Michael Mina, opened on the Sunset Strip in October 2008. Nazarian opened The Bazaar with José Andrés, which is integrated into SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, in 2008. SBE is also invested in hamburger chain Umami Burger. SLS Las Vegas, SLS Brickell, SLS Lux, SLS Beverly Hills and SLS South Beach. Redbury Hollywood, Redbury South Beach and Redbury New York. Raleigh Hotel Miami Beach and Townhouse Hotel Miami Beach. Nazarian has served as executive producer for the films "Waiting...," "Down in the Valley", "Five Fingers," "The Last Time", "Pride", "Mr. Brooks" and "College". In

neg: The Beverly Hills Hotel Crescent Wing. The Fountain Coffee Shop also opened at this time. In 1954, Detroit real estate magnate Ben L. Silberstein bought the hotel for $5.5 million. Courtright later became hotelier at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. The reputation of the Beverly Hills Hotel, as a leading luxury hotel with glamorous patrons, took off during the 1950s and attracted eminent guests such as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon, King Albert of Belgium, the Crown Prince of Monaco and Grace Kelly, John Wayne and Henry Fonda. Elizabeth Taylor, one of the hotel's best known guests, would stay

neg: Beverly Grove, Los Angeles the county. The percentage of residents with a master's degree was also high. Perutz Etz Jacob Hebrew Academy, a private elementary school at 7951 Beverly Boulevard, was the only school operating in the neighborhood. The neighborhood is home to shopping and retail districts, the Beverly Center, the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills, SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills, the Sofitel Los Angeles, and 8500 Burton. The Beverly Center, which was opened in 1982 by developers A. Alfred Taubman, Sheldon Gordon and E. Phillip Lyon, features various designer stores and restaurants. The site's former occupant was a small amusement

neg: Billboard Live Music Awards Hills, California, in proceedings hosted by comedian Roy Wood Jr.. The fourteenth annual edition of the awards took place on November 15, 2017, at the Montage Beverly Hills in Beverly Hills, California, in proceedings hosted by Hasan Minhaj. The thirteenth annual "Billboard" Touring Awards took place on a single day, November 9, 2016, this time at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. The twelfth annual "Billboard" Touring Awards took place on a single day, November 19, 2015, at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. The eleventh annual "Billboard" Touring Awards took place on over two days in November

neg: Troop Beverly Hills Phyllis's complete turnaround, is interested in calling off the divorce. After both working through their issues with one another, they get back together. The next year, Troop Beverly Hills is the designated Poster Troop and Velda is forced to take a humiliating job at Kmart, a fate she tried to threaten Annie with earlier. Many landmarks in Beverly Hills are seen throughout the film, including: Beverly Hills Hotel, Cristophe Salon, Jane Fonda's "Workout", Wolfgang Puck's Spago, and Rodeo Drive. "Troop Beverly Hills" was poorly received by critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, it holds a rating of 8% based on 13 reviews.

neg: Gabriel Katzka lived on the Upper East Side in Manhattan. He died on February 19, 1990 in New York. A memorial service was performed at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel in Manhattan and at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. He was buried in the Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York. Gabriel Katzka Gabriel Katzka (1931–1990) was an American theater, film and television producer. He was born in Brooklyn, New York City on January 25, 1931. His father, Emil Katzka, was a lawyer who had a stake in some Broadway productions. He had a sister, Benji K. Green. He

neg: Irving Mansfield married Beverly Robinson, who survived him at his death. Editor Michael Korda gave this description of Irving Mansfield, ".. talked and acted as if he were a character straight out of "Guys and Dolls", and was comfortable only at place's like Lindy's, the Stage Delicatessen, and Sardi's (although late in life he managed to settle into the West Coast equivalent: a bungalow and a cabana at the Beverly Hills Hotel and a table at the Polo Lounge). Mansfield died on August 25, 1988, at his home in Manhattan after suffering a heart attack. He was 80. In addition to his

neg: Troop Beverly Hills Rodeo Drive, the council is reviewing her application, then approving it as they believe Phyllis has the makings of an excellent den leader. Although Phyllis lacks the skills found in most troop leaders, due to a lack of interest in anything to due with nature or anything found in the 'wilderness', she resolves to teach the girls how to survive in "the wilds of Beverly Hills," even customizing new merit badges for her troop. One campout results in the troop getting caught in a rain squall, prompting Phyllis to take the girls to 'camp out' at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

