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===1920s===
===1920s===
In the early 1920s, real estate developer [[Charles E. Toberman]] (the "Father of Hollywood") envisioned a thriving [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] theater district.<ref name="LAThenandNow">{{cite book |title=Los Angeles: Then and Now |last=Lord |first=Rosemary |year=2002 |publisher=Thunder Bay Press |location=San Diego, CA |isbn=1-57145-794-1 |pages=90–91 }}</ref> Toberman was involved in 36 real estate development projects while building the Max Factor Building, [[Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel]] and the [[Hollywood Masonic Temple]]. He partnered with [[Sid Grauman]], and they opened the three themed theaters: [[Grauman's Egyptian Theatre|Egyptian]], [[El Capitan Theatre|El Capitan]] ("The Captain") (1926), and [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre|Chinese]].<ref name=lat>{{cite news|last1=Vaughn|first1=Susan|title=El Capitan Courageous|url=https://articles.latimes.com/1998/mar/03/business/fi-24804|access-date=September 7, 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 3, 1998}}</ref>
In the early 1920s, real estate developer [[Charles E. Toberman]] (the "Father of Hollywood") envisioned a thriving [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] theater district.<ref name="LAThenandNow">{{cite book |title=Los Angeles: Then and Now |last=Lord |first=Rosemary |year=2002 |publisher=Thunder Bay Press |location=San Diego, CA |isbn=1-57145-794-1 |pages=90–91 }}</ref> Toberman was involved in 36 real estate development projects while building the [[Max Factor Salon]], [[Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel]] and the [[Hollywood Masonic Temple]]. He partnered with [[Sid Grauman]], and they opened the three themed theaters: [[Grauman's Egyptian Theatre|Egyptian]], [[El Capitan Theatre|El Capitan]] ("The Captain") (1926), and [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre|Chinese]].<ref name=lat>{{cite news|last1=Vaughn|first1=Susan|title=El Capitan Courageous|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-mar-03-fi-24804-story.html|access-date=September 7, 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 3, 1998}}</ref>


====Regional shopping district====
====Regional shopping district====
Starting around 1920, the boulevard and adjacent streets became a major regional shopping district, both for everyday needs and appliances, but increasingly also for high-end clothing and accessories, in part because of the nearby film studios. Chains that opened includes Schwab's in 1921, [[Mullen & Bluett]] in 1922, [[I. Magnin]] in 1923, [[Myer Siegel]] in 1925, F. W. Grand and [[J. J. Newberry Company|Newberry's]] (dime stores) in 1926–8, and Roos Brothers in 1929. The independent Robertson's department store, at {{convert|46000|sqft|sqm}} and 4 stories tall, opened in 1923. In 1922, stock was sold to finance construction of a much larger department store at [[Hollywood and Vine]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Advertisement for Boadway Bros., Inc. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fhpSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT1095 |access-date=July 13, 2020 |publisher=Holly Leaves (magazine) |date=July 1, 1922 |page=37}}</ref> originally to have been a [[Boadway Bros.]] When Boadway's went out of business the next year, [[B. H. Dyas]], a [[Downtown Los Angeles]]–based department store,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Williams |first1=Gregory Paul |title=The Story of Hollywood |year=2002 |page=233 |publisher=Greenleaf Book |isbn=9780977629930 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=69hqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT233}}</ref> opened in the {{convert|130000|sqft|sqm|adj=on}} building in March 1928, then sold their lease to [[The Broadway]] in 1931 – the building still a landmark today, known as the [[Broadway Hollywood Building]]. By 1930 the shopping district consisted of over 300 stores.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Longstreth |first1=Richard |title=City Center to Regional Mall |date=1997 |publisher=MIT Press |isbn=0262122006 |pages=84–86|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lCimuNbqKfkC}}</ref> The area would later face competition from areas along [[Wilshire Boulevard]]: the easternmost around [[Bullocks Wilshire]] which opened in 1929, second the [[Miracle Mile, Los Angeles|Miracle Mile]], and finally, the shopping district of [[Beverly Hills]], where [[9600 Wilshire Boulevard|Saks Fifth Avenue opened a store]] in 1938.
Starting around 1920, the boulevard and adjacent streets became a major regional shopping district, both for everyday needs and appliances, but increasingly also for high-end clothing and accessories, in part because of the nearby film studios. Chains that opened includes Schwab's in 1921, [[Mullen & Bluett]] in 1922, [[I. Magnin]] in 1923, [[Myer Siegel]] in 1925, F. W. Grand and [[J. J. Newberry Company|Newberry's]] (dime stores) in 1926–8, and Roos Brothers in 1929. The independent Robertson's department store, at {{convert|46000|sqft|sqm}} and 4 stories tall, opened in 1923. In 1922, stock was sold to finance construction of a much larger department store at [[Hollywood and Vine]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Advertisement for Boadway Bros., Inc. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fhpSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT1095 |access-date=July 13, 2020 |publisher=Holly Leaves (magazine) |date=July 1, 1922 |page=37}}</ref> originally to have been a [[Boadway Bros.]] When Boadway's went out of business the next year, [[B. H. Dyas]], a [[Downtown Los Angeles]]–based department store,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Williams |first1=Gregory Paul |title=The Story of Hollywood |year=2002 |page=233 |publisher=Greenleaf Book |isbn=9780977629930 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=69hqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT233}}</ref> opened in the {{convert|130000|sqft|sqm|adj=on}} building in March 1928, then sold their lease to [[The Broadway]] in 1931 – the building still a landmark today, known as the [[Broadway Hollywood Building]]. By 1930 the shopping district consisted of over 300 stores.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Longstreth |first1=Richard |title=City Center to Regional Mall |date=1997 |publisher=MIT Press |isbn=0262122006 |pages=84–86|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lCimuNbqKfkC}}</ref> The area would later face competition from areas along [[Wilshire Boulevard]]: the easternmost around [[Bullocks Wilshire]] which opened in 1929, second the [[Miracle Mile, Los Angeles|Miracle Mile]], and finally, the shopping district of [[Beverly Hills]], where [[9600 Wilshire Boulevard|Saks Fifth Avenue opened a store]] in 1938.


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===== Map of businesses in the shopping district at its peak c.1925–8 =====
The following diagram shows the major businesses along Hollywood Boulevard in 1927 or 1928, from the intersection with Vine Street at the top (east) to the intersection with La Brea Avenue at the bottom (west). It is read like a map turned on its side, with east at the top. The first column is the north side of the boulevard, the rightmost column is the south side. There are a few relevant notes about major buildings added after 1928. Numbers from 6100–7200 are addresses on Hollywood Boulevard.

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=====Map of businesses in the shopping district at its peak c.1925–8 =====
Based on artistic map by the "Hollywood Boulevard Association", and on newspaper advertisements.<ref name="ads-1925"/> Dates indicate years of opening, except dates with an asterisk indicate that the establishment was in operation that year according to the source document consulted.
The following diagram, based on an artistic map by the Hollywood Boulevard Association, and on newspaper advertisements<ref name="ads-1925"/> shows the major businesses along Hollywood Boulevard, from the intersection with Vine Street to the intersection with La Brea Avenue, in 1927 or 1928. There are a few relevant notes about major buildings added after 1928. Numbers from 6100–7200 are addresses on Hollywood Boulevard. Dates indicate years of opening, except dates with an asterisk indicate that the establishment was in operation that year according to the source document consulted.

