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|name= Hollywood Boulevard
|maint = [[Los Angeles County Department of Public Works|Bureau of Street Services, City of L.A. DPW]]
|former_names = Prospect Avenue (1887–1910)
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| {{LACMTA icon|B}}[[Hollywood/Highland station|Hollywood/Highland]]
| {{LACMTA icon|B}}[[Hollywood/Vine station|Hollywood/Vine]]
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|direction_a=West
|terminus_a= Sunset Plaza Drive in [[Hollywood Hills West, Los Angeles|Hollywood Hills West]]
|junction={{jct|state=CA|US|101}} in [[Hollywood, California|Hollywood]]
|direction_b=East
|terminus_b = [[Sunset Boulevard]]&nbsp;/ Hillhurst Avenue&nbsp;/ Virgil Avenue in [[Los Feliz, Los Angeles|Los Feliz]]
|known_for= [[Hollywood and Vine]]<br />[[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]
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'''Hollywood Boulevard''' is a major east–west street in [[Los Angeles]], California. It runs through the [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], [[East Hollywood, Los Angeles|East Hollywood]], [[Little Armenia, Los Angeles|Little Armenia]], [[Thai Town, Los Angeles|Thai Town]], and [[Los Feliz, Los Angeles|Los Feliz]] districts. Its western terminus is at Sunset Plaza Drive in the [[Hollywood Hills West, Los Angeles|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==
Hollywood Boulevard's western terminus is at Sunset Plaza Drive in the [[Hollywood Hills West, Los Angeles|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 [[National Register of Historic Places|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 (Hollywood)|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 (Los Angeles)|Highland Avenue]]. And the [[Hollywood and Vine|intersection]] with [[Vine Street]] was once a symbol of Hollywood itself.

East of Gower Street, Hollywood Boulevard crosses the [[Hollywood Freeway]] ([[U.S. Route 101 in California|US&nbsp;101]]) before running through [[East Hollywood, Los Angeles|East Hollywood]]. The portion of the boulevard between the Hollywood Freeway and [[Vermont Avenue]] forms the northern boundary of [[Little Armenia, Los Angeles|Little Armenia]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-07-me-32895-story.html|title=Part of East Hollywood Is Designated 'Little Armenia'|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=October 7, 2000}}</ref> while the portion between [[Western Avenue (Los Angeles)|Western Avenue]] and [[Sunset Boulevard]] forms part of the southern boundary of [[Los Feliz, Los Angeles|Los Feliz]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/neighborhoods/neighborhood/los-feliz|title=Los Feliz|work=Mapping L.A.|publisher=Los Angeles Times|access-date=March 16, 2023}}</ref> [[Thai Town, Los Angeles|Thai Town]] is centered along the six blocks of Hollywood Boulevard between [[Western Avenue (Los Angeles)|Western]] and [[Normandie Avenue|Normandie]] Avenues.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-28-me-27216-story.html|title=City Council Designates Area as 'Thai Town'|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=October 28, 1999}}</ref> After crossing Vermont Avenue, Hollywood Boulevard heads southeast to its eastern terminus at Sunset Boulevard.

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

== History ==

===1890s to 1910===
Part of today's Hollywood Boulevard was called Prospect Avenue, a dusty road that ran through [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] towards the neighboring [[Los Angeles|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.<ref>Masters, Nathan, How Prospect Avenue Became Hollywood Boulevard
(By Nathan Masters, Los Angeles Magazine) [https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/citydig-how-prospect-avenue-became-hollywood-boulevard/]</ref>

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===
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====
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.