neg: Lili Bosse Lili Bosse Lili Bosse is an American politician and philanthropist. The daughter of Holocaust survivors, she has supported many Jewish causes in the United States and Israel. She served as the Mayor of Beverly Hills, California in its centennial year, from March 2014 to March 2015, as well as from March 2017 to March 2018. In her first term, she spearheaded the weekly "Walk With the Mayor" for residents, supported the boycott of the Beverly Hills Hotel owned by the Sultan of Brunei, and promoted trade with China for the luxury industry. In her second term, she spearheaded Beverly Hills

neg: All Saints' Episcopal Church (Beverly Hills, California) All Saints' Episcopal Church (Beverly Hills, California) All Saints' Episcopal Church is an Episcopal church in Beverly Hills, California. It is located at 504 on North Camden Drive in Beverly Hills, California. The congregation first met at the Beverly Hills Hotel from 1922 onwards. Four years later, in 1926, a chapel was built. By 1935, it became a parish in its own right. Several decades later, in 1951, a new church building was erected, though the chapel was preserved. The organ was made by Casavant Frères for the new church in 1951. Every week, the church serves 'The Monday Meal'

neg: All Saints' Episcopal Church (Beverly Hills, California) from 200 to 1,000. In 1977, Rev. Carol Anderson became the rector. She was the first woman to serve as rector. She was credited with bringing a more charismatic approach to her sermons. All Saints' Episcopal Church (Beverly Hills, California) All Saints' Episcopal Church is an Episcopal church in Beverly Hills, California. It is located at 504 on North Camden Drive in Beverly Hills, California. The congregation first met at the Beverly Hills Hotel from 1922 onwards. Four years later, in 1926, a chapel was built. By 1935, it became a parish in its own right. Several decades later, in

neg: The Beverly Hills Hotel Emanuel, where Bosse is a congregant. By then the "Jewish Journal" reported that "more than $2 million worth of events have been canceled at the Beverly Hills Hotel by dozens of groups." Dorchester Collection Chief Executive Officer Christopher Cowdray then responded to the controversy by asking the public to consider the issue at hand in a broader perspective, citing the fact that many brands are backed by foreign investors. Sharia law exists alongside other normative systems and has been adopted by many other Muslim countries, including Saudi Arabia which has major investments in the American hospitality industry, including the Four

neg: Wilshire/Rodeo station hotels, including the Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel, The Beverly Wilshire Hotel, The Beverly Hilton Hotel, The Peninsula Beverly Hills Hotel. The station will be at close proximity to the Beverly Gardens Park and its Electric Fountain, Reeves Park and Beverly Cañon Gardens Park. The Wilshire Beverly Center building is located near the station along with various towers and Los Angeles area consulate's. Various fine dining establishments are located in the neighborhood, including Spago's. The Academy Headquarters Building along with its Samuel Goldwyn Theater, the Paley Center for Media and the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts are located near

neg: The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills supplied many of Los Angeles' high-end restaurants past and present, including Wolfgang Puck’s Spago, Valentino’s, Patina, and Bar Marmont, as well as Las Vegas’ Bellagio hotel. The Beverly Hills branch of Cheese Shop International, an East Coast-based franchise, was founded in 1967 by Colonel Sigmund Roth. In 1978, after a few years of the colonel’s declining health, Norbert Wabnig, who had worked at the store by day while pursuing his music career at night, purchased the business and changed its name to The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills. He transformed the store’s feel from one of an upscale chain store

neg: The Beverly Hilton 08-R-12601, “Resolution of the Council of the City of Beverly Hills amending the General Plan to enable the revitalization of the Beverly Hilton Hotel site with a new Luxury Hotel, Condominiums, and Open Space,” Los Angeles County election officials reported a week after the vote that local Measure H was losing by 68 votes, with provisional ballots yet to be counted. On December 2, 2008, Proposal H passed by 129 votes with over 15,000 cast. In April 2014, Oasis West Realty, owner of The Beverly Hilton and Hilton Worldwide announced that Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills will be built at the

