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On Jan. 4, 2010, the city of West Hollywood began repaving the Sunset Strip roadway, which hasn’t been done since it was converted from a dirt road in the 1930s.
The Strip is a 1.6-mile stretch of Sunset Boulevard that passes through West Hollywood from Sierra Drive to Harper Avenue. In the ?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?30s and the ?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?40s it was a hang out for the well healed at such nightspots as Ciro’s, the Mocambo and the Trocadero.
Schwab’s Pharmacy was also part of the scene for many years.
In the ?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?60s, of course, the Strip was the hot hang out for teens, particularly the music scene with the Doors and the Byrds playing at the Whisky a Go Go, followed down the years by many name performers and bands.
If you were a television watcher in the late ?EUR??,,????'?????<?50s, early ?EUR??,,????'?????<?60s, you?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?ll remember the detective show ?EUR??,,????'?????<?77 Sunset Strip.?EUR??,,????'?????<?
Of course there?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s enough history about the Strip to fill several books, but most people would be surprised to know the roadway hasn?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?t been redone since Ciro?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s was the place to be. Its longevity bespeaks a solid concrete construction. The road also doesn?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?t pool water, as it runs down hill.
The city?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s project manager, Donn Uyeno, said the plan is to strip the Strip of several layers of roadway and replace it with rubberized asphalt. The city will replace about one-third of the sidewalks and plant palms, magnolias and other shade trees. Some of the elder ficus trees have torn up the sidewalk.
Pedestrian/traffic improvements will include roadway and crosswalk markings and upgraded traffic signal equipment.
The six-month project is estimated to cost $5.4 million, which includes a little more than $1 million in federal stimulus money.
The city of West Hollywood, Sunset Strip Business Association and the Gibson Guitar Co. (with musicians and friends) held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Sunset Strip Beautification Project on January 20, 2010 at, where else, the Whisky A Go-Go on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood.
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