This former apartment building was originally on Irving Boulevard (between Marathon Street and Melrose Avenue). The block was renamed Valentino Place in 1979, and the apartment block was then known as Valentino Place Apartments, and was at address 716 Valentino Place.
Other than the name of the street, it has no connection to Rudolph Valentino (1895 – 1926), and was not constructed until after his death.
The building is now within the boundaries of Paramount Studios after the section of land between the Bronson Gate and Melrose Avenue was bought around 1990.
Paramount moved onto it’s current site from Hollywood & Vine a few months before Valentino died, and it’s not known if he ever visited the new studio location.
