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I live in West Los Angeles, and am in West Hollywood very often (that's where all the good music is, of course). I read this article, and had to ask everyone I know whether they had ever called or even heard of anyone call West Hollywood "WeHo." Never. North Hollywood is sometimes called "NoHo," but West Hollywood is never called WeHo, not even in a comical sense. Ever. I'm fixing this in the article. Any comments? -[[User:Kingurth|Kingurth]] 07:26, 8 March 2007 (UTC) |
I live in West Los Angeles, and am in West Hollywood very often (that's where all the good music is, of course). I read this article, and had to ask everyone I know whether they had ever called or even heard of anyone call West Hollywood "WeHo." Never. North Hollywood is sometimes called "NoHo," but West Hollywood is never called WeHo, not even in a comical sense. Ever. I'm fixing this in the article. Any comments? -[[User:Kingurth|Kingurth]] 07:26, 8 March 2007 (UTC) |
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I've been a gay West Hollywood resident for years. I hear West Hollywood shortened to WeHo quite often. On top of the city website being weho.org, the Chamber of Commerce also calls itself the "WeHo Chamber"<ref>[http://wehochamber.com]</ref>PWdiamond 10:35, 21 April 2010 (UTC) |
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Chatter
Hey everyone! This article is really coming along! Fantastic work everyone! I'd love to have expanded neighborhood info under geography, maybe a short blurb about any neighborhood that has defined itself with an association or neighborhood watch? We Could define the general area and describe the buildings and character of the areas (homes, apartments, businesses), and perhaps any groups or events specific to the area. This could get very interesting if we can find demographic info at this level of detail, showing things like areas with older residents, more Russians, etc.
Effigy
This blurb seems out of place. Far too much weight in the "history" section. It's not that significant to the city and will be forgotten in a decade. No more than a single line is warranted in my opinion, if that. There have certainly been many, many other equally significant events/protests/etc but few are mentioned anywhere. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.166.221.39 (talk) 21:09, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
Events
The events section should probably go above the landmarks section. It should probably also include Pride, and AIDS Walk.Kaibab 08:25, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
- As one of the largest and earliest gay pride parades and festivals in the US, the West Hollywood celebration probably deserves it's own article as well. I wish that I could remember where I read a fairly recent description of the early history of the parade—maybe the LA Weekly. BlankVerse 09:32, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
90069 zip code
While it is funny that part of West Hollywood has a zip code of 90069, it's not really that unsurprising, given the close proximity of the 90068 (Hollywood Hills) and 90067 (Century City) zip codes. Part of the "gay village" area on Santa Monica Boulevard is in the 90046 zip code as well, by the way.
The zip codes were assigned when WeHo was an unincorporated part of L.A. County, so they all overlap into Los Angeles. In fact, the Postal Service does not officially recognize West Hollywood as a place! Originally, they refused to deliver mail that was addressed to WeHo instead of L.A., but bowed under community pressure. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.179.227.58 (talk) 00:10, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
Landmarks
Neither the Beverly Center nor the Hard Rock is in West Hollywood, so why are they in this article?66.215.75.10 05:29, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
- So far nobody has supplied an explanation, so I'm editing them out. Moksharamana 04:32, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
WeHo?!
I live in West Los Angeles, and am in West Hollywood very often (that's where all the good music is, of course). I read this article, and had to ask everyone I know whether they had ever called or even heard of anyone call West Hollywood "WeHo." Never. North Hollywood is sometimes called "NoHo," but West Hollywood is never called WeHo, not even in a comical sense. Ever. I'm fixing this in the article. Any comments? -Kingurth 07:26, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
- Check the City of West Hollywood website. The preferred address is WeHo.org
I've been a gay West Hollywood resident for years. I hear West Hollywood shortened to WeHo quite often. On top of the city website being weho.org, the Chamber of Commerce also calls itself the "WeHo Chamber"[1]PWdiamond 10:35, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
WEHO Continued...
I live in LA County and I've heard people use the term "WEHO" repeatedly...both comically and as a shortened version a la NOHO. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Leodios (talk • contribs) 08:18, 8 March 2007 (UTC).
Contradiction
"All of West Hollywood is zoned to Fairfax High School; some areas are jointly zoned to Fairfax High School and Hollywood High School."
How can all of weho be zoned to Fairfax High and also jointly zoned to Fairfax High and Hollywood High?
- I read it to mean that in some areas of West Hollywood, the lucky residents can choose between attending Fairfax or Hollywood High School, their choice. Is this correct? Sccosel (talk) 19:08, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
"Sometime in the 1940s a sign appeared over the bar at Barney's Beanery that said "FAGOTS – STAY OUT". It was so offensive to local homosexuals that Life magazine did an article on opposition to the sign in 1964, which included a photograph of the owner steadfastly holding on to it.[19] The owner died in 1968, and efforts continued to have the sign removed. The Gay Liberation Front organized a zap of the restaurant on February 7, 1970 to push for its removal. The sign came down that day.[20] The sign was put up and taken down several times of the next 14 years, but the practice ended in December 1984, days after the city voted itself into existence. The then-mayor, Valerie Terrigno, the entire city council and gay rights activists marched into Barney’s and relieved the wall of the offending sign."
No personal knowledge of Barney's Beanery bar practices pre-1982. No offending sign appeared over the establishment's bar, in or around the early 1980's. Frequented the establishment for four to five years; personally knew the staff. Staff was never anti-gay. What Barney's Beanery did engage in was the practice of printing "No Faggots Allowed" on the back of their matchbook's. Perhaps this is the behavior to which you refer?
The owner died in 1968, and a sign was taken down in 1970. So, through 1970 up until 1984 this sign hung over the bar and I didn't see it? From 1982 to 1984? No one who was with me saw it. That number is approximately a dozen individuals. Just a head's up, is all. Thanks --Dgerm2009 (talk) 04:23, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
weho
i live in weho. the use of weho for west hollywood is extremely common. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.236.0.127 (talk) 17:24, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
POV - the intent of ordinances
An unregistered user (much like myself) has made the below change. With my emphasis:
Residents of the City vote overwhelmingly Democratic, and regularly pass ordinances geared toward reducing perceived discrimination, and protecting the public health and dignity of all living things at the cost of individual liberty.
I think it's pretty hard to read that as anything but an attempt to inject the author's suspicion of such measures into the description of what I at least can imagine to be legitimate aims of ordinances - whether we agree with them or not. I was quite tempted to remove it immediately but I welcome consensus. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.32.86.41 (talk) 14:49, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
POV label in Politics section
I will go ahead and remove the POV lable in the politics section because there is no explanation for it in the talk page. I perceive that the POV label had been placed on the politics section because West Hollywood passed a lot of ordinances. So, the POV label is more on disagreeing with the POV of the city rather than the POV of the section in the article. Of course, the article saying that the city is a frontrunner in social justice legislation could be POV, but that seems more like a cheerleading issue rather than an issue on a particular POV since social justice encompasses the ordinances mentioned in the article. EECavazos (talk) 11:25, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
Rearrange sections
This article is on a city so the nut and bolts of the city should be arranged first in the article such as geography, education, and politics because that relates more to the information in the introduction of the article. Then the history section should go in for background and then finish off with events and pet friendly. I'll give that a try and then give it a look-see if you think that works. EECavazos (talk) 11:31, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
Edited to remove...
Neither Drew Barrymore nor Tila Tequila are gay. Tila Tequila is bisexual and I'm not sure Drew Barrymore is even bisexual, but certainly neither is gay. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.184.76.241 (talk) 07:59, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
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