neg: Lili Bosse the Beverly Hills Dog Park while serving on the city council in February 2016. In early May 2014, Bosse welcomed a resolution passed by the Beverly Hills City Council to urge the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, to sell the Beverly Hills Hotel after he had passed legislation in Brunei to impose Islamic Sharia law there, including the death penalty for adultery and gay sex. She added that she had made a "personal decision" not to return to the hotel until the situation had been solved. The decision was lauded by Rabbi Laura Geller of the Temple Emanuel, where Bosse

neg: Dorchester Collection Dorchester Collection Dorchester Collection is a luxury hotel operator owned by the Brunei Investment Agency (BIA), an arm of the Ministry of Finance of Brunei. Dorchester Collection owns and manages 9 luxury five star hotels, The Dorchester, The Beverly Hills Hotel, Plaza Athénée, Hotel Meurice, Principe di Savoia, Hotel Bel-Air, Coworth Park, 45 Park Lane and Hotel Eden. In 1987, the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, bought the Dorchester Hotel and the Beverly Hills Hotel and then transferred the ownership to the Brunei Investment Agency in 1991. The Audley Group, owned by the BIA, was established in 1996 to manage

neg: Ivan Amodei 2010, Amodei opened a one-man show at the Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village. It was named Made in Italy. On December 31, 2010, Amodei did a guest appearance at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills that led to an open run of his show at the hotel. The name of the show was then changed to Intimate Illusions. Splash magazine called him a "master in his art." In May 2012, Westlake Magazine included Ivan in their achievers issue. In June 2012, Amodei received recognition by the honorable Mayor of Beverly Hills William W. Brien M.D. for his contribution to

neg: The Beverly Hills Hotel 1992, the hotel closed for a complete restoration, said to be in the region of $100–125 million. The project lasted two and a half years with the hotel reopening on June 3, 1995, with upgrades to furniture and fittings. The hotel is now managed and owned by the Dorchester Collection, organized in 1996 to manage the hotel interests of the Brunei Investment Agency. The west coast regional director for the Dorchester Collection oversees The Beverly Hills Hotel as well as the Hotel Bel-Air. In 2012, the hotel celebrated its 100-year anniversary and began to remodel its lobby, with the Polo

neg: 39th Daytime Emmy Awards followed by the other nominees. Deidre Hall presented the filmed tribute to the TV artists and producers who died in 2011: 39th Daytime Emmy Awards The 39th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), ″recognizes outstanding achievement in all fields of daytime television production and are presented to individuals and programs broadcast from 2:00 a.m.—6:00 p.m. during the 2011 calendar year″. The ceremony took place on June 23, 2012 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, in Beverly Hills, California beginning at 5:00 p.m. PST / 8:00 p.m. EST. The ceremony was televised in

neg: The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (season 4) next day they rest of the women learn that Vanderpump and her husband had left in the middle of the night. Vanderpump heads back to Beverly Hill and informs Gebbia, who wasn't invited on the trip, about what happened. At the Beverly Hilton hotel for the Beverly Hills 100th anniversary, Vanderpump comes face-to-face with the ladies for the first time since Puerto Rico. She finds herself in many arguments. Glanville and Vanderpump come to the conclusion that they are no longer friends. Kyle hosts a lunch for her new friends on the chamber of commerce, Gebbia and Giraud de Ohoven,

neg: Sol Kerzner hotel groups, Southern Sun Hotel Group. Kerzner was born in Troyeville, Johannesburg, South Africa, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants. His parents owned and operated a chain of kosher hotels. Kerzner graduated with a degree in accounting and then took control of the family company. In 1962, he purchased the Astra Hotel in Durban. Following the success of that property, Kerzner built South Africa's first five-star graded hotel in Umhlanga, a village north of Durban – he opened this resort in December 1964 which he named the Beverly Hills Hotel. Following the Beverly Hills, Kerzner built the 450-room Elangeni Hotel

neg: Burton E. Green had three daughters: Dorothy (Dolly), Liliore, and Burton, who was named after her father. Their daughter Dolly was a philanthropist and horsebreeder. The "Liliore Green Rains Houses", one of the largest housing complexes on the campus of Stanford University, is named for their second daughter. They resided in a Tudor Revival mansion at 1601 Lexington Road, North of the Beverly Hills Hotel, in Beverly Hills. It was built in 1913-1914. The Green family owned the house until the 1960s. The house still stands, although it has been remodeled several times. Green was a member of the California Club, the Jonathan

