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Aerial view of the Beverly Hills Hotel and bungalows, 9641 W. Sunset Blvd., showing landscaped streets and homes in the sparsely-built area.Two years before Beverly Hills became an incorporated city, the Beverly Hills Hotel opened on May 12, 1912 the hotel initially included the main building and twenty-three separate bungalows in the Mediterranean Revival style, designed by Elmer Grey. In the 1940s, a new wing was added to the east side of the main building. Eighty years after it opened, the hotel closed for two and a half years for a complete restoration. The hotel was named the first historic landmark in Beverly Hills on September 12, 2012.