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| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;" | '''[[Pantages Theatre (Hollywood)|Pantages Theatre]] 6233'''<br/> Bank&nbsp;of&nbsp;Hollywood&nbsp;Bldg. (1929) '''6253''',<br/>now [[Equitable Building of Hollywood|Equitable Bldg. of Hollywood]]
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;" | [[Pantages Theatre (Hollywood)|Pantages Theatre]] '''6233'''<br/> Bank&nbsp;of&nbsp;Hollywood&nbsp;Bldg. (1929) '''6253''',<br/>now [[Equitable Building of Hollywood|Equitable Bldg. of Hollywood]]
| style="text-align:center;vertical-align=top;" rowspan=16 | '''H<br/>O<br/>L<br/>L<br/>Y<br/>W<br/>O<br/>O<br/>D<br/><br/><br/><br/>B<br/>O<br/>U<br/>L<br/>E<br/>V<br/>A<br/>R<br/>D '''
| style="text-align:center;vertical-align=top;" rowspan=16 | '''H<br/>O<br/>L<br/>L<br/>Y<br/>W<br/>O<br/>O<br/>D<br/><br/><br/><br/>B<br/>O<br/>U<br/>L<br/>E<br/>V<br/>A<br/>R<br/>D '''
| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;" | [[Hollywood/Vine (Los Angeles Metro station)|Hollywood&nbsp;and&nbsp;Vine]] metro station<br/>'''6280''' [[Taft Building (Los Angeles)|Taft Bldg.]] (1923, studio offices, [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|Academy]] HQ in 1935)
| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;" | '''6280''' [[Taft Building (Los Angeles)|Taft Bldg.]] (1923, studio offices, [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|Academy]] HQ in 1935)
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| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;background-color:white;" | '''VINE '''
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;background-color:white;" | '''VINE '''
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| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;" | [[Van de Kamp's]]<ref name=hba28/> '''6309'''<br/> '''6315'''<br/>Henry's cafe '''6321'''<br/>[[Guaranty Building (Hollywood, California)|Guaranty Bldg.]] '''6333'''<br/>
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;" | [[Van de Kamp's]]<ref name=hba28/> '''6309'''<br/> '''6315'''<br/>Henry's cafe '''6321'''<br/>[[Guaranty Building (Hollywood, California)|Guaranty Bldg.]] '''6333'''<br/>
| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;" | '''6300 [[B. H. Dyas|B.&nbsp;H.&nbsp;Dyas]]'''&nbsp;dept.&nbsp;store&nbsp;(1928–31),<br/>later (1931–82) '''[[The Broadway Hollywood|The Broadway]]'''<br/>'''6316&nbsp;[[Mullen & Bluett|Mullen&nbsp;&&nbsp;Bluett]]'''&nbsp;dept.&nbsp;store&nbsp;(1922)&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/>'''6320 Roos Bros.''' clothing (1929)<ref name="columbia">As of 1934 in this photo: {{cite web |title=[Columbia Outfitting Company] (2 views) [graphic] |url=https://delivery.library.ca.gov:8443/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE217098 |website=California State Library |access-date=24 April 2024 |date=1934}}</ref>&nbsp;<br/>later [[J. J. Newberry|Newberry's]] 2nd loc.<br />'''6324''' Oscar&nbsp;Balzer&nbsp;gifts&nbsp;(1928*), later Albert Sheetz candy<ref name="columbia"/><br/>'''6326''' Walton & Co. jewelers<ref name="columbia"/><br/>'''6330''' Oscar Balzer's annex<br/>'''6332 [[Eastern Columbia|Columbia]]''' department store<br/>'''6334''' [[Weatherby-Kayser|Weatherby-Kayser]]&nbsp;shoes<br/>'''6340 [[I. Magnin]]''' dept. store (1923–39)<br/>'''6348''' Ernest Swift<ref name="ads-1925"/>
| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;" | '''6300''' [[B. H. Dyas|B.&nbsp;H.&nbsp;Dyas]]&nbsp;dept.&nbsp;store&nbsp;(1928–31),<br/>later (1931–82) [[The Broadway Hollywood|The Broadway]]<br/>'''6316'''&nbsp;[[Mullen & Bluett|Mullen&nbsp;&&nbsp;Bluett]]&nbsp;dept.&nbsp;store&nbsp;(1922)&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/>'''6320''' Roos Bros. clothing (1929)<ref name="columbia">As of 1934 in this photo: {{cite web |title=[Columbia Outfitting Company] (2 views) [graphic] |url=https://delivery.library.ca.gov:8443/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE217098 |website=California State Library |access-date=24 April 2024 |date=1934}}</ref>&nbsp;<br/>later [[J. J. Newberry|Newberry's]] 2nd loc.<br />'''6324''' Oscar&nbsp;Balzer&nbsp;gifts&nbsp;(1928*), later Albert Sheetz candy<ref name="columbia"/><br/>'''6326''' Walton & Co. jewelers<ref name="columbia"/><br/>'''6330''' Oscar Balzer's annex<br/>'''6332''' [[Eastern Columbia|Columbia]] department store<br/>'''6334''' [[Weatherby-Kayser]]&nbsp;shoes<br/>'''6340''' [[I. Magnin]] dept. store (1923–39)<br/>'''6348''' Ernest Swift<ref name="ads-1925"/>
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| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;background-color:white;" | IVAR
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;background-color:white;" | IVAR
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| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;" | Innes Shoe Co.<ref name=hba-long/> '''6501'''<br/>Harry Cooper gowns/frocks '''6511'''<br/>Jimmy Clinton men's<ref name=hba-long/> '''6519'''<br/>Fett's Palace of Flowers<ref name=hba28/> '''6521'''<br/>Beller Bldg.<ref name=hba28/> '''6513'''<br/>Gumbiner's&nbsp;menswear&nbsp;'''6523–5'''<br/>'''Warner Bros. Theatre'''<ref name=hba28/> '''6531'''
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;" | Innes Shoe Co.<ref name=hba-long/> '''6501'''<br/>Harry Cooper gowns/frocks '''6511'''<br/>Jimmy Clinton men's<ref name=hba-long/> '''6519'''<br/>Fett's Palace of Flowers<ref name=hba28/> '''6521'''<br/>Beller Bldg.<ref name=hba28/> '''6513'''<br/>Gumbiner's&nbsp;menswear&nbsp;'''6523–5'''<br/>Warner Bros. Theatre<ref name=hba28/> '''6531'''


| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;" | '''{{frac|6500|1|2}}''' Nancy Hubbard Chocolates<ref name="ads-1925"/><br/>'''6508''' [[Fox Theater (Hollywood, California)|Iris Theatre]]<ref name="ads-1925"/><br/>'''6540''' L. A. First Natl. Bank
| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;" | '''{{frac|6500|1|2}}''' Nancy Hubbard Chocolates<ref name="ads-1925"/><br/>'''6508''' [[Fox Theater (Hollywood, California)|Iris Theatre]]<ref name="ads-1925"/><br/>'''6540''' L. A. First Natl. Bank
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| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;" | Liljedahl-Bengtsson<br/>batik dress shop<ref name="ads-29-p27">{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-display-advertisem/146065912/ |title=Display advertisements|access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref> '''6515'''<br/>Wurlitzer Music Co. '''6517'''<br/>Griffis & Mackey sporting goods<ref name="ads-1925"/> '''6527'''<br/>[[The Hillview|Hillview&nbsp;Apts.]]&nbsp;(1917)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hillview Apartments |url=https://architizer.com/projects/hillview-apartments/ |website=Architizer |access-date=24 April 2024 |language=en-us |date=17 February 2011}}</ref>&nbsp;'''6531–3'''<br/>Madden&nbsp;Millinery&nbsp;Shoppe<ref name="ads-1925"/>&nbsp;'''6561'''<br/>Roth Furniture '''6549'''<br/>Natl.&nbsp;Bank&nbsp;of&nbsp;Hwd '''6565'''<br/>Bee Drug '''6565'''
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;" | Liljedahl-Bengtsson<br/>batik dress shop<ref name="ads-29-p27">{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-display-advertisem/146065912/ |title=Display advertisements|access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref> '''6515'''<br/>Wurlitzer Music Co. '''6517'''<br/>Griffis & Mackey sporting goods<ref name="ads-1925"/> '''6527'''<br/>[[The Hillview|Hillview&nbsp;Apts.]]&nbsp;(1917)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hillview Apartments |url=https://architizer.com/projects/hillview-apartments/ |website=Architizer |access-date=24 April 2024 |language=en-us |date=17 February 2011}}</ref>&nbsp;'''6531–3'''<br/>Madden&nbsp;Millinery&nbsp;Shoppe<ref name="ads-1925"/>&nbsp;'''6561'''<br/>Roth Furniture '''6549'''<br/>Natl.&nbsp;Bank&nbsp;of&nbsp;Hwd '''6565'''<br/>Bee Drug '''6565'''


| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;" ROWSPAN=3| '''6562''' Chrisney Drug Co.<ref name="ads-1925"/><br/>'''6600''' Armstrong's restaurant (1928*)<ref name="cafes">{{cite news |title=Hollywood Boulevard excels Paris in Cafes and Restaurants (ad) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-hollywood-boulevar/146346968/ |access-date=30 April 2024 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=1 June 1928 |pages=9}}</ref><br/>'''6600–4 [[J. J. Newberry|Newberry's]]''' variety store<br/>now Hollywood Toys & Costumes<br/>'''6606''' Moss Glove and Hosiery<ref name="ads-1925">{{cite news |title=Multiple advertisements |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news-multipl/146060816/ |access-date=25 April 2024 |work=Hollywood Citizen |date=6 November 1925 |pages=5}}</ref><br/>'''6608 [[S. H. Kress & Co.|Kress]]''' variety store (1934)<br/>later [[Frederick's of Hollywood]] lingerie (1947-?)<ref>{{cite web |title=Frederick's of Hollywood in the old Kress department store, 6608 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, circa 1960s |url=https://martinturnbull.com/2020/10/23/fredericks-of-hollywood-in-the-old-kress-department-store-6608-hollywood-blvd-hollywood-circa-1960s/ |website=Martin Turnbull |access-date=24 April 2024}}</ref><br/>'''6614''' Platt Music Co.<br/>'''6624''' [[Piggly Wiggly]] (1925*)<ref name="ads-1925"/><br/>'''6624''' Hollywood Hardware (1928*)<ref name=hba28/><br/>'''6630''' Simon's Dairy Lunch<ref name=ads-1927>All display advertisements in ''Hollywood Citizen'', 17 December 1927</ref><br/>'''6634''' Matthess menswear<br/>'''{{frac|6624|1|2}}''' [[Van de Kamp's]]<ref name=hba28/><br/>'''6636''' [[Cherokee Building|Cherokee Bldg.]]<ref name=hba28/><br/>'''6646''' Clubb's cigar shop<br/>'''{{frac|6646|1|2}}''' Buddy Squirrel's Nut Shop (1928)<ref>{{cite news |title=Buddy Squirrel's Nut Shop (ad) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news-buddy-s/146099231/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |date=10 August 1928 |pages=9}}</ref>
| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;" ROWSPAN=3| '''6562''' Chrisney Drug Co.<ref name="ads-1925"/><br/>'''6600''' Armstrong's restaurant (1928*)<ref name="cafes">{{cite news |title=Hollywood Boulevard excels Paris in Cafes and Restaurants (ad) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-hollywood-boulevar/146346968/ |access-date=30 April 2024 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=1 June 1928 |pages=9}}</ref><br/>'''6600–4''' [[J. J. Newberry (Los Angeles, California)|Newberry's variety store]]<br/>now Hollywood Toys & Costumes<br/>'''6606''' Moss Glove and Hosiery<ref name="ads-1925">{{cite news |title=Multiple advertisements |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news-multipl/146060816/ |access-date=25 April 2024 |work=Hollywood Citizen |date=6 November 1925 |pages=5}}</ref><br/>'''6608''' [[S. H. Kress and Co. Building (Los Angeles, California)|Kress variety store]] (1934)<br/>later [[Frederick's of Hollywood]] lingerie (1947-?)<ref>{{cite web |title=Frederick's of Hollywood in the old Kress department store, 6608 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, circa 1960s |url=https://martinturnbull.com/2020/10/23/fredericks-of-hollywood-in-the-old-kress-department-store-6608-hollywood-blvd-hollywood-circa-1960s/ |website=Martin Turnbull |access-date=24 April 2024}}</ref><br/>'''6614''' Platt Music Co.<br/>'''6624''' [[Piggly Wiggly]] (1925*)<ref name="ads-1925"/><br/>'''6624''' Hollywood Hardware (1928*)<ref name=hba28/><br/>'''6630''' Simon's Dairy Lunch<ref name=ads-1927>All display advertisements in ''Hollywood Citizen'', 17 December 1927</ref><br/>'''6634''' Matthess menswear<br/>'''{{frac|6624|1|2}}''' [[Van de Kamp's]]<ref name=hba28/><br/>'''6636''' [[Cherokee Building|Cherokee Bldg.]]<ref name=hba28/><br/>'''6646''' Clubb's cigar shop<br/>'''{{frac|6646|1|2}}''' Buddy Squirrel's Nut Shop (1928)<ref>{{cite news |title=Buddy Squirrel's Nut Shop (ad) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news-buddy-s/146099231/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |date=10 August 1928 |pages=9}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;" | [[Baine Building|Baine Bldg.]] '''6601–9'''<br/>Merchants Nat'l Trust & Savings '''6601'''<br/>Watson & Son tailors '''6605'''<br/>Evansmith photo studios '''6605'''<br/>Hamilton's shoes '''6607'''<br/>Peggy Rose Shoppe hosiery<ref name="ads-1927"/> '''6611'''<br/>Holly-Angeles Music,<ref name="ads-1925"/> '''{{frac|6611|1|2}}'''<br/>Hwd&nbsp;Toy&nbsp;Shop&nbsp;(1919–27*)<ref name=ads-1927/>&nbsp;'''6613'''<br/>Frederick Winn millinery,<br/> dresses&nbsp;(1928–?)<ref name=hba-long/>&nbsp;'''6613'''<br/>Hollywood China Shop<ref name=hba-long/> '''{{frac|6613|1|2}}'''<br/>Player's Café<ref name=ads-1927/> '''6615'''<br/>Hollywood Fur <ref name=hba28/> '''6617'''
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;" | [[Baine Building|Baine Bldg.]] '''6601–9'''<br/>Merchants Nat'l Trust & Savings '''6601'''<br/>Watson & Son tailors '''6605'''<br/>Evansmith photo studios '''6605'''<br/>Hamilton's shoes '''6607'''<br/>Peggy Rose Shoppe hosiery<ref name="ads-1927"/> '''6611'''<br/>Holly-Angeles Music,<ref name="ads-1925"/> '''{{frac|6611|1|2}}'''<br/>Hwd&nbsp;Toy&nbsp;Shop&nbsp;(1919–27*)<ref name=ads-1927/>&nbsp;'''6613'''<br/>Frederick Winn millinery,<br/> dresses&nbsp;(1928–?)<ref name=hba-long/>&nbsp;'''6613'''<br/>Hollywood China Shop<ref name=hba-long/> '''{{frac|6613|1|2}}'''<br/>Player's Café<ref name=ads-1927/> '''6615'''<br/>Hollywood Fur<ref name=hba28/> '''6617'''
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| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;" | Mutual B & L<ref name=hba28/> '''6651'''<br/>Norman's Art Shop<ref name=ads-1927/> '''6653'''<br/>The Arlynn Shop millinery<ref name="ads-1925"/> '''6663'''<br/>Woman's Exchange<ref name="ads-1925"/> '''6665'''<br/>'''[[Musso & Frank]] 6669'''<br/>Central Hardware Co.<ref name=ads-29-27/> '''6673'''<br/>Hwd Typewriter Shop '''6681'''<br/>Hwd Boot Shop '''6683'''<br/>'''[[Myer Siegel|Myer&nbsp;Siegel]]'''&nbsp;dept.&nbsp;store&nbsp;(1925)&nbsp;'''6687'''<br/>
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;" | Mutual B & L<ref name=hba28/> '''6651'''<br/>Norman's Art Shop<ref name=ads-1927/> '''6653'''<br/>The Arlynn Shop millinery<ref name="ads-1925"/> '''6663'''<br/>Woman's Exchange<ref name="ads-1925"/> '''6665'''<br/>[[Musso & Frank]] '''6669'''<br/>Central Hardware Co.<ref name=ads-29-p27/>{{verify inline|date=August 2024|reason=Presumptive fix for broken reference}} '''6673'''<br/>Hwd Typewriter Shop '''6681'''<br/>Hwd Boot Shop '''6683'''<br/>[[Myer Siegel|Myer&nbsp;Siegel]]&nbsp;dept.&nbsp;store&nbsp;(1925)&nbsp;'''6687'''<br/>


| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;" | '''6650''' Western Auto Parts (1925*)<br/>'''6650''' H. G. Haroutunian [[oriental rugs]] (1928*)<br/>'''6650''' Hirshfield's dresses (1931*)<br/>'''6652''' Wood's women's apparel<br/>'''6654''' Hertz Driv-ur-self Station (rent-a-car)<br/>'''6656''' Hwd Electric Shop (1925*)<br/>'''6656''' Fry's shoes (1929*)<br/>'''6658''' Karl Shoe Store (1928)<br/>'''{{frac|6658|1|2}}''' Jerome dresses<br/>'''6660''' [[Brooks Clothing]] (1928)<ref>{{cite news |title=Clothiers Open New Store in Hollywood |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-clothiers-open-new/145086391/ |access-date=10 April 2024 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=9 February 1928 |pages=31}}</ref><br/>'''6664''' [[C. H. Baker]] shoes<ref name=hba28/><br/>'''6666''' Clark's Dollar Store<ref name=hba-long/><br/>'''{{frac|6668|1|2}}''' Haroutunian rugs/art<ref name="ads-1925"/><br/>'''6672''' Young's Speedy Shoes<ref name="ads-1925"/><br/>'''6674''' Peggy Rose Shop<ref name="ads-1925"/><br/>'''6676''' Busy Corner Drug Co.<ref name="ads-1925"/>
| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;" | '''6650''' Western Auto Parts (1925*)<br/>'''6650''' H. G. Haroutunian [[oriental rugs]] (1928*)<br/>'''6650''' Hirshfield's dresses (1931*)<br/>'''6652''' Wood's women's apparel<br/>'''6654''' Hertz Driv-ur-self Station (rent-a-car)<br/>'''6656''' Hwd Electric Shop (1925*)<br/>'''6656''' Fry's shoes (1929*)<br/>'''6658''' Karl Shoe Store (1928)<br/>'''{{frac|6658|1|2}}''' Jerome dresses<br/>'''6660''' [[Brooks Clothing]] (1928)<ref>{{cite news |title=Clothiers Open New Store in Hollywood |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-clothiers-open-new/145086391/ |access-date=10 April 2024 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=9 February 1928 |pages=31}}</ref><br/>'''6664''' [[C. H. Baker]] shoes<ref name=hba28/><br/>'''6666''' Clark's Dollar Store<ref name=hba-long/><br/>'''{{frac|6668|1|2}}''' Haroutunian rugs/art<ref name="ads-1925"/><br/>'''6672''' Young's Speedy Shoes<ref name="ads-1925"/><br/>'''6674''' Peggy Rose Shop<ref name="ads-1925"/><br/>'''6676''' Busy Corner Drug Co.<ref name="ads-1925"/>
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| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;" | Citrin's dress shop<ref name=hba28/> '''6701'''<br/>Gerly perfumes<ref name=hba28/> '''6703'''<br/>Metykos furriers<ref name=hba-long/> '''6707'''<br/><br/>[[Outpost Building|Outpost Bldg.]]<ref name=hba28/> '''6715'''<br/>Florence Hartock children's<ref name=hba28/> '''6723'''<br/>Gould's boy/young men's<ref name=hba28/> '''6747'''<br/>
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;" | Citrin's dress shop<ref name=hba28/> '''6701'''<br/>Gerly perfumes<ref name=hba28/> '''6703'''<br/>Metykos furriers<ref name=hba-long/> '''6707'''<br/><br/>[[Outpost Building|Outpost Bldg.]]<ref name=hba28/> '''6715'''<br/>Florence Hartock children's<ref name=hba28/> '''6723'''<br/>Gould's boy/young men's<ref name=hba28/> '''6747'''<br/>


| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;" | '''6700''' Central Grocery Co. (1923)<ref>{{cite news |title=Store Tenants Seek Locations: Occupants of Old Central Market Place Must Be Out August 1 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news-store-t/146099007/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |date=21 July 1923 |pages=9}}</ref><br/>︎'''6700''' Maison Marcell coats/frocks (1925*)<ref>{{cite news |title=Maison Marcell 6700 Hollywood Boulevard (1925 ad) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news-maison/146104620/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |date=16 April 1925 |pages=7}}</ref><br/>'''6700–2''' Paulais restaurant 1925–7*<ref name="ads-1925"/><br/>'''6702''' Leighton's cafeteria (1928*)<ref>{{cite news |title=Local Leighton Cafe Called De Luxe Unit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news-local-l/146098639/ |work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |date=22 November 1928 |pages=9}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Leighton Industries Open Local Coffee Shop, Cafeteria: Co-operative Group Opens in Hollywood |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news-leighto/146099129/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |date=10 August 1928 |pages=9}}</ref><br/>'''6704''' Fitzpatric's shoes<ref name="ads-1925"/><br/>'''6712 [[Grauman's Egyptian Theatre|Egyptian&nbsp;Theatre]]'''<br/>'''6714''' [[Pig 'n Whistle]]<ref name="hba28"/> cafe<br/>'''6720''' Citizens National Trust and Savings<ref name=hba28/><br/>'''6724''' [[Christie Hotel|Hotel Christie]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Los Angeles City Directory 1926 |url=https://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=040428be-8b21-4de1-9b1e-3421068c0f1c%2fLPU00000%2fLL000007%2f00000003 |website=Los Angeles Public Library |publisher=The Los Angeles Directory Company Publishers |access-date=26 April 2024 |date=1926}}</ref><br>'''6730''' Burnett Bros. watches/jewelry<ref name="ads-1925"/><br/>'''6732''' Union Pacific ticket office<br/>'''6738''' United Cigar<ref name="hba28"/>
| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;" | '''6700''' Central Grocery Co. (1923)<ref>{{cite news |title=Store Tenants Seek Locations: Occupants of Old Central Market Place Must Be Out August 1 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news-store-t/146099007/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |date=21 July 1923 |pages=9}}</ref><br/>︎'''6700''' Maison Marcell coats/frocks (1925*)<ref>{{cite news |title=Maison Marcell 6700 Hollywood Boulevard (1925 ad) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news-maison/146104620/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |date=16 April 1925 |pages=7}}</ref><br/>'''6700–2''' Paulais restaurant 1925–7*<ref name="ads-1925"/><br/>'''6702''' Leighton's cafeteria (1928*)<ref>{{cite news |title=Local Leighton Cafe Called De Luxe Unit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news-local-l/146098639/ |work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |date=22 November 1928 |pages=9}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Leighton Industries Open Local Coffee Shop, Cafeteria: Co-operative Group Opens in Hollywood |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news-leighto/146099129/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |date=10 August 1928 |pages=9}}</ref><br/>'''6704''' Fitzpatric's shoes<ref name="ads-1925"/><br/>'''6712''' [[Grauman's Egyptian Theatre|Egyptian&nbsp;Theatre]]<br/>'''6714''' [[Pig 'n Whistle]]<ref name="hba28"/> cafe<br/>'''6720''' Citizens National Trust and Savings<ref name=hba28/><br/>'''6724''' [[Christie Hotel|Hotel Christie]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Los Angeles City Directory 1926 |url=https://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=040428be-8b21-4de1-9b1e-3421068c0f1c%2fLPU00000%2fLL000007%2f00000003 |website=Los Angeles Public Library |publisher=The Los Angeles Directory Company Publishers |access-date=26 April 2024 |date=1926}}</ref><br>'''6730''' Burnett Bros. watches/jewelry<ref name="ads-1925"/><br/>'''6732''' Union Pacific ticket office<br/>'''6738''' United Cigar<ref name="hba28"/>
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| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;" | '''[[Robertson Company|Robertson Co.]]''' dept. st. (1923–42),<br/>then [[J. C. Penney]] '''6751-3'''<br/>[[Café Montmartre|Café&nbsp;Montmartre nightclub]] (1923)<ref name=hba28/><ref>{{cite web |title=Spotlight on Café Montmartre |url=https://martinturnbull.com/hollywood-places/spotlight-on-cafe-montmartre/ |website=Martin Turnbull |access-date=24 April 2024}}</ref>&nbsp;'''6757–63'''<br/>C. E. Toberman real estate<ref name="hba28"/> '''6763'''
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;" | [[Robertson Company|Robertson Co.]] dept. st. (1923–42),<br/>then [[J. C. Penney]] '''6751-3'''<br/>[[Café Montmartre|Café&nbsp;Montmartre nightclub]] (1923)<ref name=hba28/><ref>{{cite web |title=Spotlight on Café Montmartre |url=https://martinturnbull.com/hollywood-places/spotlight-on-cafe-montmartre/ |website=Martin Turnbull |access-date=24 April 2024}}</ref>&nbsp;'''6757–63'''<br/>C. E. Toberman real estate<ref name="hba28"/> '''6763'''
| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;" |'''6764''' &nbsp;[[Hollywood Theater (Los Angeles)|'''Hollywood&nbsp;Theatre''']] (1913–82)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hollywood Theatre in Los Angeles, CA - Cinema Treasures |url=https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/505 |website=Cinema Treasures |access-date=24 April 2024}}</ref> now site of [[Guinness World Records|Guiness]]&nbsp;Museum<br/>'''6770''' Gittleson's theater ticket agency<br/>
| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;" |'''6764''' &nbsp;[[Hollywood Theater (Los Angeles)|Hollywood&nbsp;Theatre]] (1913–82)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hollywood Theatre in Los Angeles, CA - Cinema Treasures |url=https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/505 |website=Cinema Treasures |access-date=24 April 2024}}</ref> now site of [[Guinness World Records|Guiness]]&nbsp;Museum<br/>'''6770''' Gittleson's theater ticket agency<br/>
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| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;background-color:white;" | '''HIGHLAND'''
| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;background-color:white;" | '''HIGHLAND'''
| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;background-color:white;" | '''HIGHLAND'''
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| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;" |<br/> '''Hotel Hollywood'''<ref name="hba28"/> '''6837'''<br/><br/>
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;" |<br/> [[Hollywood Hotel]]<ref name="hba28"/> '''6837'''<br/><br/>
| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;" ROWSPAN= 3 | '''6802''' Ever-Ready Drug<br/>'''6818''' I. Miller shoes<br/>'''6834&nbsp;[[Barker Bros.|Barker&nbsp;Bros.]]'''&nbsp;furniture<br/>Garwood and Johnson<br/>'''6838 [[El Capitan Theatre]]'''<br/>'''6812''' Hollywood Book Store<br/>'''6908''' Bess Schlank<ref name="hba28"/><br/>'''6912''' Hartsook photo studios<ref name="ads-1927"/><br/>'''6916''' The French Bootire<br/>'''6918''' Bessie Bassett Gowns<ref name="ads-1925"/><br/>'''6922''' Shayne's Gowns and Wraps<ref>{{cite news |title=Display advertisements |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-display-advertisem/146065757/ |access-date=25 April 2024 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=24 March 1929 |pages=56}}</ref><br/>'''6926''' Chryson's stationers<br/>'''6932''' Young's Market (1928*)<ref name="hba-long">{{cite news |title=Hollywood Boulevard Association (ad): Establishments on the Boulevard |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-hollywood-boulevar/146102724/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=17 September 1928 |pages=9}}</ref><br/>'''6934''' [[Safeway]] market (1928*)<ref name="hba-long"/>
| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;" ROWSPAN= 3 | '''6802''' Ever-Ready Drug<br/>'''6818''' I. Miller shoes<br/>'''6834'''&nbsp;[[Barker Bros.|Barker&nbsp;Bros.]]&nbsp;furniture<br/>Garwood and Johnson<br/>'''6838''' [[El Capitan Theatre]]<br/>'''6812''' Hollywood Book Store<br/>'''6908''' Bess Schlank<ref name="hba28"/><br/>'''6912''' Hartsook photo studios<ref name="ads-1927"/><br/>'''6916''' The French Bootire<br/>'''6918''' Bessie Bassett Gowns<ref name="ads-1925"/><br/>'''6922''' Shayne's Gowns and Wraps<ref>{{cite news |title=Display advertisements |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-display-advertisem/146065757/ |access-date=25 April 2024 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=24 March 1929 |pages=56}}</ref><br/>'''6926''' Chryson's stationers<br/>'''6932''' Young's Market (1928*)<ref name="hba-long">{{cite news |title=Hollywood Boulevard Association (ad): Establishments on the Boulevard |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-hollywood-boulevar/146102724/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=17 September 1928 |pages=9}}</ref><br/>'''6934''' [[Safeway]] market (1928*)<ref name="hba-long"/>
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| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;" |<br/>Lickter's of Hwd cigarette fashion '''6915'''<ref name=ads-29-27/><br/>'''[[Grauman's Chinese Theatre|Grauman's&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;Theatre]]'''<br/>now TCL Chinese '''6925'''<br/><br/>
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;" |<br/>Lickter's of Hwd cigarette fashion '''6915'''<ref name=ads-29-p27/>{{verify inline|date=August 2024|reason=Presumptive fix for broken reference}}<br/>[[Grauman's Chinese Theatre|Grauman's&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;Theatre]]<br/>now TCL Chinese '''6925'''<br/><br/>
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| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;" | '''7000–6 [[Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel|Hwd&nbsp;Roosevelt&nbsp;Hotel]]'''<br/>'''7044''' [[Hollywood Professional Building|Professional Bldg.]], Grace Nolan<br/>'''7048''' Liggett's Drug Store
| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;" | '''7000–6''' [[Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel|Hwd&nbsp;Roosevelt&nbsp;Hotel]]<br/>'''7044''' [[Hollywood Professional Building|Professional Bldg.]], Grace Nolan<br/>'''7048''' Liggett's Drug Store
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===Revitalization===
===Revitalization===
In 1985, a portion of Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood was listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]] as part of the "[[Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District]]".
In 1984, a portion of Hollywood Boulevard was listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]] as part of the [[Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District]].<ref name=nrhp>{{Cite web |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form - Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/236d3254-47ee-4b31-9045-c2999cc465f2/ |publisher=United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service |date=April 4, 1985 |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1992, the street was paved with glittery asphalt between Vine Street and La Brea Boulevard.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Krikorian|first1=Greg|title=Hollywood Blvd. to Be Paved With Glitz|url=https://articles.latimes.com/1992-09-05/local/me-5893_1_hollywood-boulevard |access-date=December 12, 2018|work=Los Angeles Times|date=September 5, 1992}}</ref>
In 1992, the street was paved with glittery asphalt between Vine Street and La Brea Boulevard.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Krikorian|first1=Greg|title=Hollywood Blvd. to Be Paved With Glitz|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-05-me-5893-story.html |access-date=December 12, 2018|work=Los Angeles Times|date=September 5, 1992}}</ref>