neg: Rottet Studio Houston, TX Mattel Design Center, El Segundo, CA Paul Hastings LLP, Various Locations United Talent Agency, Los Angeles, CA The Beverly Hills Presidential Bungalows, Beverly Hills, CA Philippe Restaurant + Lounge, Houston, TX St Regis Aspen Resort, Aspen, CO The Surrey Hotel, New York, NY The James Royal Palm, Miami Beach, FL Loews Regency Hotel, Manhattan, NY Rottet's interest in furniture design stemmed from a sofa she designed for her personal Los Angeles residence in 1991, entitled the Evaneau sofa. She has since designed custom furniture for many of Rottet Studio's projects. She designed most of the furniture for Paul,

neg: The Beverly Hills Hotel Memorial Park. An early tradition was the annual Easter Egg hunt, put on for the children of the guests and employees. Silent film star Harold Lloyd was an early hotel patron, and in 1921 he decided to film a scene at the hotel for "A Sailor-Made Man". From 1928 to 1932, the hotel was owned by the Interstate Company. Interstate had to close the hotel during the Great Depression years, although the company leased the bungalows out as rental properties. With Bank of America funding, the hotel reopened in 1932. During the 1930s, The Beverly Hills Hotel became increasingly popular

neg: Nick Raynes (eldest daughter of actor Al Pacino) of The First, now known as Why Not Choose Love. Raynes died at the age of 33 on July 27, 2018, in New York City. Nick Raynes Nick Raynes (c. 1985 – July 27, 2018) was an American film producer, director and businessman. He was a grandson of billionaire Marvin Davis who owned 20th Century Fox, The Beverly Hills Hotel, Aspen Skiing Company, The Little Nell Hotel, Pebble Beach Golf Links and Fox Plaza. His grandmother Barbara Davis started the Carousel Ball of Hope for Diabetes. Raynes was producing a feature film about jazz

neg: The Beverly Hilton the Waldorf-Astoria would be separate premises, with both operated and managed by Hilton Hotels Corporation. The Beverly Hills City Council approved the $500 million project by a 3-2 vote. Local resident opponents led by a group called Citizens Right to Decide Committee gathered enough signatures to place the referendum (Measure H) on November 4, 2008, ballot with the argument that "It's Just Too Big." Measure H authorized the Beverly Hills City Council to amend the city's general plan to allow a "luxury hotel, condominiums and open space" to be built on the site of the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Resolution No.

neg: Fred Hayman He was sixteen years older than she. Giorgio Beverly Hills was the first luxury boutique to be founded on Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills. It was founded by Hayman and George Grant, who opened their women's fashion boutique in 1961 at 273 Rodeo Drive (at the junction with Dayton Way), which was then a very ordinary street. Gucci, Tiffany, and others established Rodeo Drive stores appeared in the mid-1970s. The name was derived from Grant's first name. Hayman recognised the potential of the site, as it was close to The Beverly Hilton hotel, where he had been working. The store used

neg: Beny Alagem was the recipient of the Philanthropic Leadership Award from the Board of Governors of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in 2016. Alagem has a wife, Adele. They reside in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California. Beny Alagem Binyamin "Beny" Alagem () (born 1953 in Israel) is an Israeli American entrepreneur, business executive, hotelier and philanthropist. He is the founder and former Chief Executive of Packard Bell Computers. He is the owner of the Beverly Hilton Hotel and the Beverly Hills Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills, California. Beny Alagem was born in Israel. He was a tank driver. Alagem studied at California State

neg: The Beverly Hills Hotel "Hotel California" that same year. Two years later, "California Suite" was filmed at the hotel. Owner Ben Silberstein died in 1979, and passed the hotel to his two daughters, Muriel Slatkin and Seema Boesky, wife of stock trader Ivan Boesky. In 1986, Marvin Davis bought the hotel from Silberstein's sons-in-law Burt Slatkin and Ivan Boesky. Boesky had bought the outstanding 5% of stock for a reported fortune and decided to sell, despite Slatkin's desire to keep the hotel. Less than a year later, Davis sold the hotel to the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, for $110 million. On December 30,

