Best Lana places to visit in LA?

[tirzaf 12]

Hello everyone

I plan to visit LA in 2020 and of course I will visit California. Hollywood is definitely on my list. Please give suggestions/ideas on places to visit in Hollywood that have Lana vibes (I want to absorb the scenery, atmosphere and take Lana inspired pictures there)

 

Here's my itinerary plan :

 

• take a pic at the Hollywood sign
• Malibu California (High by the Beach vibes)
• Hollywood bowl
• Chateau Marmont 
• Arclight Hollywood (not far from Sunset & Vine) Tropico, Ultraviolence vibes
• Bel Air
• Hollywood Hills 
• Hollywood Forever cemetery (Lana performed here)

 

I also want to visit these places to experience the Old Hollywood vibes : https://www.eventbrite.com/rally/los-angeles/find-old-hollywood-la/

 

If you have other ideas & suggestions please let me know 

 

 

 

[Crimson and Clover 22,596]

If you're driving to Malibu from LA you can go through Mulholland Drive and Laurel Canyon and then take the 101 to Topanga Canyon and then get to Malibu from there, and then go down PCH to Santa Monica/Venice Beach! 

[Trash Magic 28,481]

of course you gotta visit Venice Beach and her mural there

[tirzaf 12]

If you're driving to Malibu from LA you can go through Mulholland Drive and Laurel Canyon and then take the 101 to Topanga Canyon and then get to Malibu from there, and then go down PCH to Santa Monica/Venice Beach! 

Ok sure will do!! 

of course you gotta visit Venice Beach and her mural there

OMG yes!! thanks for the suggestion 

[AnarKissed 281]

You could try visiting the Magic Castle in Hollywood. Although, since it's a private club, unless you're a Member or know a Member, it may be tricky to get in...

[evilentity 13,351]

I'll add some other suggestions later, but you could do worse than using this article and its handy map as a starting point:

https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/lana-del-rey-norman-fucking-rockwell-la-map/

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1PJSKPeFqaYqPRhtW7Ncmlh3hW0yjiRNw&ll=33.9765645055339%2C-118.48674829999999&z=10

[Lad 8,801]

Don’t forget to drive while also recording Instagram stories to get the full lana experience

[anwdelrey 9,272]

Rent electric scooters @ Venice Beach (they’re easy to find) and then ride to the mural. I did that and it was cheap and fun. The Malibu Pier is really nice and it’s close to Topanga which is fun to drive into and roam around.

[Anthem 1,559]

@@HoneymoonDaddy 

 

Off the top of my head, beyond what's already been posted:

 

1. Sunset & Vine - its a pretty normal looking intersection though
2. Mel's Dine In on Sunset - her Honeymoon billboard was here
3. Chateau Marmont - really close to Mel's drive in. not sure if you can go inside if you aren't staying there, but you can see it from the same angle as the photo in the UV booklet from Sunset Blvd
4. Korean Friendship Bell - you'll need a car, its a little far away, but its a cool place in its own right and is where the scene with the boys in MTWBT was filmed AND you can see the cranes/industrial area of the Long Beach Harbor which is where Fuck It, I Love You was filmed
5. Malibu house - from HBTB, you will drive right by it if you drive to Malibu on PCH, but honestly it doesn't look at all like it did in the video. plz don't break into her house
6. Santa Monica Pier - you can see the Ferris wheel in the UV trailer. in general, Santa Monica/Venice Beach will feel like you are walking through the West Coast video
7. Bel Air - you can drive by and see the sign/entrance to go in. its a neighborhood so there's not really much to see
8. Larchmont blvd - where the cover of LFA was shot
9. Neptune's Net - its in Malibu, the place she referenced in The Greatest as "Dennis' last stop"
10. Wilshire/Pico Blvd - pretty basic roads but she does reference them
11. 101 Freeway in Hollywood - this is where she steps over in Doin' Time
12. Amoeba Records - she's done a few shows here

 

1. Bonus: Cha cha matcha  , Alfred's Coffee in West Hollywood (she was papped there once just hours after I was there rip), your local spin studio 

 

I'll have to dig up where the intersection she filmed that one scene in Shades of Cool is, someone posted it not too long ago.