The [[El Capitan Theatre]] was refurbished in 1991 then damaged in the [[1994 Northridge earthquake]]. The full El Capitan building was fully restored and upgraded in {{dts|1997|12}}. The Hollywood Entertainment District, a self-taxing business improvement district, was formed for the properties from La Brea to McCadden on the boulevard.<ref name=lat />
The [[El Capitan Theatre]] was refurbished in 1991 then damaged in the [[1994 Northridge earthquake]]. The full El Capitan building was fully restored and upgraded in {{dts|1997|12}}. The Hollywood Entertainment District, a self-taxing business improvement district, was formed for the properties from La Brea to McCadden on the boulevard.<ref name=lat />
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The Hollywood extension of the [[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority|Metro]] [[B Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Red Line]] [[Rapid transit|subway]] was opened in June 1999, running from [[Downtown Los Angeles]] to the [[San Fernando Valley]]. Stops on Hollywood Boulevard are located at [[Hollywood/Western (LACMTA station)|Western Avenue]], [[Hollywood/Vine (LACMTA station)|Vine Street]], and [[Hollywood/Highland (LACMTA station)|Highland Avenue]]. [[Metro Local]] lines 180 and 217 also serve Hollywood Boulevard. A [[K Line Northern Extension|light rail extension]] station is proposed at the Hollywood Blvd. and Highland Ave. intersection connection the boulevard with West Hollywood, Central LA and LAX.
The Hollywood extension of the [[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority|Metro]] [[B Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Red Line]] [[Rapid transit|subway]] was opened in June 1999, running from [[Downtown Los Angeles]] to the [[San Fernando Valley]]. Stops on Hollywood Boulevard are located at [[Hollywood/Western (LACMTA station)|Western Avenue]], [[Hollywood/Vine (LACMTA station)|Vine Street]], and [[Hollywood/Highland (LACMTA station)|Highland Avenue]]. [[Metro Local]] lines 180 and 217 also serve Hollywood Boulevard. A [[K Line Northern Extension|light rail extension]] station is proposed at the Hollywood Blvd. and Highland Ave. intersection connection the boulevard with West Hollywood, Central LA and LAX.


An [[Cruising (driving around)|anti-cruising]] ordinance prohibits driving on parts of the boulevard more than twice in four hours.<ref>Martin H and McCormack S (September 24, 1999): Idled by the Law : As Cities Crack Down on Cruising, Car Culture Aficionados Find Other Outlets. [https://articles.latimes.com/1999/sep/24/local/me-13540 Los Angeles ''Times'' archive]. Retrieved March 26, 2013.</ref>
An [[Cruising (driving around)|anti-cruising]] ordinance prohibits driving on parts of the boulevard more than twice in four hours.<ref>Martin H and McCormack S (September 24, 1999): Idled by the Law : As Cities Crack Down on Cruising, Car Culture Aficionados Find Other Outlets. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-sep-24-me-13540-story.html Los Angeles ''Times'' archive]. Retrieved March 26, 2013.</ref>


Beginning in 1995, then [[Los Angeles City Council]] member [[Jackie Goldberg]] initiated efforts to clean up Hollywood Boulevard and reverse its decades-long slide into disrepute.<ref name=iht /> Central to these efforts was the construction of the [[Hollywood and Highland Center]] and adjacent [[Dolby Theatre]] (originally known as the Kodak Theatre) in 2001.
Beginning in 1995, then [[Los Angeles City Council]] member [[Jackie Goldberg]] initiated efforts to clean up Hollywood Boulevard and reverse its decades-long slide into disrepute.<ref name=iht /> Central to these efforts was the construction of the [[Hollywood and Highland Center]] and adjacent [[Dolby Theatre]] (originally known as the Kodak Theatre) in 2001.
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{{anchor|Vogue Theater}}
{{anchor|Vogue Theater}}
In 2021, the ''Vogue Theater'', on Hollywood Boulevard, at Las Palmas, reopened as the ''Vogue Multicultural Museum''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nichols |first1=Chris |title=Hollywood's Vogue Theater Gets Another Life at 86 |url=https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/vogue-theater-museum/ |access-date=28 April 2022 |work=[[Los Angeles Magazine]] |date=9 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Vogue Multicultural Museum |url=https://hollywoodpartnership.com/go/vogue-multicultural-museum |website=The Hollywood Partnership |access-date=28 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="pinkfloydexhibition">{{cite web |title=Their Mortal Remains |url=https://www.pinkfloydexhibition.com/ |website=The Pink Floyd Exhibition – Official Site |access-date=28 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006220814/https://www.pinkfloydexhibition.com/ |archive-date=6 October 2021 |url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=A preview of The Pink Floyd Exhibition at the Vogue Multicultural Museum |url=https://ktla.com/morning-news/a-preview-of-the-pink-floyd-exhibition-at-the-vogue-multicultural-museum/ |access-date=28 April 2022 |work=[[KTLA]] |date=17 September 2021}}</ref>
In 2021, the ''[[Vogue Theatre (California)|Vogue Theatre]]'', on Hollywood Boulevard, at Las Palmas, reopened as the ''Vogue Multicultural Museum''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nichols |first1=Chris |title=Hollywood's Vogue Theater Gets Another Life at 86 |url=https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/vogue-theater-museum/ |access-date=28 April 2022 |work=[[Los Angeles Magazine]] |date=9 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Vogue Multicultural Museum |url=https://hollywoodpartnership.com/go/vogue-multicultural-museum |website=The Hollywood Partnership |access-date=28 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="pinkfloydexhibition">{{cite web |title=Their Mortal Remains |url=https://www.pinkfloydexhibition.com/ |website=The Pink Floyd Exhibition – Official Site |access-date=28 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006220814/https://www.pinkfloydexhibition.com/ |archive-date=6 October 2021 |url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=A preview of The Pink Floyd Exhibition at the Vogue Multicultural Museum |url=https://ktla.com/morning-news/a-preview-of-the-pink-floyd-exhibition-at-the-vogue-multicultural-museum/ |access-date=28 April 2022 |work=[[KTLA]] |date=17 September 2021}}</ref>


Renovations of the Hollywood and Highland Center began in 2020. The renovated complex was renamed '''Ovation Hollywood''' in 2022.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/news/2022/03/22/hollywood-highland-ovation-hollywood.html|title=Hollywood & Highland makes name change official just in time for the Oscars|website=bizjournals.com|date=March 22, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://urbanize.la/post/new-owners-hollywood-highland-center-plan-renovation|title = New Owners of Hollywood & Highland Center Plan Renovation|date = 6 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-08-05/hollywood-highland-makeover-includes-offices|title = Hollywood & Highland is getting a big makeover that includes turning stores into offices|website = [[Los Angeles Times]]|date = 5 August 2020}}</ref>
Renovations of the Hollywood and Highland Center began in 2020. The renovated complex was renamed [[Ovation Hollywood]] in 2022.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/news/2022/03/22/hollywood-highland-ovation-hollywood.html|title=Hollywood & Highland makes name change official just in time for the Oscars|website=bizjournals.com|date=March 22, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://urbanize.la/post/new-owners-hollywood-highland-center-plan-renovation|title = New Owners of Hollywood & Highland Center Plan Renovation|date = 6 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-08-05/hollywood-highland-makeover-includes-offices|title = Hollywood & Highland is getting a big makeover that includes turning stores into offices|website = [[Los Angeles Times]]|date = 5 August 2020}}</ref>


