Platinum Triangle, Los Angeles

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West entrance of Bel Air at Bellagio and Sunset Blvd. Credits to Mike Downey

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]

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. [3]

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References

  1. 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...
  2. Olmsted, Larry (May 25, 2010). "Second homes: High luxury has a high price in Beverly Hills". USA Today . Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  3. 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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