neg: Hotel California (Eagles album) Eagles "probably peaked on "Hotel California"." Henley said: "After that, we started growing apart as collaborators and as friends." The front cover artwork is a photograph of The Beverly Hills Hotel shot just before sunset by David Alexander with design and art direction by Kosh. According to Kosh, Henley wanted him to find a place that can portray the Hotel California of the album title, and "portray it with a slightly sinister edge". Three hotels were photographed, and the one with The Beverly Hills Hotel was selected as the cover. The photographer shot the image 60 feet above Sunset Boulevard

neg: 9454 Wilshire Boulevard on the Beverly Hills section of Wilshire Boulevard. It is twelve floor high, making it the second tallest building in Beverly Hills after the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. The Beverly Hills City Council required the developers to create a green space in exchange for the height of the building. As a result, Reeves Park, a pocket park, was created. There is a three-level subterranean parking lot underneath the building. In 1981, the building was purchased by the Beverly Wilshire Investment Company. There is currently a Bank of America branch on the first floor. 9454 Wilshire Boulevard 9454 Wilshire Boulevard is a

neg: Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta! internet meme where it is played simultaneously with the instrumental of another song. Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta! Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta! is a 2012 American direct-to-DVD family comedy film directed by Lev L. Spiro. It is the third and final installment of the "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" series, and stars George Lopez, Odette Annable and Logan Grove. The film focuses on Papi, Chloe and the puppies moving to a hotel. Pedro finds love when he falls head over heels for Charlotte. The film was released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on September 18, 2012

neg: The Beverly Hills Hotel hotel were built in 1915. In 1919, Douglas Fairbanks and his wife Mary Pickford bought and expanded a lodge above the hotel, which they named Pickfair. According to one publication, a star would know they would finally "made it" when they received an invitation to dine at Pickfair. Gloria Swanson resided in one of the bungalows of the hotel during her divorce. In 1915, the Andersons donated a portion of the hotel's original grounds to the community of Beverly Hills. It was used to create the community's first public park. Originally known as Sunset Park, it is now Will Rogers

neg: Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta! Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta! Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta! is a 2012 American direct-to-DVD family comedy film directed by Lev L. Spiro. It is the third and final installment of the "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" series, and stars George Lopez, Odette Annable and Logan Grove. The film focuses on Papi, Chloe and the puppies moving to a hotel. Pedro finds love when he falls head over heels for Charlotte. The film was released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on September 18, 2012 in a two-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo pack. Zachary Gordon and Chantily Spalan did not

neg: Margaret J. Anderson wanted ownership of the land, which she had been unable to secure from Hershey. In 1911, plans were announced for the erection of the hotel by Anderson and her son, Stanley, at a cost of $500,000. Upon completion, Anderson staged a victory over Hershey when she announced to guests at the Hollywood Hotel that it was closed until new management was hired, as she had resigned. She offered jobs to all the staff and rooms at the soon-to-be opened Beverly Hills Hotel to the guests. The guests and staff relocated and the Beverly Hills Hotel opened on 30 April 1912.

neg: Will Rogers Memorial Park Will Rogers Memorial Park The Will Rogers Memorial Park is a public park in Beverly Hills, California. Shaped like a triangle, the park is surrounded by West Sunset Boulevard, North Canon Drive and North Beverly Drive. It is across the street (South Side of Sunset) from the Beverly Hills Hotel. It covers an area of . The park was constructed in 1912 and dedicated in 1915, becoming the first public park in Beverly Hills. In 1932, were made some scenes of the film Pack Up Your Troubles, with the famous couple Laurel & Hardy. It was called the Sunset Park

neg: Beverly Hills Main Post Office post office boxes moved to Maple Drive. The old Post Office was sold back to the City of Beverly Hills in 1999. The City signed a long-term lease to the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, who named the building the Paula Kent Meehan Historic Building. Beverly Hills Main Post Office The old Beverly Hills Main Post Office is a Renaissance Revival building at the Beverly Hills Civic Center in Beverly Hills, California. The building has carried the addresses 469 North Crescent Drive and 470 North Canon Drive. It was built as the main post office in the 1930s,

