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This week we had a notice on our gate, which is required by law, from 20th Century Fox informing us that they would be filming in the neighborhood, and they gave the address on Westbourne Dr. I just assumed it would be at one of the apartment buildings along the street as it's all residential there. (They never say "what" they're filming, it just said "scenes from a television project" and that they'd be filming with both interior and exterior scenes.)
Well, I was wrong about it being an apartment building. I was at the computer and looked up the filming address that was given which turns out to be a building of somewhat historical note to the city and is right near Santa Monica Blvd.
It is this building at 903 Westbourne Drive:
![](http://www.wehopreservation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Westbourne-Dr-903-WH-570x570.jpg)
WeHo Preservation
This image was taken several years ago.
The following are two photos from a post by
BifRayRock. The first is a current GSV photo of the building
on the corner of 8701 Santa Monica Blvd. at Westbourne Drive. The building in the above photo is under/behind
the tree to the right of that building.
The second photo is the 8701 Santa Monica Bldg. in the distance and you can see that the 903 Westbourne building isn't there yet.
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Originally Posted by BifRayRock
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The following info is from the West Hollywood Historic Cultural Resources site:
Link
HERE.
The building located at 903 N. Westbourne Drive is illustrative of the style known as Spanish Colonial Revival and exhibits features including red clay tile roofs, eaves and wrought iron grill work. In addition the building features decoratively carved rafter and double end tiles, and a large recessed circular arched entrance surrounded by heavy molding. This style reflected the neighborhoods surrounding the building in the 1920's and 1930's. The door is multi-paned glass with a multi-pane transom. A single wrought iron lamp is centered above the entrance.
The building was the site of a County Library from 1929 to 1941 and is one of the few remaining institutional buildings from the early period of West Hollywood.
There's a nice shot of the exterior, in a pastel pink, at this link:
www.weho.org/Home/ShowImage?id=1037
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Since mid February of 2013, the current tenant is: V Wine, aka V Wine Room.
The "Film West Hollywood" website has some information about V Wine's design theme which adhere's to the building's history:
The theme is a 1930’s library, as the space was the first library for West Hollywood from 1929 – 1941. Towering bookcases are used for wine and merchandise storage as well as a card catalog system (think the dewy decimal system for wine), which guides guests to find the appropriate wine for purchase. Laid back music and a casual quiet library setting appeals to those people looking for an alternative to a loud bar. Lite bites of food are served to compliment the wine and encourage people to linger and enjoy the space.
https://www.filmwesthollywood.com/fi...s/v-wine-room/
The current front entrance:
Time Out Magazine
YELP
The key feature in the room is a marble bar in a V shape with a live olive tree growing out of the center.
![](https://media.timeout.com/images/100714905/630/472/image.jpg)
Film West Hollywood
Library theme:
![](https://s3-media4.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/Ccq6mvR-pe_xeO8y1K6Qfg/o.jpg)
YELP
There are two things I read on YELP, mentioning that the building was originally Charlie Chaplin's first actors studio until 1929 when it then became the first library in West Hollywood, inspiring the 1930's library theme. Another said it served as Charlie Chaplin's private studio. (One wrote it as Chaplain and another Chapin.) I haven't been able to find any sources for that bit of information, but that may explain the poster in the bar:
I haven't been able to locate any vintage photos of the location. And I wonder what they were filming in there?
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