Footage of the Continental Hotel on the Strip – Later the Riot Hyatt, now Andaz

30 Years Ago Today: The Death of John Belushi

Here is a promo from the episode on John Belushi’s death from the Canadian documentary series, “Final 24,” which is shown on the Discovery Channel in the United States.

Belushi died in a bungalow behind the Chateau Marmont on the Sunset Strip on March 5, 1982, 30 years ago today.

Early 1950s Footage of the Sunset Strip

Via Vintage Los Angeles: Most of this was taken around Sunset Plaza.

Footage of the Garden of Allah Hotel Not Long Before It Was Demolished

This would have been in 1959.

Auction Video: Scale Model of Garden of Allah

Description from auction company, published on YouTube in February 2011:

Early Sunset Strip Resident William S. Hart Bids Farewell to the Screen

William S. Hart was a resident of Hacienda Park, the precursor neighborhood along the eastern half of what would later become the Sunset Strip. Hart’s house is still there, preserved now as a city park. The house faces DeLongrpe, but the property butts up against the east side of the Sunset Tower Hotel and backs against the 8300 block of the Strip.