neg: Beverly Hills, California Financial Report, the top employers in the city are: Beverly Hills is served by Beverly Hills Unified School District, which includes four K-8 schools (Hawthorne, El Rodeo, Beverly Vista, and Horace Mann), Moreno High School, and the Beverly Hills High School. Beverly Hills also has several private schools. Good Shepherd School, a PreK-8 school in Beverly Hills, is a part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Other Beverly Hills private schools include Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy. Beverly Hills is served by free weekly newspapers the "Beverly Hills Courier" and "Beverly Hills Weekly". The BHUSD has a public-access television

neg: The Beverly Hilton intersection of Santa Monica and Wilshire Boulevards, adjacent to the hotel. The 12-story, 170-room Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills was designed by architecture firm Gensler with interior designer by Pierre-Yves Rochon. The hotel also features a monumental stainless steel sculpture titled 'SWAY' which was designed and fabricated by sculptor Nick Petronzio. Additionally, The Waldorf Astoria will have an upscale restaurant open to the public and stores including: jeweler Graff Diamonds, a Waldorf Astoria Spa meeting space and a ballroom that will hold up to 200 people. Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills is slated to open in 2017. Measure HH (or the Hilton

neg: Beverly Hills Film Festival BHFF emphasizes awards to first-time filmmakers. On the final night of the Festival, the jury (usually made up of film professionals from all over the globe) presents its awards, including the Golden Palm Award for best picture, at a black-tie gala at the Four Seasons Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Beverly Hills Film Festival The Beverly Hills Film Festival (BHFF) is a film festival in the United States founded in 2001 by independent filmmaker Nino Simone. The festival is an international competition dedicated to showcasing the art and talent of emerging filmmakers and screenplay writers from around the world. The festival lasts

neg: Beverly Wilshire Hotel real estate developer Walter G. McCarty on the site of the former Beverly Hills Speedway. It was completed in 1928 (when the city had fewer than 18,000 residents), and was then known as the "Beverly Wilshire Apartment Hotel". The E-shaped structure is built of a Tuscan stone and Carrara marble in the Italian Renaissance architecture style. Renamed the Beverly Wilshire Hotel by new owners, it was renovated with a ballroom in the 1940s to accommodate the popular big bands of the day. An Olympic-sized swimming pool was built and championship tennis courts were added, with tennis champion Pancho Gonzalez as

neg: Montage Hotels & Resorts was the highest per-room price for a hotel in the United States that year. Montage Laguna Beach was opened in 2003 and became the first hotel to bear the Montage brand. In March 2005, Montage won a municipal election that allowed them to build a new luxury hotel in the heart of Beverly Hills. Montage Beverly Hills was eventually opened in 2008. Two years later, Montage opened its third resort, Montage Deer Valley in Park City, Utah. In 2014, Montage acquired management rights to the Inn at Palmetto Bluff in Bluffton, South Carolina. In October 2014, the company launched a

neg: The Beverly Hills Hotel Lounge, pool cabanas and Cabana Cafe, and guest-rooms and suites to be renovated by 2014. The hotel was also named the first historic landmark in Beverly Hills in September 2012. The Sultan of Brunei's stake in the ownership of the hotel drew controversy in April 2014 when he initiated the first phase of a three-phase plan to adapt Brunei's legal system to include aspects of Sharia law implicating his approval of the persecution of homosexuals in the complex legal system there (a two part system involving separate courts and legislation for Islamic and non-Islamic citizens). In protest, a United States

neg: The Beverly Hills Hotel and lived there on several occasions throughout the decades. The hotel accommodated his eccentricities, including his request for "roast beef sandwiches delivered to a nook in a tree". The Beverly Hills Hotel underwent significant renovation in the late forties when the "porte cochere" was expanded and painted in stripes. In 1947 Courtright opened the Crystal Room and the "Lanai" Restaurant, later called "The Coterie". The building was first painted its famous pink color in 1948 to match the country club style of the period, and it became known as "The Pink Palace". The following year, architect Paul Williams added the

