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DEMOLITIONWATCH

Sunset Strip House of Blues Closing Early to Make Way for Big Hotel/Housing/Retail Project

Wednesday, June 24, 2015, by Bianca Barragan
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The countdown to a House-of-Blues-less Sunset Strip began last summer, when news came out that construction would begin late this year on a new mixed-use hotel and residential project on the site. (The project has been kicking around for years, but before last August, there hadn't been any dates attached.) Last summer, reps for concert promoter Live Nation, which runs the HoB, said that the tin-covered venue would be able to stick around for at least two more years of gospel brunches, but the LA Business Journal now reports that operations actually will be shutting down on August 7 this year, with employee layoffs starting at the end of this month.
Taking the place of the HoB will be the Sunset Time project from developer Combined Properties. Designed by Kanner Architects, it will bring 149 hotel rooms, 40 condos, rental apartments "for low- and moderate-income people," and 35,000 square feet of retail space, plus a nightclub, says WeHoville. There will also be 6,000 square feet of digital billboards on the building, a notable feature of the project since its first appearance back in 2009 (though the square footage of the ad space seems to have shrunk since then).
The House of Blues has said it's looking for a new space somewhere in Los Angeles after a fruitless search for a suitable space in West Hollywood. There's still no clear timetable for demolition of the HoB building, but reports from last summer said that Combined hoped to begin construction in late 2015.
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I Be Chillin23
The renderings look like a video game from 2004
#1. 06/24/15 12:14 PM
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Haggis43
This must be one of Kanner's last designs.
#2. 06/24/15 12:14 PM
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Lrc111
This is awful. A historic landmark should not be replaced with another snooty hotel. There are plenty of other places for another damn hotel; this corner is not it. Sad day and I'm not even a concert goer but many people are and will surly miss the incredibly cool House of Blues. 
#3. 06/24/15 12:23 PM
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BomberBrian2436
@Lrc: Sorry, but the House of Blues isn't a "historic landmark". It isn't even historic. The building was built sometime in the late 80's/early 90's, where it replaced another venue (I cannot recall the name, but I saw Joan Rivers perform there in 1984 or '85).
#4. 06/24/15 12:31 PM
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d9920ang27
Love this project! Excellent
#5. 06/24/15 12:34 PM
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ridger29
@I Be Chillin: the Grandtheftautoization of West Hollywood
#6. 06/24/15 12:39 PM
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MC149
@Lrc: House of Blues is butt ugly.
#7. 06/24/15 12:53 PM
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uncool221
Sad, building masquerading as a billboard..... or maybe its a billboard masquerading as a building.
#8. 06/24/15 01:00 PM
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denizen1183
I wonder where the New House of Blue will end up? Not many places in LA for it.
#9. 06/24/15 01:03 PM
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Mod142
@Lrc: HoB is no more historic than Saddle Ranch or Bubba Gump Shrimp Company. Wait... you understand that Saddle Ranch is not actually the remnant of a historic ranch, right? And each Bubba Gump is not the last remaining cannery on a series of disused wharves?
#10. 06/24/15 01:05 PM
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DowntownRez13
Heard a rumor HoB is looking to move to DTLA on Broadway.
#11. 06/24/15 01:09 PM
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sebas481
Move it to Hollywood Blvd. 
#12. 06/24/15 01:10 PM
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ImpatientMike!579
I wonder how many water mains will break while building THIS behemoth?
#13. 06/24/15 01:12 PM
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andrew2754
@DowntownRez: Downtown LA would be perfect, we need more things to be technically in LA not hollywood, maybe they'll use one of the theaters on broadway, who knows.
#14. 06/24/15 01:21 PM
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Lester611
@Lrc: Not only is this building NOT historic, but it isn't even unique. There were a ton of them built to look "historic" in the 80's/90's all across the country. It's really a cheesy blight. 
#15. 06/24/15 01:48 PM
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Mike296
HoB downtown would be great as long as they don't deface some of the DTLA's historic theaters. 
