First Look: Ian Schrager Unveils Studio Nightclub and The Roof at Public West Hollywood
Ian Schrager is unveiling two key spaces at his new Public West Hollywood hotel: Studio, a 150-person nightclub that revisits the spirit of Studio 54, and The Roof, a 16,000-square-foot landscaped rooftop terrace with 360-degree views of Los Angeles. EXCLUSIVE: Hailey Bieber Opens Up About Women's Health as Rhode Commits $5 Million to Research The hotel, opening Friday, marks a new chapter for the 80-year-old hotelier and nightlife visionary, nearly five decades after he helped transform New York nightlife. Public West Hollywood, located at 8300 Sunset Boulevard in the former Standard hotel building, is the second location of his Public hotel brand and his third West Hollywood hotel, following the Mondrian in the 1990s and the West Hollywood Edition in 2019, both on the Sunset Strip. Schrager sees the opening as a way to bring a fresh perspective to the Sunset Strip rather than fill a particular gap. “There’s always an opportunity to bring well thought out, creative, inspired projects to a place,” he told WWD, adding that L.A. remains a natural market for his brand of hospitality. Bringing back the Studio name, however, was not an obvious decision. “I’ve never used the word studio before because I thought it
