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Accomodation near the LA MTA
I'm coming to Los Angeles in December and I've got about a week to
spend in the city. I'm planning on using the MTA to get about so I was after some suggestions as to accomodation that might be near any of the lines that is relatively cheap. I don't know for example if there are any decent B&B places or youth hostels that are near any of the stops? Basically I was planning on basing my holiday around the MTA stops, rather than deciding where to go and then working out how the hell to get there on public transport. The thing I'm most interested in is the whole Media/Hollywood scene, and most of them seem to be on the red line anyway. |
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Accomodation near the LA MTA
Santa Monica is a good area to stay. They have an excellent youth hostel.
"Mancunifan" wrote in message om... I'm coming to Los Angeles in December and I've got about a week to spend in the city. I'm planning on using the MTA to get about so I was after some suggestions as to accomodation that might be near any of the lines that is relatively cheap. I don't know for example if there are any decent B&B places or youth hostels that are near any of the stops? Basically I was planning on basing my holiday around the MTA stops, rather than deciding where to go and then working out how the hell to get there on public transport. The thing I'm most interested in is the whole Media/Hollywood scene, and most of them seem to be on the red line anyway. |
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The best place to stay would be downtown L.A. There is a hotel there
that's fairly old called the "Stillwell Hotel", don't know the number, sorry. It's not too expensive since it's not at all fancy. From downtown you can catch the red line to hollywood, gold line to Pasadena, blue line to Long Beach. You can also catch any one of a million busses all over the city, as L.A. has a huge bus system. I recommend getting a book on the history of Hollywood, it will be more interesting to you. To the unitiated, Hollywood seems rather run down. Still though, it's interesting in that it's been the dominant force in shaping American culture for the past 80 or so years. Mancunifan wrote: I'm coming to Los Angeles in December and I've got about a week to spend in the city. I'm planning on using the MTA to get about so I was after some suggestions as to accomodation that might be near any of the lines that is relatively cheap. I don't know for example if there are any decent B&B places or youth hostels that are near any of the stops? Basically I was planning on basing my holiday around the MTA stops, rather than deciding where to go and then working out how the hell to get there on public transport. The thing I'm most interested in is the whole Media/Hollywood scene, and most of them seem to be on the red line anyway. |
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It seems to me I heard somewhere that Dale Davis wrote in article
: The best place to stay would be downtown L.A. There is a hotel there that's fairly old called the "Stillwell Hotel", don't know the number, sorry. It's not too expensive since it's not at all fancy. From downtown you can catch the red line to hollywood, gold line to Pasadena, blue line to Long Beach. You can also catch any one of a million busses all over the city, as L.A. has a huge bus system. You can also catch the green line to Norwalk, FWIW. The huge bus system exists, but it's on strike right now, and it can be devilish slow when it is running, especially during high traffic hours and depending on destination. I recommend getting a book on the history of Hollywood, it will be more interesting to you. To the unitiated, Hollywood seems rather run down. Still though, it's interesting in that it's been the dominant force in shaping American culture for the past 80 or so years. I think it's rather useful to distinguish "Hollywood - the industry" (which happens to be scattered over large parts of the LA area, as well as parts of New York and Canada) from "Hollywood - the geographic area." Mancunifan wrote: I'm coming to Los Angeles in December and I've got about a week to spend in the city. I'm planning on using the MTA to get about so I was after some suggestions as to accomodation that might be near any of the lines that is relatively cheap. I don't know for example if there are any decent B&B places or youth hostels that are near any of the stops? Basically I was planning on basing my holiday around the MTA stops, rather than deciding where to go and then working out how the hell to get there on public transport. The thing I'm most interested in is the whole Media/Hollywood scene, and most of them seem to be on the red line anyway. -- Don |
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Still though, it's interesting in that it's been the dominant force in
shaping American culture for the past 80 or so years. I think it's rather useful to distinguish "Hollywood - the industry" (which happens to be scattered over large parts of the LA area, as well as parts of New York and Canada) from "Hollywood - the geographic area." I think we can say Los Angeles being the (as Dale wrote) dominant force in molding American culture. New York to a lesser extent. |
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Accomodation near the LA MTA
"Mancunifan" wrote in message om... I'm coming to Los Angeles in December and I've got about a week to spend in the city. I'm planning on using the MTA to get about so I was after some suggestions as to accomodation that might be near any of the lines that is relatively cheap. I don't know for example if there are any decent B&B places or youth hostels that are near any of the stops? Basically I was planning on basing my holiday around the MTA stops, rather than deciding where to go and then working out how the hell to get there on public transport. The thing I'm most interested in is the whole Media/Hollywood scene, and most of them seem to be on the red line anyway. Not sure what your budget is, but in Hollywood I would recommend the new Renaissance Hotel or the Hotel Roosevelt. Both are adjacent to the Hollywood/Highland Metro station, the Grauman's Chinese Theater, and the Kodak Theater (home of the Academy Awards). You may find a combination of bus travel and metro travel to be most suitable (assuming the strike is over by then). Of course, renting a car is always the best option in Los Angeles. I don't use hostels, so I have no information for them. http://www.renaissancehollywood.com/hh.asp http://www.hollywoodroosevelt.com/ For Hollywood related interests, I recommend avoiding Universal Studios and taking a behind the scenes tour at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank. Also, there is a small little-known museum across from the Hollywood Bowl called the Hollywood Heritage Museum that is interesting. I would also recommend a free TV taping while you're in town. Tickets are available via http://www.studioaudiences.com/ and http://www.tvtickets.com/default.htm. |
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It seems to me I heard somewhere that H. Cohen wrote in article
: Still though, it's interesting in that it's been the dominant force in shaping American culture for the past 80 or so years. I think it's rather useful to distinguish "Hollywood - the industry" (which happens to be scattered over large parts of the LA area, as well as parts of New York and Canada) from "Hollywood - the geographic area." I think we can say Los Angeles being the (as Dale wrote) dominant force in molding American culture. New York to a lesser extent. Dale actually recommended that the OP should research *Hollywood* because "it's been the dominant force in shaping American culture for the past 80 or so years." Hollywood != Los Angeles Casey Stengel said "You could look it up." :-) -- Don |
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