Los Angeles Relocation Guide - Antevia

commonly called "Tea Dances" [or "T-Dances"]. Eventually Ciro's closed and thebuilding is now the home of The Comedy Store.In the early 1970s, there was a large influx of Russian Jews from the Fairfax District andgays.In November 1984, voters passed a proposal on the ballot to incorporate and the areabecame the City of West Hollywood because of a threat that united all the tenants in thearea. That uniting factor was rent control. The county was in the process of abolishingrent control in all unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County. That factor howevergalvanized the residents of the area to band together and form the city and impose rentcontrol on all rental units built before 1979.Because of the large gay population and the large numbers of gay-oriented businesses,West Hollywood became prominently known as a gay village. The section of SantaMonica Boulevard from La Cienega Blvd to Robertson Blvd, known as "boys town," isamong the most important gay neighborhoods in the world, with numerous well-knownspots such as the nightclubs Rage and Mickys. West Hollywood was the first city in thecountry to have a majority-gay city council[1], and in 1985 it was the first city to havesame gender domestic partnership registration for its residents, and same gender domesticpartner benefits for its employees.West Hollywood has a distinctive street design scheme, with postmodern street signsfeaturing a blue map of the city. L.A. County Sheriffs Dept. vehicles that patrol WestHollywood feature the same map of the city, but in the rainbow colors of the gaycommunity.Today it contains some of the most exclusive condominium complexes on the West Coastwith "name" buildings such as Shorham Towers, Sierra Towers, and on the exclusive culdesac, Alta Loma Road, the popular buildings known as The Empire West and The ParkWellington.Alta Loma Road is also home to the exclusive hotel "The Sunset Marquis" with itsfamous 45 person Whisky Bar and a recording studio that has been the home to manyhits. Alta Loma Road was one of the main locations for the film Perfect but it was alsothe home a tragedy. In the 1970s it was the street on which Sal Mineo lived and died.GeographyWest Hollywood is located at 34°5′16″N, 118°22′20″W (34.087909, -118.372160) GR1 .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.9 km² (1.9mi²), all land.Demographics