1960s VIPER ROOM IN LOS ANGELES
By by Viper room formerly Filthy McNastys, my Dad played there in early 1960's / Babette Ory.
Say it ain't so! Formerly Filthy McNasty's … currently The Viper Room 8852 Sunset Blvd. – formerly The Melody Room, Filthy McNasty’s, The Central an now The Viper Room - has been sold.
Hopefully the venue will remain a nightclub and continue to host performances …
Let's think positive and keep an open mind, and hope it doesn't turn into a Chipotle or Starbucks.
The Viper Room, the rock club once partially owned by Johnny Depp, could become Hollywood history if a new buyer decides to develop the property. The club and several adjacent buildings along the Sunset Strip, totalling 38,000 square feet, have been sold for $80 million to a buyer known simply as 8850 Sunset.
There are currently no plans to demolish the existing storefronts, but new buildings in the area are typically five to 10 stories high. Jim Cooper of REM Finance, a rep for the buyer, told the Los Angeles Business Journal, “There’s not a development plan in place.”
“They’re looking to see what the highest and best use would be,” Cooper said.
The Viper Room started out as a jazz club called the Melody Room that was said to be frequented by Bugsy Siegel and Mickey Cohen, and was known as the Central in the ’70s and ’80s.
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