34.0993° N 118.4614° W
Bel Air
Alphonzo Bell's 1923 hillside estate park, entered through its east and west gates on Sunset. Grand estates along Bellagio and Stone Canyon, and the Hotel Bel-Air's swan lake.
History
How Bel Air came to be.
- 1843
Rancho San José de Buenos Ayres is granted to Máximo Alanís.
- 1923
Alphonzo Bell subdivides his ranch, with a master plan by landscape architect Mark Daniels.
- 1931
Bell's wife founds the Bel-Air Garden Club and picks the Italian street names.
- 1946
The Hotel Bel-Air opens in Stone Canyon.
- 1961
The Bel Air–Brentwood fire destroys 484 homes.
Points of interest
Places that define Bel Air
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Fun facts
Things even locals forget
The Clampetts' mansion.
The Beverly Hillbillies' house is the Kirkeby Mansion on Bel Air Road.
The Fresh Prince didn't live here.
His TV house was filmed in Brentwood.
Italian on purpose.
Bellagio, Stradella and Siena Way were named by Bell's wife.
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