Hollywood and Vine has accumulated more mythology per square foot than almost any intersection in Los Angeles, and the building at 1717 Vine Street has absorbed its share — passing through incarnations as a members' club backed by Paul Allen before arriving, in 2022, as The Aster, a hybrid boutique hotel and private members' club designed by Kevin O'Shea of Salt Hotels. The six-story facade presents in muted blue-grey stucco, its arched windows and classical cornice detailing offset by a ground-floor plinth finished in near-black, striped awnings and heavy bronze-framed doors giving the street-level a moody, almost speakeasy quality. Rooftop plantings of palms and tropical foliage soften the parapet, while the pool deck one floor below — wicker chaise longues, indigo-printed cushions, cream umbrellas — frames a clear sightline to the Capitol Records building. Inside, the 35 all-suite guestrooms spread across floors three and four, each starting at 750 square feet. The material choices are warm and specific: white oak millwork, antique armoires, hand-glazed ceramic lamps, and layered Persian-style rugs underfoot. Mid-century lounge chairs in sage green upholstery, dark rattan headboards with geometric lattice framing, and pendant lights in woven rattan trace a lineage from California bohemian to vintage resort without losing coherence. The ground-floor bar and restaurant leans into a different atmosphere entirely — lavender walls, bubble-glass chandeliers, herringbone oak floors, and exuberant tropical plantings that make the whole room feel like a greenhouse that learned to mix cocktails.