HOUSING
Disclaimer: Los Angeles is a sprawling metropolitan city consisting of over 4,000 square miles. Links to various hotels and other sites that can assist you to find housing and transportation are provided below, but please be aware that housing and transportation costs are generally much greater in Los Angeles than in other parts of the country. You should be prepared for the possibility that the NEH stipend for this seminar may not entirely cover housing and transportation costs for a five week stay in Los Angeles.
Every year the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library brings together a number of scholars on short-term and longer-term fellowships. The library has much experience in helping visiting scholars to locate suitable temporary accommodation. Our housing officer, Suzanne Tatian, updates her list of available accommodation on a regular basis. You are welcome to contact her at tatian@humnet.ucla.edu.
HOTELS NEAR THE CLARK LIBRARY
Radisson Hotel, 3540 S. Figueroa St., LA 90007. Large rooms include two (2) telephone lines with voice mail and computer hook-ups, coffee makers &refrigerators. Hotel amenities: coffee shop and room service. Short bus ride to Clark Library. Voice Phone 213-748-4141, FAX 213-748-0043. See web site for rates: www.radisson.com
Rotex Hotel, $94.00 per day for short stays; longer stays have proportionately lower rates. 3411 West Olympic, Los Angeles, CA 90019. The area is within Koreatown and the hotel caters to Korean visitors. Short bus ride or long walk to the Clark. Voice phone - 323-734-7373, FAX - 323-735-7664, rotexhc@pacbell.net
HOTELS NEAR THE UCLA CAMPUS AREA (not the same area as the Clark Library, 1/2 hour by car, or one to two hours each way to Clark on buses)
CLAREMONT HOTEL - WESTWOOD
1044 Tiverton Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90024 310-208-5957 or 800-266-5957
310-208-2386 fax
HOTEL BEVERLY TERRACE
469 North Doheny Drive
Beverly Hills CA 90210,
800-842-6401 or 310-274-8141, Fax 1-310-385-1
UCLA GUEST HOUSE
330 Charles E. Young Drive East
Los Angeles, CA 90095 310-825-2923
310-825-6108 fax
E-mail:
guesthouse@ha.ucla.edu
HILGARD HOUSE HOTEL - WESTWOOD
927 Hilgard Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90024 310-208-3945
310-208-1572 fax
E-mail:
reservations@hilgardhouse.com
W - LOS ANGELES (formerly Westwood Marquis)
930 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90024 310-208-8765
310-824-3468 fax
THE WESTWOOD ON WILSHIRE - WESTWOOD
(formerly the Doubletree Westwood)
10740 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90024 310-475-8711 or 800-472-8556
310-475-5220 fax
CENTURY WILSHIRE HOTEL - WESTWOOD
10776 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90024 310-474-4506 or 800-421-7223
310-474-2535 fax
LUXE SUMMIT HOTEL BEL-AIR
11461 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90049 310-476-6571
310-471-6310 fax
ROYAL PALACE HOTEL - WESTWOOD
1052 Tiverton Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90024
310-208-6677
310-824-3732 fax
UCLA TIVERTON HOUSE
900 Tiverton Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90024
310-794-0151
310-794-0153 fax
E-mail:
tivertonhouse@mednet.ucla.edu
TEMPORARY APARTMENTS
Craig’s List: losangeles.craigslist.org
Oakwood Corporate Apartments (offers fully furnished spaces)
www.oakwood.com/
Other sites that may be of help (for areas near the Clark, consult Midcity, Culver City, Midtown, West Adams district):
One scholar suggested the following website which lists a few Los Angeles homes of academics on leave for a year:
http://www.sabbaticalhomes.com/
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
L.A. County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro)
www.metro.net
Metrolink Trains
www.metrolinktrains.com
Santa Monica Big Blue Bus
Bigbluebus.com
Overview of Los Angeles public transportation providers
golosangeles.about.com/od/gettingaroundlosangeles/a/TransitList.htm