In 2022, for the return of the [[LA Pride]] parade to the boulevard, the city installed multi colored lighting to more than 100 trees to illuminate for special events.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kfiam640.iheart.com/featured/la-local-news/content/2022-06-01-hollywood-boulevard-to-get-new-look-with-lights-under-111-trees/ |title=Hollywood Boulevard to Get New Look With Lights Under 111 Trees {{pipe}} KFI AM 640 {{pipe}} LA Local News |publisher=Kfiam640.iheart.com |date=2022-06-01 |accessdate=2022-08-01}}</ref>
In 2022, for the return of the [[LA Pride]] parade to the boulevard, the city installed multi colored lighting to more than 100 trees to illuminate for special events.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kfiam640.iheart.com/featured/la-local-news/content/2022-06-01-hollywood-boulevard-to-get-new-look-with-lights-under-111-trees/ |title=Hollywood Boulevard to Get New Look With Lights Under 111 Trees {{pipe}} KFI AM 640 {{pipe}} LA Local News |publisher=Kfiam640.iheart.com |date=2022-06-01 |accessdate=2022-08-01}}</ref>


====Heart of Hollywood / Walk of Fame Master Plan====
====Heart of Hollywood / Walk of Fame Master Plan====
Advocates promote the idea of closing Hollywood Boulevard to traffic and create a [[Pedestrian zone]] from La Brea Avenue to Highland Avenue citing an increase in pedestrian traffic including tourism, weekly movie premiers<ref>{{cite web|url=http://onlyinhollywood.org/alerts/|title=Alerts Archive|website=Only In Hollywood|language=en|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref> and award shows closures, including 10 days for the Academy Award ceremony at the Dolby Theatre.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://la.curbed.com/2018/3/2/17072092/hollywood-boulevard-close-cars-oscars|title=Make the Oscars street closures permanent|first=Alissa|last=Walker|date=2 March 2018|website=Curbed LA}}</ref> Similar to other cities in the US, like [[Third Street Promenade]], [[Fremont Street]] in Las Vegas, [[Market Street (San Francisco)|Market St.]] in San Francisco or the closure in [[Times Square]]s [[Times Square#Pedestrian plaza|Pedestrian Plaza's]] created in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/livable-city/la-ol-hollywood-scramble-star-wars-20151230-story.html|title=Opinion: Here's a New Year's resolution worth keeping: Close Hollywood Boulevard to cars in 2016|last=Crotty|first=Emilia|date=2015-12-30|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref>
Advocates promote the idea of closing Hollywood Boulevard to traffic and create a [[Pedestrian zone]] from La Brea Avenue to Highland Avenue citing an increase in pedestrian traffic including tourism, weekly movie premiers<ref>{{cite web|url=http://onlyinhollywood.org/alerts/|title=Alerts Archive|website=Only In Hollywood|language=en|access-date=2020-01-31|archive-date=February 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201105150/http://onlyinhollywood.org/alerts/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and award shows closures, including 10 days for the Academy Award ceremony at the Dolby Theatre.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://la.curbed.com/2018/3/2/17072092/hollywood-boulevard-close-cars-oscars|title=Make the Oscars street closures permanent|first=Alissa|last=Walker|date=2 March 2018|website=Curbed LA}}</ref> Similar to other cities in the US, like [[Third Street Promenade]], [[Fremont Street]] in Las Vegas, [[Market Street (San Francisco)|Market St.]] in San Francisco or the closure in [[Times Square]]s [[Times Square#Pedestrian plaza|Pedestrian Plaza's]] created in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/livable-city/la-ol-hollywood-scramble-star-wars-20151230-story.html|title=Opinion: Here's a New Year's resolution worth keeping: Close Hollywood Boulevard to cars in 2016|last=Crotty|first=Emilia|date=2015-12-30|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref>


In June 2019, The City of Los Angeles commissioned [[Gensler]] architects to provide a master plan for a $4 million renovation to improve and "update the streetscape concept" for the Walk of Fame between the [[Pantages Theatre (Hollywood)|Pantages Theater]] (Gower Avenue) at the east and [[The Emerson Theatre]] (La Brea Avenue) at the west end of the boulevard.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://urbanize.la/post/hollywood-walk-fames-4-million-master-plan-moves-forward|title=Hollywood Walk of Fame's $4-Million Master Plan Moves Forward|date=2019-06-14|website=Urbanize LA|language=en|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/city-selects-firm-to-design-hollywood-walk-of-fame-improvements/135152/|title=Hollywood Walk of Fame Update Coming, City Selects Firm to Design Improvements|website=NBC Los Angeles|date=12 June 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-30/hollywood-boulevard-highland-vine-road-diet-traffic|title=L.A. considers bold makeover for Hollywood Boulevard: Fewer cars, bike lanes, wider sidewalks|last1=Nelson|first1=Laura J.|last2=Vega|first2=Priscella|date=2020-01-30|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref> Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell released the draft master plan designed by Gensler and Studio-MLA in January 2020. The city's Bureau of Engineers proposed a three phase approach to implement the changes. This included adding bike lanes, new landscaping, removing lanes of car traffic, sidewalk widening by removing street parking and art-deco designed street pavers to beautify the boulevard. They also proposed a street mechanism to able to temporarily close the boulevard on pedestrian high capacity days or events where a street closure was approved. Creating public plazas and car free zones. Phase three would disallow east-west travel thru the boulevard but still allow north-south travel along its major intersections, Highland Avenue, Cahuanga Boulevard and Vine Street.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://la.curbed.com/2020/1/31/21115464/hollywood-boulevard-walk-of-fame-pedestrian-friendly|title='Exciting' Hollywood Boulevard makeover unveiled. But don't call it radical.|last=Barragan|first=Bianca|date=2020-01-31|website=Curbed LA|language=en|access-date=2020-03-05}}</ref> The approved phase one was completed and removed parking lanes between Orange Drive and Gower Street in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://heartofhollywood.la/walk-fame-master-plan |title=WALK OF FAME MASTER PLAN {{pipe}} Heart of Hollywood |publisher=Heartofhollywood.la |date= |accessdate=2022-08-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kfiam640.iheart.com/featured/la-local-news/content/2022-07-28-hollywood-walk-of-fame-to-get-streetscape-improvements/ |title=Hollywood Walk of Fame to Get Streetscape Improvements {{pipe}} KFI AM 640 {{pipe}} LA Local News |publisher=Kfiam640.iheart.com |date=2022-07-28 |accessdate=2022-08-01}}</ref> New district council member for Hollywood, [[Hugo Soto-Martinez]] continued with the revitalization plan after defeating O'Farrell in the 2022 election cycle. A motion was filed June 30, 2023 to implement a tax district to continue funding the master plans phase two and three.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=numble|number=1676659500093153298|title=LA City Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez has filed a motion for LA city to negotiate with LA County on potential tax-increment finance district (EIFD) for Hollywood. Prior council-member intended EIFD to fund Walk of Fame Master Plan}}</ref>
In June 2019, The City of Los Angeles commissioned [[Gensler]] architects to provide a master plan for a $4 million renovation to improve and "update the streetscape concept" for the Walk of Fame between the [[Pantages Theatre (Hollywood)|Pantages Theater]] (Gower Avenue) at the east and [[The Emerson Theatre]] (La Brea Avenue) at the west end of the boulevard.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://urbanize.la/post/hollywood-walk-fames-4-million-master-plan-moves-forward|title=Hollywood Walk of Fame's $4-Million Master Plan Moves Forward|date=2019-06-14|website=Urbanize LA|language=en|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/city-selects-firm-to-design-hollywood-walk-of-fame-improvements/135152/|title=Hollywood Walk of Fame Update Coming, City Selects Firm to Design Improvements|website=NBC Los Angeles|date=12 June 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-30/hollywood-boulevard-highland-vine-road-diet-traffic|title=L.A. considers bold makeover for Hollywood Boulevard: Fewer cars, bike lanes, wider sidewalks|last1=Nelson|first1=Laura J.|last2=Vega|first2=Priscella|date=2020-01-30|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref> Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell released the draft master plan designed by Gensler and Studio-MLA in January 2020. The city's Bureau of Engineers proposed a three phase approach to implement the changes. This included adding bike lanes, new landscaping, removing lanes of car traffic, sidewalk widening by removing street parking and art-deco designed street pavers to beautify the boulevard. They also proposed a street mechanism to able to temporarily close the boulevard on pedestrian high capacity days or events where a street closure was approved. Creating public plazas and car free zones. Phase three would disallow east-west travel thru the boulevard but still allow north-south travel along its major intersections, Highland Avenue, Cahuanga Boulevard and Vine Street.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://la.curbed.com/2020/1/31/21115464/hollywood-boulevard-walk-of-fame-pedestrian-friendly|title='Exciting' Hollywood Boulevard makeover unveiled. But don't call it radical.|last=Barragan|first=Bianca|date=2020-01-31|website=Curbed LA|language=en|access-date=2020-03-05}}</ref> The approved phase one was completed and removed parking lanes between Orange Drive and Gower Street in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://heartofhollywood.la/walk-fame-master-plan |title=WALK OF FAME MASTER PLAN {{pipe}} Heart of Hollywood |publisher=Heartofhollywood.la |date= |accessdate=2022-08-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kfiam640.iheart.com/featured/la-local-news/content/2022-07-28-hollywood-walk-of-fame-to-get-streetscape-improvements/ |title=Hollywood Walk of Fame to Get Streetscape Improvements {{pipe}} KFI AM 640 {{pipe}} LA Local News |publisher=Kfiam640.iheart.com |date=2022-07-28 |accessdate=2022-08-01}}</ref> New district council member for Hollywood, [[Hugo Soto-Martinez]] continued with the revitalization plan after defeating O'Farrell in the 2022 election cycle. A motion was filed June 30, 2023 to implement a tax district to continue funding the master plans phase two and three.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=numble|number=1676659500093153298|title=LA City Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez has filed a motion for LA city to negotiate with LA County on potential tax-increment finance district (EIFD) for Hollywood. Prior council-member intended EIFD to fund Walk of Fame Master Plan}}</ref>

