Haley might perform Friday night (2/10)

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Grammy Awards Big Bashes: A Guide

Interscope Records’ High Tea and Champagne
Soho House, 9200 Sunset Blvd.

The label’s artists and executives debut a new slate of talent including Mindless Behavior, Cassie, K’Naan and American Idol’s Haley Reinhart. (4 p.m. - 7 p.m.)

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gr...ide-288595

Soho House West Hollywood

Opened in spring 2010, Soho House West Hollywood is our second American House and occupies the top two floors of the 14-storey, 9200 Sunset Boulevard.

The bar in the Sky penthouse offers views over LA, while the terrace garden dining area is lined with olive trees and covered by a retractable roof. There is also a comfortable sitting room and a private dining and bar area for members’ events and screenings.

http://www.sohohouse.com/venues/houses/s...-hollywood

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Check out the history of the building. The club and terrace were once the architect's residence and rose garden.

9200 Sunset's three-story 50,000 square-foot office building was built in 1964 and the 14-story high rise was built in the early 1970s both by renowned American architect Charles Luckman. Luckman is a fascinating figure, not just an architect but a business man who was named the president of the Pepsodent toothpaste company in 1939 at the tender age of thirty and later became the president of Lever Brothers. After helping to plan the Lever Brothers' New York skyscraper, Lever House, he rediscovered his childhood love of architecture, resigned the presidency of Lever Brothers, moved to Los Angeles and began a second career in architecture. Luckman's firm went on to design the Prudential Tower in Boston, Madison Square Garden in New York City and the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston.



The Luckman Plaza as 9200 Sunset was first called, was a particular labor of love. The small triangular building was created first and the three-story building was Luckman's headquarters for a while. Shown above is the plaza before renovations. The top floor of the 14-story building was his residence. Below is a picture of the construction of 9200 Sunset.



Award-winning architect Stephen Kanner was responsible for the top to bottom redo that took the property into the new century, reviving the architecture in a way that made it look totally fresh.



That expansive space on the top floor of the taller building, which was once a lavish home complete with Mrs. Luckman's rose garden with a view, is now the West Hollywood outpost of the Soho House. The ultra-private luxury club is reached through a separate entrance near the valet parking stand and an elevator whisks you up to a light-filled aerie with some of the city's best views. There is a large bar but also plenty of balcony space along the edges of the building and lots of cozy corners for dealmaking.

http://www.luxist.com/2010/08/20/sunset-...00-sunset/