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The '''Platinum Triangle''' is an informal name for three adjacent neighborhoods in the [[Westside (Los Angeles County)|Los Angeles Westside]] area. It includes [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]], which is its own city within [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]], along with two [[Los Angeles]] city neighborhoods, [[Bel Air, Los Angeles|Bel Air]] and [[Holmby Hills, Los Angeles|Holmby Hills]].<ref name="LAT 2019-11-05">{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-11-05/bel-air-lunch-trucks|title=She feeds Bel-Air's mega-mansion boom. But lunch is a battlefield|date=2019-11-05|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|first=Sonja |last=Sharp|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-06|quote=The so-called Platinum Triangle of Bel-Air, Holmby Hills and Beverly Hills...}}</ref> The "Platinum Triangle" designation refers to the affluence of the three neighborhoods and their multi-million dollar homes. The area is consistently ranked as one of the most expensive housing markets in the country.<ref name="second">{{cite news |last=Olmsted |first=Larry |date=May 25, 2010 |title=Second homes: High luxury has a high price in Beverly Hills |work=[[USA Today]] |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2010-05-20-beverly-hills-california_N.htm |accessdate=14 November 2013}}</ref> |
The '''Platinum Triangle''' is an informal name for three adjacent neighborhoods in the [[Westside (Los Angeles County)|Los Angeles Westside]] area. It includes [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]], which is its own city within [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]], along with two [[Los Angeles]] city neighborhoods, [[Bel Air, Los Angeles|Bel Air]] and [[Holmby Hills, Los Angeles|Holmby Hills]].<ref name="LAT 2019-11-05">{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-11-05/bel-air-lunch-trucks|title=She feeds Bel-Air's mega-mansion boom. But lunch is a battlefield|date=2019-11-05|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|first=Sonja |last=Sharp|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-06|quote=The so-called Platinum Triangle of Bel-Air, Holmby Hills and Beverly Hills...}}</ref> The "Platinum Triangle" designation refers to the affluence of the three neighborhoods and their multi-million dollar homes. The area is consistently ranked as one of the most expensive housing markets in the country.<ref name="second">{{cite news |last=Olmsted |first=Larry |date=May 25, 2010 |title=Second homes: High luxury has a high price in Beverly Hills |work=[[USA Today]] |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2010-05-20-beverly-hills-california_N.htm |accessdate=14 November 2013}}</ref> |
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Homes in the area have held records for the most expensive real estate in the United States. A $94 million home sale in 2001 held the record for 15 years, until the sale of the Playboy mansion in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://en.ce.cn/World/biz/200707/11/t20070711_12134693.shtml|title=Beverly Hills mansion becomes most expensive U.S. home on sale|date=July 11, 2007|work=China Economic Net|accessdate=14 November 2013}}</ref> |
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In the 1980s, the area was known as the Golden Triangle. |
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==In popular culture== |
==In popular culture== |
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Revision as of 07:26, 10 April 2024
The Platinum Triangle is an informal name for three adjacent neighborhoods in the Los Angeles Westside area. It includes Beverly Hills, which is its own city within Los Angeles County, along with two Los Angeles city neighborhoods, Bel Air and Holmby Hills.[1] The "Platinum Triangle" designation refers to the affluence of the three neighborhoods and their multi-million dollar homes. The area is consistently ranked as one of the most expensive housing markets in the country.[2]
In popular culture
A 2011 book called Unreal Estate: Money, Ambition and the Lust for Land in Los Angeles, by Michael Gross, describes the social history of the Platinum Triangle as reflected in its great houses.[3]
References
- ^ Sharp, Sonja (2019-11-05). "She feeds Bel-Air's mega-mansion boom. But lunch is a battlefield". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
The so-called Platinum Triangle of Bel-Air, Holmby Hills and Beverly Hills...
- ^ Olmsted, Larry (May 25, 2010). "Second homes: High luxury has a high price in Beverly Hills". USA Today. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ^ Meyers, Joe (November 23, 2011). "Gross returns with another juicy rich and famous real estate saga". Connecticut Post. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
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