===== Map of businesses in the shopping district at its peak c.1925–8 =====

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: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;" |  '''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:left;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: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:left;vertical-align=top;background-color:white;" | COSMO
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| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;" | Hollywood Stationers<ref name=hba-long/> '''6365'''<br/>Kelley Music<ref name=hba-long/> '''6367'''<br/>''Hollywood News'' newspaper<ref name=hba28/> '''6371'''<br/>[[Security Trust and Savings|Security&nbsp;Trust&nbsp;&&nbsp;Savings&nbsp;Bank]]<ref name=hba-long/>&nbsp;'''6385'''<br/>
| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;" | '''6358''' [[Schwab's Pharmacy]] (1921)<br/>'''6366''' ''[[Hollywood Citizen]]'' newspaper<br/>'''6368-70''' Baker-Hertzler<ref name="ads-1925"/><br/>'''6374''' United Cigar<ref name="hba28">{{cite news |title=Hollywood Boulevard Style Center of the World (ad with store directory) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-hollywood-boulevar/146100042/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=15 October 1928 |pages=9}}</ref><br/>'''{{frac|6378|1|2}}''' Hollywood&nbsp;Pen&nbsp;Shop<ref name=ads-1927/><br/>'''6386''' Sun Drug Co.<ref name=hba-long/>
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| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;background-color:white;" | CAHUENGA
| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;background-color:white;" | CAHUENGA
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| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;" | Liggett's Drug Store '''6401'''<br/>Santa Fe RR ticket office '''6405'''<br/>Wm. Stromberg jewelers '''6439'''<br/>Joseph Miller Drug Co.<ref name=hba-long/> '''6445'''<br/>Carque

| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;" | '''6418''' Dr. Reed's Shoes<br/>'''6432''' Weinberg's coats/gowns/frocks 
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| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;background-color:white;" | WILCOX
| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;background-color:white;" | WILCOX
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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: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;background-color:white;" |  HUDSON
| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;background-color:white;" | HUDSON
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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: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;background-color:white;" |  WHITLEY
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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'''
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| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;background-color:white;" | CHEROKEE
| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;background-color:white;" | CHEROKEE
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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-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'''

| 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;background-color:white;" | LAS PALMAS
| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;background-color:white;" | LAS PALMAS
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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'''

| 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;background-color:white;" | MCCADDEN
| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;background-color:white;" | MCCADDEN
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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: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'''
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| 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"/> 
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| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;background-color:white;" |  ORCHID
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| 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:right;vertical-align=top;background-color:white;" |  ORANGE
| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;background-color:white;" | ORANGE
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| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;" |
| 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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| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;background-color:white;" | SYCAMORE
| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;background-color:white;" | SYCAMORE
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| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;" |  C. R. Welden real estate<ref name=hba28/> '''7077'''
| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;" ROWSPAN=3 | 
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| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;background-color:white;" |  EL CERRITO
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| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;" |

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| style="text-align:right;vertical-align=top;background-color:white;" |  '''LA BREA'''
| style="text-align:left;vertical-align=top;background-color:white;" | '''LA BREA'''
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[[File:Artistic rendering of Hollywood Boulevard Business District 1927 or -8.png|thumb|left|Artistic rendering of Hollywood Boulevard Shopping District 1927 or -8]]
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===1940s to 1960s===
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]].<ref>"Home – The Hollywood Christmas Parade." The Hollywood Christmas Parade. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 May 2014.</ref>

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

===Decline===
In the 1970s, the street became very seedy and was frequented by many odd characters as shown in pictures by photographer Ave Pildas.<ref name="Ave Pildas">{{cite web |last1=MacLaren |first1=Becca |title=The Seedy, Funky, and Fabulous Hollywood Boulevard of the 1970s |url=https://blogs.getty.edu/iris/the-seedy-funky-and-fabulous-hollywood-boulevard-1970s/ |website=The Getty Iris |publisher=The Getty |access-date=23 January 2020 |date=17 July 2015}}</ref>

===Revitalization===
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://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 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://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.

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.<ref name=iht>{{cite news|title=Development at Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street spurs Tinseltown renaissance|newspaper=International Herald Tribune|author-link=Jennifer Steinhauer|first=Jennifer |last=Steinhauer|date=January 26, 2007|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/26/news/hollywood.php|access-date=August 14, 2012}}</ref>

{{anchor|Vogue Theater}}
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>

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====
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 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tapp |first=Tom |date=2024-03-21 |title=Hollywood Boulevard Revitalization To Include Wider Sidewalks, More Crosswalks, New Bike & Bus Lanes; Aims To Build "Hollywood Around People Instead Of Cars" |url=https://deadline.com/2024/03/hollywood-boulevard-revitalization-wider-sidewalks-bike-lanes-1235865137/ |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> Phase three build out has not been announced, pending funding.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-03-21 |title=Walk of Shame? Some say Hollywood Boulevard renovation could signal a new era |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-21/hollywood-boulevard-renovation |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