Latest revision as of 03:23, 3 September 2024

For other uses, see Hollywood Boulevard (disambiguation).

Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard sign
Former name(s)Prospect Avenue (1887–1910)
Maintained byBureau of Street Services, City of L.A. DPW
Nearest metro station:
West endSunset Plaza Drive in Hollywood Hills West
Major
junctions		Highland Avenue in Hollywood
Vine Avenue in Hollywood
US 101 in Hollywood
Western Avenue in Hollywood
Normandie Avenue in Hollywood
Vermont Avenue in Los Feliz
East endSunset Boulevard/Hillhurst Avenue/Virgil Avenue in Los Feliz
Other
Known forHollywood and Vine
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District
The revamped Hollywood Boulevard as seen from the Dolby Theatre, 2005
Built1939
NRHP reference No.85000704
Added to NRHPApril 4, 1985


Map

Hollywood Boulevard is a major east–west street in Los Angeles, California. It runs through the Hollywood, East Hollywood, Little Armenia, Thai Town, and Los Feliz districts. Its western terminus is at Sunset Plaza Drive in the Hollywood Hills and its eastern terminus is at Sunset Boulevard in Los Feliz. Hollywood Boulevard is famous for running through the tourist areas in central Hollywood, including attractions such as the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Ovation Hollywood shopping and entertainment complex.

Route description

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Hollywood Boulevard's western terminus is at Sunset Plaza Drive in the Hollywood Hills. It then runs as a winding residential street down to Laurel Canyon Boulevard. The boulevard then proceeds due east as a major thoroughfare through Hollywood and its popular tourist areas. Part of this segment has been listed in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places as part of Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District. The fifteen blocks between La Brea Avenue east to Gower Street is part of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Ovation Hollywood shopping and entertainment complex, the home of the Dolby Theatre, is located at the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue. And the intersection with Vine Street was once a symbol of Hollywood itself.

East of Gower Street, Hollywood Boulevard crosses the Hollywood Freeway (US 101) before running through East Hollywood. The portion of the boulevard between the Hollywood Freeway and Vermont Avenue forms the northern boundary of Little Armenia,[1] while the portion between Western Avenue and Sunset Boulevard forms part of the southern boundary of Los Feliz.[2] Thai Town is centered along the six blocks of Hollywood Boulevard between Western and Normandie Avenues.[3] After crossing Vermont Avenue, Hollywood Boulevard heads southeast to its eastern terminus at Sunset Boulevard.

Three B (Red) Line Metro Rail stations are located on Hollywood Boulevard: Hollywood/Highland station, Hollywood/Vine station, and Hollywood/Western station.

History

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1890s to 1910

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Part of today's Hollywood Boulevard was called Prospect Avenue, a dusty road that ran through Hollywood towards the neighboring city of Los Angeles. In December 1899, a new railroad construction began to connect Hollywood with Los Angeles in a project that was led by Peter Beveridge, H.J. Whitley, and Griffith J. Griffith.

In May 1900, the railroad connecting Hollywood and Los Angeles was completed, and another one was under construction. In 1901, the Town of Hollywood opened the new macadamized road surface with electric railway that ran down its center between Laurel Canyon and Western. Eventually, the road was widened from 20 feet wide to almost 100 feet wide in some areas.[4]

In 1903, Hollywood became a municipality, and Prospect Avenue became sometimes called as the Boulevard of Hollywood, albeit unofficially.

In 1910, the town of Hollywood was incorporated into Los Angeles, and Prospect Avenue was officially renamed Hollywood Boulevard.

1920s

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In the early 1920s, real estate developer Charles E. Toberman (the "Father of Hollywood") envisioned a thriving Hollywood theater district.[5] Toberman was involved in 36 real estate development projects while building the Max Factor Salon, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and the Hollywood Masonic Temple. He partnered with Sid Grauman, and they opened the three themed theaters: Egyptian, El Capitan ("The Captain") (1926), and Chinese.[6]

Regional shopping district

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Starting around 1920, the boulevard and adjacent streets became a major regional shopping district, both for everyday needs and appliances, but increasingly also for high-end clothing and accessories, in part because of the nearby film studios. Chains that opened includes Schwab's in 1921, Mullen & Bluett in 1922, I. Magnin in 1923, Myer Siegel in 1925, F. W. Grand and Newberry's (dime stores) in 1926–8, and Roos Brothers in 1929. The independent Robertson's department store, at 46,000 square feet (4,300 m2) and 4 stories tall, opened in 1923. In 1922, stock was sold to finance construction of a much larger department store at Hollywood and Vine,[7] originally to have been a Boadway Bros. When Boadway's went out of business the next year, B. H. Dyas, a Downtown Los Angeles–based department store,[8] opened in the 130,000-square-foot (12,000 m2) building in March 1928, then sold their lease to The Broadway in 1931 – the building still a landmark today, known as the Broadway Hollywood Building. By 1930 the shopping district consisted of over 300 stores.[9] The area would later face competition from areas along Wilshire Boulevard: the easternmost around Bullocks Wilshire which opened in 1929, second the Miracle Mile, and finally, the shopping district of Beverly Hills, where Saks Fifth Avenue opened a store in 1938.

Map of businesses in the shopping district at its peak c.1925–8
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The following diagram, based on an artistic map by the Hollywood Boulevard Association, and on newspaper advertisements[10] shows the major businesses along Hollywood Boulevard, from the intersection with Vine Street to the intersection with La Brea Avenue, in 1927 or 1928. There are a few relevant notes about major buildings added after 1928. Numbers from 6100–7200 are addresses on Hollywood Boulevard. Dates indicate years of opening, except dates with an asterisk indicate that the establishment was in operation that year according to the source document consulted.

1940s–1960s

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In 1946, Gene Autry, while riding his horse in the Hollywood Christmas Parade — which passes down Hollywood Boulevard each year on the Sunday after Thanksgiving — heard young parade watchers yelling, "Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus!" and was inspired to write "Here Comes Santa Claus" with Oakley Haldeman.[29]

In 1958, the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which runs from La Brea Avenue east to Gower Street (and an additional three blocks on Vine Street), was created as a tribute to artists working in the entertainment industry.

Decline

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In the 1970s, the street became very seedy and was frequented by many odd characters as shown in pictures by photographer Ave Pildas.[30]

Revitalization

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In 1984, a portion of Hollywood Boulevard was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District.[31]

In 1992, the street was paved with glittery asphalt between Vine Street and La Brea Boulevard.[32]

The El Capitan Theatre was refurbished in 1991 then damaged in the 1994 Northridge earthquake. The full El Capitan building was fully restored and upgraded in December 1997. The Hollywood Entertainment District, a self-taxing business improvement district, was formed for the properties from La Brea to McCadden on the boulevard.[6]

The Hollywood extension of the Metro Red Line subway was opened in June 1999, running from Downtown Los Angeles to the San Fernando Valley. Stops on Hollywood Boulevard are located at Western Avenue, Vine Street, and Highland Avenue. Metro Local lines 180 and 217 also serve Hollywood Boulevard. A light rail extension station is proposed at the Hollywood Blvd. and Highland Ave. intersection connection the boulevard with West Hollywood, Central LA and LAX.

An anti-cruising ordinance prohibits driving on parts of the boulevard more than twice in four hours.[33]

Beginning in 1995, then Los Angeles City Council member Jackie Goldberg initiated efforts to clean up Hollywood Boulevard and reverse its decades-long slide into disrepute.[34] Central to these efforts was the construction of the Hollywood and Highland Center and adjacent Dolby Theatre (originally known as the Kodak Theatre) in 2001.

In the summer of 2005, the city made revamping plans on Hollywood Boulevard for future tourists. The three-part plan was to exchange the original streetlights with red stars into two-headed old-fashioned streetlights, put in new palm trees, and put in new stoplights. The renovations were completed in late 2005.