neg: Mayflower Hotel at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California; the mob-constructed lobby bar of the Hotel Nacional de Cuba in Havana, Cuba; and Harry's New York Bar in Paris, France). The lobby mezzanine was closed off to create office space in 1962. The ceiling of the elevator foyer was lowered, which covered up a bas-relief plaster sculpture on the architrave above the east entrance to the elevator foyer and a sunburst medallion on the ceiling of the elevator foyer were both covered over (but not removed). Intricate plaster capitals on the piers in the lobby were also removed at this

neg: Paula Kent Meehan Governors of The Thalians, a mental health charity. On April 20, 1973, she married John Meehan in Los Angeles. They resided in Beverly Hills, California. She was widowed in 2004. She died on June 23, 2014 at her private residence in Beverly Hills. Her funeral took place at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California, where she was buried on Saturday July 5, 2014. During the ceremony, City Council member Nancy Krasne, who served as the Mayor of Beverly Hills from 2009 to 2010, said a few words, and Ruta Lee, a lifelong friend of Meehan's, sang some of

neg: Fred Hayman Fred Hayman Fred Jules Pollag (May 29, 1925 – April 14, 2016), known professionally as Fred Hayman, was a Swiss-born American fashion retailer and entrepreneur, founder in 1961 of Giorgio Beverly Hills in Beverly Hills, California. He was also known as "Mr. Beverly Hills" and "Mr. Rodeo Drive". Hayman was born to a Jewish family in St. Gallen, Switzerland in 1925, the son of Richard Pollag and Irma Levy. His sister Yvette is four years older than him. After his father died, his mother married Julius Haymann (two n's), who already had a son, Eugene. His family emigrated to New

neg: Beverly Drive stores and restaurants. North of Santa Monica Boulevard it crosses Beverly Gardens Park and enters one of the city's more lavish residential neighborhoods. Before crossing Sunset Boulevard it approaches a broad and notoriously congested three-way intersection with Canon Drive and Lomitas Avenue, with Will Rogers Memorial Park at its northwest corner. At the intersection of Beverly and Sunset lies the historic Beverly Hills Hotel, one of the city's most notable landmarks. It continues northbound to Coldwater Canyon Park and Beverly Hills Fire Station #2, where arterial traffic merges onto Coldwater Canyon Drive and crosses the Santa Monica Mountains to connect

neg: Beverly Hills Cop III Beverly Hills Cop III Beverly Hills Cop III is a 1994 American action comedy film starring Eddie Murphy and directed by John Landis, who had previously worked with Murphy on "Trading Places" and "Coming to America". It is the third film in the "Beverly Hills Cop" trilogy, and a sequel to "Beverly Hills Cop II". Murphy again plays Detroit cop Axel Foley, who once again returns to Beverly Hills, California, to stop a gang of counterfeiters who are responsible for the death of his boss. Foley teams up with his friend, Beverly Hills detective Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold), and his

neg: The Beverly Hills Hotel national LGBT advocacy organization, the Gill Action Fund, canceled its reservation to hold a conference of major donors at the Beverly Hills Hotel and demanded a refund of its deposit. The hotel management responded by issuing a statement asserting that it does not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. Fashion designers Brian Atwood and Peter Som subsequently called for wider protests, urging the fashion industry to boycott all of the hotels owned by the Dorchester Collection. Meanwhile, the boycott had attracted support from Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Group, as well as numerous Hollywood executives and stars, including Jay

neg: Margaret Herrick Library as a world-class research institution. In its inception, the Academy library had offices in the Roosevelt Hotel. The library moved to its current building, a former waterworks, in Beverly Hills in 1971. Margaret Herrick Library The Margaret Herrick Library, located in Beverly Hills, California, is the main repository of print, graphic and research materials of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). The library contains a digital repository and has historical materials that include those relating to the Oscars awards show. The library has in excess of 1,000 collections including original film scripts, movie production records, correspondence and

neg: The Beverly Hilton 1975, 50% of the property was sold to Prudential Insurance Company forming a partnership with the Hilton Hotels Corporation. The partnership sold the hotel to entertainer and businessman Merv Griffin for $100.2 million in December 1987. The Beverly Hilton had completed a $35 million renovation prior to Griffin's purchase. The hotel was Griffin's second choice, as he had expressed an interest in buying the 260-room Beverly Hills Hotel, which had recently been sold to Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei for $200 million by a group headed by Denver oilman Marvin Davis. Griffin owned the hotel from 1987 to 2003, during