Also in East Hollywood area, another plan for boulevard revitalization is planned. [[LADOT|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 (Los Angeles)|Gower Street]] and east past [[Vermont Avenue]]. Plans are to add safety instruments, continental crosswalks and pedestrian friendly alert striping.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://beverlypress.com/2023/08/project-aims-to-make-hollywood-boulevard-safer-for-pedestrians/ | title=Project aims to make Hollywood Boulevard safer for pedestrians | date=August 31, 2023 }}</ref>

==Major intersections==
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== Gallery ==
{{gallery
|title=Historical photos of Hollywood Boulevard
|align=center|mode=packed
|File:View of Hollywood Boulevard from a rooftop at Dale Street (or Orange Street?), ca.1905 (CHS-1751).jpg|From a rooftop at Dale Street (or Orange Street?), {{circa|1905}}
|File:Hollywood&Highland-1907.jpg|The intersection of Hollywood, then named Prospect and Highland avenues 1907
|File:Motoring on Hollywood Blvd., West of Highland c.1903 (22137).jpg|Cruising circa 1909
|File:Hollywood Line Pacific Electric streetcar on Hollywood Boulevard near the Garden Court Apartments.jpg|Screencap from promotional film ''Hollywood Snapshots'' (1922), [[Hollywood Line]] streetcar near [[Garden Court Apartments (Los Angeles, California)|Garden Court Apartments]]
}}

{{gallery
|title=Contemporary photos of Hollywood Boulevard
|align=center|mode=packed
|File:Hollywood Boulevard (2006).JPG|View toward the intersection of Hollywood and Highland, 2006
|File:Hollywood Boulevard at night.jpg|Hollywood Blvd at night
|File:Hollywood Walk of Fame.jpg|Hollywood Walk of Fame
|File:Hollywood boulevard from kodak theatre.jpg|Hollywood Boulevard
|File:Motel and two other buildings on Hollywood Boulevard in Thai Town, Los Angeles, 2015.png|Hollywood Boulevard in Thai Town
|File:El Capitan Theatre 2009 Academy Awards.JPG|El Capitan Theatre
|File:Hollywood Highland Walk of Fame.jpg|Hollywood Walk of Fame
|File:Los Angeles 2016 Hollywood boulevard, Kodak Theatre (5).JPG|Ovation Hollywood, 2016
|File:Early morning, Hollywood Boulevard, LA (50310231498).jpg|Near the [[TCL Chinese Theater]]
}}

{{gallery
|title=Vintage post cards featuring Hollywood Boulevard
|align=center|mode=packed
|File:Looking west on Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, California (62693).jpg|Hollywood Boulevard, looking west towards the [[Hollywood Pantages Theatre]]
|File:Hollywood Blvd., looking west, Hollywood, Calif (68332).jpg|Hollywood Boulevard, looking west
}}

== Events ==
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.<ref>Masters, Nathan. [https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/when-hollywood-boulevard-became-santa-claus-lane "When Hollywood Boulevard Became Santa Claus Lane"] | LA as Subject | SoCal Focus | KCET." KCET. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 May 2014.</ref>

== Landmarks ==
[[File:Grauman's Chinese Theatre, by Carol Highsmith fixed & straightened.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[TCL Chinese Theatre]]]]

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* [[Barnsdall Art Park]]
* [[Bob Hope Square|Bob Hope Square (Hollywood and Vine)]]
* [[Broadway Hollywood Building]]
* [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]]
* [[Dolby Theatre]]
* [[Grauman's Egyptian Theatre]]
* [[El Capitan Theatre]]
* [[Fonda Theatre]]
* [[Frederick's of Hollywood]]
* [[Ovation Hollywood]]
* [[Hollywood Pacific Theatre]]
* [[Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel]]
* [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]
* [[Hollywood Wax Museum]]
* [[Hollywood Masonic Temple]]
* [[Madame Tussauds Hollywood]]
* [[Musso & Frank Grill]]
* [[Pantages Theatre (Hollywood)|Pantages Theatre]]
* [[Porn Block of Fame]]
* [[Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Odditorium]]
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== See also ==
{{Portal|Los Angeles}}
* [[List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Hollywood]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Hollywood Boulevard}}
{{Wikiquote}}
{{Attached KML|display=inline,title}}
* [http://www.hollywoodchamber.net/ Hollywood Chamber of Commerce]

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