In the few years leading up to 2007, more than $2 billion was spent on projects in the neighborhood, including mixed-use retail and apartment complexes and new schools and museums.[34]

In 2021, the Vogue Theatre, on Hollywood Boulevard, at Las Palmas, reopened as the Vogue Multicultural Museum.[35][36][37][38]

Renovations of the Hollywood and Highland Center began in 2020. The renovated complex was renamed Ovation Hollywood in 2022.[39][40][41]

In 2022, for the return of the LA Pride parade to the boulevard, the city installed multi colored lighting to more than 100 trees to illuminate for special events.[42]

Heart of Hollywood / Walk of Fame Master Plan

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Advocates promote the idea of closing Hollywood Boulevard to traffic and create a Pedestrian zone from La Brea Avenue to Highland Avenue citing an increase in pedestrian traffic including tourism, weekly movie premiers[43] and award shows closures, including 10 days for the Academy Award ceremony at the Dolby Theatre.[44] Similar to other cities in the US, like Third Street Promenade, Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Market St. in San Francisco or the closure in Times Squares Pedestrian Plaza's created in 2015.[45]

In June 2019, The City of Los Angeles commissioned Gensler architects to provide a master plan for a $4 million renovation to improve and "update the streetscape concept" for the Walk of Fame between the Pantages Theater (Gower Avenue) at the east and The Emerson Theatre (La Brea Avenue) at the west end of the boulevard.[46][47][48] Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell released the draft master plan designed by Gensler and Studio-MLA in January 2020. The city's Bureau of Engineers proposed a three phase approach to implement the changes. This included adding bike lanes, new landscaping, removing lanes of car traffic, sidewalk widening by removing street parking and art-deco designed street pavers to beautify the boulevard. They also proposed a street mechanism to able to temporarily close the boulevard on pedestrian high capacity days or events where a street closure was approved. Creating public plazas and car free zones. Phase three would disallow east-west travel thru the boulevard but still allow north-south travel along its major intersections, Highland Avenue, Cahuanga Boulevard and Vine Street.[49] The approved phase one was completed and removed parking lanes between Orange Drive and Gower Street in 2022.[50][51] New district council member for Hollywood, Hugo Soto-Martinez continued with the revitalization plan after defeating O'Farrell in the 2022 election cycle. A motion was filed June 30, 2023 to implement a tax district to continue funding the master plans phase two and three.[52] In early March 2024, council member Hugo Soto-Martinez announced "Access to Hollywood" plan. Commencing phase two of the proposed redevelopment. They announced the addition of bus only lanes, bikes lanes and the removal of additional street parking to add sidewalk space for pedestrians. Restructure of lanes to be completed by 2025.[53] Phase three build out has not been announced, pending funding.[54]

Also in East Hollywood area, another plan for boulevard revitalization is planned. LA DOT announced "Vision Zero" in August 2023, a pedestrian friendly streetscaping redesign. LADOT's plan focuses on the eastern section of Hollywood Boulevard between Gower Street and east past Vermont Avenue. Plans are to add safety instruments, continental crosswalks and pedestrian friendly alert striping.[55]

Major intersections

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The entire route is in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County.

mi[56]kmDestinationsNotes
00.0Sunset Plaza DriveWestern terminus
1.82.9Laurel Canyon Boulevard
2.03.2Fairfax Avenue
3.04.8La Brea AvenueWestern end of Hollywood Walk of Fame
3.45.5Highland AvenueServes Ovation Hollywood, Hollywood/Highland station
3.86.1Wilcox Avenue
3.96.3Cahuenga Boulevard
4.16.6Vine StreetHollywood and Vine intersection; serves Hollywood/Vine station
4.36.9Gower StreetEastern end of Hollywood Walk of Fame
4.67.4 US 101 (Hollywood Freeway)
5.08.0Western AvenueServes Hollywood/Western station
5.58.9Normandie Avenue
6.19.8Vermont Avenue
6.410.3Sunset Boulevard/Hillhurst Avenue/Virgil AvenueEastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Historical photos of Hollywood Boulevard
  • From a rooftop at Dale Street (or Orange Street?), c. 1905
    From a rooftop at Dale Street (or Orange Street?), c. 1905
  • The intersection of Hollywood, then named Prospect and Highland avenues 1907
    The intersection of Hollywood, then named Prospect and Highland avenues 1907
  • Cruising circa 1909
    Cruising circa 1909
  • Screencap from promotional film Hollywood Snapshots (1922), Hollywood Line streetcar near Garden Court Apartments
    Screencap from promotional film Hollywood Snapshots (1922), Hollywood Line streetcar near Garden Court Apartments
Contemporary photos of Hollywood Boulevard
  • View toward the intersection of Hollywood and Highland, 2006
    View toward the intersection of Hollywood and Highland, 2006
  • Hollywood Blvd at night
    Hollywood Blvd at night
  • Hollywood Walk of Fame
    Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Hollywood Boulevard
    Hollywood Boulevard
  • Hollywood Boulevard in Thai Town
    Hollywood Boulevard in Thai Town
  • El Capitan Theatre
    El Capitan Theatre
  • Hollywood Walk of Fame
    Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Ovation Hollywood, 2016
    Ovation Hollywood, 2016
  • Near the TCL Chinese Theater
    Near the TCL Chinese Theater
Vintage post cards featuring Hollywood Boulevard

Events

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A popular event that takes place on the Boulevard is the complete transformation of the street to a Christmas theme. Shops and department stores attract customers by lighting their stores and the entire street with decorated Christmas trees and Christmas lights. The street essentially becomes "Santa Claus Lane." The route of Hollywood Christmas Parade partially follows Hollywood Boulevard.[57]

Landmarks

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TCL Chinese Theatre

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Part of East Hollywood Is Designated 'Little Armenia'". Los Angeles Times. October 7, 2000.
  2. ^ "Los Feliz". Mapping L.A. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  3. ^ "City Council Designates Area as 'Thai Town'". Los Angeles Times. October 28, 1999.
  4. ^ Masters, Nathan, How Prospect Avenue Became Hollywood Boulevard (By Nathan Masters, Los Angeles Magazine) [1]
  5. ^ Lord, Rosemary (2002). Los Angeles: Then and Now. San Diego, CA: Thunder Bay Press. pp. 90–91. ISBN 1-57145-794-1.
  6. ^ a b Vaughn, Susan (March 3, 1998). "El Capitan Courageous". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  7. ^ "Advertisement for Boadway Bros., Inc". Holly Leaves (magazine). July 1, 1922. p. 37. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  8. ^ Williams, Gregory Paul (2002). The Story of Hollywood. Greenleaf Book. p. 233. ISBN 9780977629930.
  9. ^ Longstreth, Richard (1997). City Center to Regional Mall. MIT Press. pp. 84–86. ISBN 0262122006.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "Multiple advertisements". Hollywood Citizen. November 6, 1925. p. 5. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "Hollywood Boulevard Style Center of the World (ad with store directory)". The Los Angeles Times. October 15, 1928. p. 9. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  12. ^ a b c As of 1934 in this photo: "[Columbia Outfitting Company] (2 views) [graphic]". California State Library. 1934. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Hollywood Boulevard Association (ad): Establishments on the Boulevard". The Los Angeles Times. September 17, 1928. p. 9. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g All display advertisements in Hollywood Citizen, 17 December 1927
  15. ^ a b c "Display advertisements". Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  16. ^ "Hillview Apartments". Architizer. February 17, 2011. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  17. ^ "Hollywood Boulevard excels Paris in Cafes and Restaurants (ad)". The Los Angeles Times. June 1, 1928. p. 9. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  18. ^ "Frederick's of Hollywood in the old Kress department store, 6608 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, circa 1960s". Martin Turnbull. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  19. ^ "Buddy Squirrel's Nut Shop (ad)". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. August 10, 1928. p. 9. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  20. ^ "Clothiers Open New Store in Hollywood". The Los Angeles Times. February 9, 1928. p. 31. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  21. ^ "Store Tenants Seek Locations: Occupants of Old Central Market Place Must Be Out August 1". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. July 21, 1923. p. 9. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  22. ^ "Maison Marcell 6700 Hollywood Boulevard (1925 ad)". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. April 16, 1925. p. 7. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  23. ^ "Local Leighton Cafe Called De Luxe Unit". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. November 22, 1928. p. 9.
  24. ^ "Leighton Industries Open Local Coffee Shop, Cafeteria: Co-operative Group Opens in Hollywood". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. August 10, 1928. p. 9. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  25. ^ "Los Angeles City Directory 1926". Los Angeles Public Library. The Los Angeles Directory Company Publishers. 1926. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  26. ^ "Spotlight on Café Montmartre". Martin Turnbull. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  27. ^ "Hollywood Theatre in Los Angeles, CA - Cinema Treasures". Cinema Treasures. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  28. ^ "Display advertisements". The Los Angeles Times. March 24, 1929. p. 56. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  29. ^ "Home – The Hollywood Christmas Parade." The Hollywood Christmas Parade. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 May 2014.
  30. ^ MacLaren, Becca (July 17, 2015). "The Seedy, Funky, and Fabulous Hollywood Boulevard of the 1970s". The Getty Iris. The Getty. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
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