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Encyclopedia > Holmby Hills

Holmby Hills is a neighborhood in western Los Angeles, California. It is bordered by Beverly Hills on the east, Century City on the southeast, Westwood on the southwest, Bel-Air on the northwest, and Beverly Glen on the north. Sunset Boulevard is the area's principal thoroughfare. The Downtown Los Angeles skyline. ... Beverly Hills, California Beverly Hills is a city located in western Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.. Mostly surrounded by the city of Los Angeles, it is bordered on the north by the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains, on the east by the City of West Hollywood and... View of the Century City skyline from the Getty Center. ... High-rise buildings line Wilshire Boulevard through the Westwood area Another view of the Westwood skyline Westwood is a district in western Los Angeles, California. ... Bel Air is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California, USA. The faux-gated community was founded by Alphonzo E. Bell, Sr. ... Sunset Boulevard is a street in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, that stretches from Figueroa Street in Downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Coast Highway at the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Palisades. ...


Holmby Hills, Bel-Air, and Beverly Hills form the "Golden Triangle" of Los Angeles' priciest and most exclusive neighborhoods. Many of the estates in Holmby Hills boast panoramic views of the entire Los Angeles Basin. Many high-level entertainment industry executives, such as Interscope Records founder Jimmy Iovine, television producer Aaron Spelling, and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner (whose home is better known as the Playboy Mansion), reside in the area. The Los Angeles Basin is the coastal sediment-filled plain located between the peninsular and transverse ranges in southern California in the United States containing the central part of the city of Los Angeles. ... Interscope Records is a record label currently owned by the Universal Music Group. ... Jimmy Iovine is the founder of Interscope Records. ... Aaron Spelling Aaron Spelling (born April 22, 1923 in Dallas, Texas) is an American film and television producer. ... Playboy is an adult entertainment magazine, or pornography magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. ... Hugh Hefner, mid 70s. ... Playboy Mansion West, commonly known as The Playboy Mansion, is the Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California, residence of Playboy magazine publisher Hugh Hefner and many of his playmates. ...


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Holmby Hills, Los Angeles | Real Estate - History (515 words)
Located in western Los Angeles, near the Los Angeles Country Club, Holmby Hills is bordered by Westwood on the southwest, Beverly Glen on the west, Bel Air on the northwest, Beverly Hills on the east, and Century City on the southeast.
The first developer of the land that Holmby Hills, Westwood, and UCLA now occupy was Don Maximo Alanis, a Spanish soldier who obtained title to 4,438 acres under a Mexican land grant in 1843.
He personally christened the development "Holmby Hills," which was loosely derived from the name of his birthplace, a small hamlet in England called Holdenby.
Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California - encyclopedia article about Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California. (763 words)
Holmby Hills is a neighborhood in western Los Angeles, California City of Los Angeles /lɒs.
It is bounded by Westwood on the west, Rancho Park on the southwest, Cheviot Hills and Beverlywood on the southeast, and the city of Beverly Hills on the northeast.
Sunset Boulevard Sunset Boulevard (officially known as West Sunset Boulevard, except in Beverly Hills) is a street in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, that stretches from Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Coast Highway at the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Palisades.
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