And although I agree it does look like Sim City 2 from the renders, I think this will be another great addition to sunset strip. I'm always the blissfully optimistic transit guy, but I really wish they extended the red line straight through WeHo and let the Crenshaw line run up to NoHo
#16. 06/24/15 01:57 PM
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Lester611
@ImpatientMike!: There has been literally zero cases of water mains breaking in West Hollywood because of construction.... I think this may be the only instance you could possibly be referring to: http://www.wehoville.com/2014/09/29/city-finds-connection-sunset-blvd-water-main-break-nearby-construction/
#17. 06/24/15 02:07 PM
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DannyS2
@Lester: Not true. The first HOB was in Boston in 92 in harvard square, in a real old house. The next two were in New Orleans and Los Angeles, both of them very different and built from scratch. The Los Angles HOB was built using the tin roof from an old cotton gin from the crossroads of Mississippi. A totally authentic piece of blues history. Each HOB is different and has different art. 
#18. 06/24/15 02:56 PM
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Robert Fiore717
Not historic, but a classic piece of vernacular architecture, which I for one am sad to lose.
#19. 06/24/15 02:58 PM
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DannyS2
@Mod: HOB Los Angeles was built using the tin roof from a real cotton gin from the crossroads of Mississippi, right near where Muddy Waters lived. The actual building, though built in 94, is actually made from historic supplies. 
#20. 06/24/15 02:59 PM
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snowflake60
"40 condos, rental apartments for low- and moderate- income people" Really? On the sunset strip? With a CHANEL billboard in the rendering? LOL 
#21. 06/24/15 03:11 PM
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Ham2018
Shhh! Don't tell the people worried about the loss of the "historic" venue that there's another one an hour away in Anaheim at Downtown Disney.
#22. 06/24/15 03:20 PM
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Holywood49
That tickled me too - I take it the low income rentals are being designed by Hermes
#23. 06/24/15 03:24 PM
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I Be Chillin23
I've passed this intersection a number of times and the building they're proposing fits the area much more than the one story house of blues, also DENSITY!
#24. 06/24/15 03:25 PM
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Bubblewatcher136
Is there any truth to the rumor that HOB will be moving to the old Fox Venice space, on Lincoln? We could use more music venues on the westside.
#25. 06/24/15 03:26 PM
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Lrc111
A building doesn't have to be 100 years old to be historic. There is some serious history here and the House of Blues is meant to look the way it does. It does have character and is a great space. Find something else to tear down; not this. 
#26. 06/24/15 03:41 PM
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Lrc111
Being on Sunset blvd. is also what makes it "historic." Going to Anaheim for HOB is not the same experience seeking the history of Sunset Blvd. in the heart of West Hollywood. Good luck getting through Sunset Blvd. now with this crazy density planned for an area that can't support this kind of growth. Stick these mega products in Hollywood near subway stations.
#28. 06/24/15 03:46 PM
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BomberBrian2436
@Bubblewatcher: Interesting rumor. I'm not sure the area fits with the vibe of HoB, but then again, neither does Disneyland.
#29. 06/24/15 03:54 PM
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Robert Fiore717
If they're looking at locations on Broadway and in Venice then they're obviously keeping an open mind. Broadway is going to be more of a bar hopping neighborhood than Venice.
#30. 06/24/15 04:06 PM
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Sheriff Bart1168
Good god that is hideous. Not even close.
#32. 06/24/15 05:01 PM
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mzdazy91
i can't remember what this was before HoB. Butterfields? Carlos and Charlies? 
#33. 06/24/15 05:07 PM
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Leon1
@mzdazy: Carlos n Charlie's was on the corner of Harper and Sunset. The upstairs was "El Privado" where Joan Rivers used to perform from time to time. 
#34. 06/24/15 05:44 PM
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I Like Buildings2174
@Lrc: "A building doesn't have to be 100 years old to be historic." No, but it does need to be at least 50 years old. This building has a couple of decades to go until then.
What "serious history" are you referring to? I am not aware of anything really historic happening in this building besides some great concerts.
"It does have character and is a great space." I completely agree with you on this point. But that doesn't make the building historic. Plus, since this current building used building materials from other places, those materials can be removed and re-used somewhere else. It's not like that tin roof is going to end-up in a landfill.
#35. 06/24/15 06:35 PM
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socalordie3
@Lrc: how in the world could we just tear down a venue where famous bands played? unbelievable! where are our priorities?!
#36. 06/24/15 07:07 PM
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john crandell342
@Robert Fiore: Ten years hence, Broadway in DTLA will be the most interesting street in America.
#37. 06/24/15 08:40 PM
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Howland368
@Lrc: Lol. House of Blues ain't exactly the Troubadour.
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