 

The ONE thing @@HoneymoonDaddy and I search for ages for was where Honeymoon was filmed with the scene on the hill. We thought we found it but it wasn't quite it unless the area changed a lot since 2015. So if anyone knows where this is please let us know 

[BoardingSchool 2,922]

All great ideas; now I want to do a Lana trip! 

 

I would especially love to go to Black Rabbit Rose speakeasy: https://www.blackrabbitrose.com/ I assume it's "Black Rabbit in the alley" plus it just looks so old Hollywood glamour to me.  

 

I think it would also be cool to do some vintage shopping if you want the 50s-babydoll-dresses-and-beehive aesthetic: https://www.whowhatwear.com/best-vintage-stores-in-la

Definitely stop somewhere and get high by the beach.   

[tirzaf 12]

OMG such great lists thanks everyone I wanna hug each and everyone of you

But I have sad news..my USA visa was rejected     

I have to try submitting another application next year   wish me luck everyone 

[evilentity 13,351]

OMG such great lists thanks everyone I wanna hug each and everyone of you

But I have sad news..my USA visa was rejected

I have to try submitting another application next year wish me luck everyone

That's too bad. Crossing my fingers for you for next year. At any rate, here's some more suggestions for you for then or for anyone else who wants to see greater L.A. Lana sights.

 

Already a lot of great suggestions in this thread. Most of the streets, intersections, and towns I can think of off the top of my head have already been mentioned by others or in the articles I linked earlier.

 

Sunset & Vine - its a pretty normal looking intersection though

However, don't sleep on Hollywood & Vine, mentioned in EMGHW, "Burning Desire", & HIAB.

 

And her song "Hollywood" may mention Bel Air Rd. (I'm not 100% whether she's singing "opera on Bel Air Road" or "opera and bolero".)

 

Also, references to "county line" in "13 Beaches" and "Don't Call Me Angel" are, like the "Ventura county line" lyric in The Beach Boys' "Surfin' U.S.A.", references to County Line Beach on the L.A./Ventura county line near...

 

Neptune's Net - its in Malibu, the place she referenced in The Greatest as "Dennis' last stop"

I previously made the case that Neptune's Net might be "the bar where the Beach Boys would go" referenced in "The Greatest", but that Los Angeles Magazine article I linked in my post above makes a good case it could be Chez Jay. Either way Neptune's Net is a place Lana & Barrie frequented and you should visit both.

 

But despite the "We Mapped Every L.A. Reference on Lana Del Rey’s ‘Norman Fucking Rockwell!’" headline, that article missed a few off NFR. "Bartender" references driving from "here (Topanga? The Canyon?) to Long Beach to Newport (Beach)" on the Pacific Coast Highway at 60 MPH. (Does #Fuckstick know you're speeding?) She also mentions "Laurel (Canyon) down to Sunset (Blvd) in the truck" in HIAB, presumably along Laurel Canyon Blvd.

 

The ONE thing HoneymoonDaddy and I search for ages for was where Honeymoon was filmed with the scene on the hill. We thought we found it but it wasn't quite it unless the area changed a lot since 2015. So if anyone knows where this is please let us know

Ah, it would be great if someone knew this.

 

I'll add a couple less obvious ones:

 

I have no idea where it is, but Lana has done a lot of her recording with Rick Nowels, including 85% of LFL (the album), at The Green Building studio in Santa Monica. According to that link, she also did a recording session for "LFL" (the song) at The Village Recorder studio.

 

I was able to pinpoint the exact spot she recorded that first "Coachella" demo on her Instagram.

OK. Then I think I know the exact location she took it (perhaps someone can confirm by enhancing the sign):

Ann Henck Stewart Memorial Sequoia Grove at Heaps Peak Arboretum.

Google street view

https://www.hikespeak.com/trails/heaps-peak-arboretum-sequoia-trail-lake-arrowhead/

And of course, check out this whole delightful thread (if I may say so myself) about how Tropico is/was a real place between Griffith Park and Forest Lawn cemetery.

[evilentity 13,351]

Thought I'd also mention this old post of mine similarly highlighting Lana sites in New York:

http://lanaboards.com/index.php?/topic/7984-thread-for-minor-general-questions-that-dont-deserve-their-own-thread/page-79&do=findComment&comment=245390