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<\/p>\nWest Hollywood\u2019s Gay, Historic \u2018Factory\u2019 Nightclub to Be Subsumed in Hotel and Shopping Development<\/b><\/p>\n
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West Hollywood\u2019s \u2018Factory\u2019 nightclub (older gents may know it as Studio One or Axis) is to be subsumed in a hotel and shopping development set to dominate\u00a0the neighborhood. The design was reviewed by committee this week.<\/p>\n
Writes L.A. Curbed<\/a>:<\/p>\n The hotel and retail project would transform a section of La Peer Drive, just south of Santa Monica Boulevard, incorporating the historic The Factory, the former home of a disco club with ties to the gay<\/a> rights movement (one of the country\u2019s first big fundraisers for AIDS research was hosted there)\u2026<\/p>\n \u2026Representatives for the Los Angeles Conservancy and the National Trust for Historic Preservation\u2014which once listed The Factory on its\u00a0Most Endangered Places in America list<\/a>\u2014spoke in favor of the project\u2019s design and its reuse of the historic nightclub.<\/p>\n If ultimately approved, the project would create a cut-through pedestrian plaza that would connect La Peer to Robertson Boulevard and add a 242-room hotel and space for stores and restaurants along the street. It would also involve taking apart The Factory and putting it back together in a different location on the site.<\/p>\n How many of you had memorable nights at the Factory\/Studio One\/Axis?<\/p>\n The post West Hollywood\u2019s Gay, Historic \u2018Factory\u2019 Nightclub to Be Subsumed in Hotel and Shopping Development<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n