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{{Short description|Street intersection in Los Angeles}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox road junction
| country       = USA
| state         = CA
| name          = Hollywood and Vine
| image         = File:Hollywood and Vine.png
| image_caption = Hollywood and Vine street signs
| maint         = [[Los Angeles County Department of Public Works|City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works]]
| location      = [[Hollywood, Los Angeles]]
| coord         = {{Coord|34|06|06|N|118|19|36|W|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}
| roads         = [[Hollywood Boulevard]]<br/>[[Vine Street]]
| type          = [[Intersection (road)|Intersection]]
| const         =
| opened        = 1887 (as Prospect and Weyse)<br/>1910 (as Hollywood and Vine)
| height        =
| other_names   = Prospect and Weyse Avenues (1887–1910)
|mapframe-zoom=16
}}
'''Hollywood and Vine''', the intersection of [[Hollywood Boulevard]] and [[Vine Street]] in [[Hollywood, California]], became known in the 1920s for its concentration of radio and movie-related businesses. The [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] is centered on the intersection.

==History==
[[File:Hollywood and Vine Aerial 1920.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of Hollywood and Vine]]

The area was a [[lemon]] grove until 1903, when [[Daeida Wilcox Beveridge|Daeida Beveridge]] allowed one corner of the dirt intersection on her property to be used for the [[Hollywood Memorial Church]].<ref name=waterandpower_1850>{{cite web |title=Early Views of Hollywood (1850–1920) |url=https://waterandpower.org/museum/Early_Views_of_Hollywood_(1850-1920).html |page=1 |publisher=[[Water and Power Associates]] |accessdate=July 29, 2024 }}</ref> The streets were renamed in 1910, when the city of Hollywood was annexed into Los Angeles.<ref name="Hundred Years">{{cite book |last1=Torrence |first1=Bruce |title=Hollywood. The First Hundred Years |date=1982 |publisher=[[New York Zoetrope]] |isbn=0918432448}}</ref>

Beginning in the 1920s, during the [[Golden Age of Hollywood]], the area began to see an influx of money and influence as movie and music businesses moved to the district, turning the local farms and orchards into movie [[backlot]]s. Hollywood and Vine was the second busiest intersection in the city, after [[Wilshire Boulevard]] and [[Western Avenue (Los Angeles)|Western Avenue]].<ref name=Pool>Pool, Bob. "[http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-thenandnow4-2008may04,0,2431816.story Turning the corner at Hollywood and Vine]" ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'',
May 4, 2008</ref>

In the 1930s, radio station [[KFWB]] spoke of "broadcasting live from Hollywood and Vine," and newspaper columnists [[Hedda Hopper]] and [[Jimmie Fidler]] regularly touted the intersection's mystique.<ref name=Pool />

In 1958, the intersection became the crossing point of the newly installed t-shaped [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Star Map|publisher=[[Hollywood Chamber of Commerce]]|access-date=August 11, 2024|url=https://walkoffame.com/star-map/}}</ref> Later [[Neil Armstrong]], [[Buzz Aldrin]] and [[Michael Collins (astronaut)|Michael Collins]], the astronauts of the first lunar landing mission [[Apollo 11]], were awarded television stars for coverage of the mission, and given the places of honor at all four corners of Hollywood and Vine.<ref name="LATApollo">{{cite web|title=Hollywood Star Walk: Apollo Landing|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=May 18, 2011|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/apollo-landing/}}</ref>

By the 1960s, however, many studios and broadcasters had moved onto more upscale areas, and the area fell into disrepair and disrepute, with many abandoned stores and offices, and the streets themselves, claimed by [[squatting|squatters]] and [[begging|panhandlers]]. It took several decades for redevelopment to take hold, and visitors looking for Hollywood dreams were often taken aback by the area's contrast with shinier tourist meccas.

[[File:Hollywood and Vine Sign, Hollywood, LA, CA, jjron 21.03.2012.jpg|thumb|The Hollywood and Vine intersection has become iconic]]

The Hollywood/Vine subway station opened in 1999,<ref name=lametro>{{Cite web |title=Metro Rail - Past and Future In Los Angeles |url=https://physics.usc.edu/Undergraduate/temporary/MetroRailHistory%202010.pdf |publisher=[[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] |access-date=July 28, 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref> and led to more sustained and serious redevelopment in the area. On May 29, 2003, Hollywood and Vine was named "Bob Hope Square" to commemorate [[Bob Hope|Hope]]'s 100th birthday.<ref name=bbcdeath>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3103751.stm|title=Comedian Bob Hope dies|work=[[BBC News]]|date=July 28, 2003|access-date=August 18, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121023204648/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3103751.stm| archive-date = October 23, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

In [[urban folklore]], many of the local buildings are considered to be part of "Haunted Hollywood", home to the ghosts of celebrities (and less stellar residents) of Hollywood's legendary past. The intersection has been mentioned or alluded to in dozens of songs, films, video games, music videos and other popular media, often as a symbol of Hollywood's lure as a destination for dreamers, or for its decadence and disappointments.<ref name=Pool />

===Historic buildings===
Hollywood and Vine's first building, located on the intersection's southeast corner, was the [[Hollywood Memorial Church]], constructed in 1903. It was later torn down to make way for the intersection's first [[high rise]], the 12-story [[Taft Building (Los Angeles)|Taft Building]], built in 1923. The Taft Building was built in the [[Neo-Renaissance|Renaissance Revival]] style for A.Z. Taft Jr. by [[Walker & Eisen]].<ref name=waterandpower_1850/><ref name=NRHP>{{Cite web |title=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 Hollywood's golden age, every studio as well as [[Charlie Chaplin]], [[Will Rogers]], and the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] had offices in the building.<ref name=ampas>{{Cite web |title=The Taft Building  |url=https://www.academymuseum.org/en/hollywood-past-and-present/taft-building |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=July 23, 2024}}</ref><ref name=waterandpower1925_6>{{Cite web |title=Early Los Angeles Historical Buildings (1925 +) |url=https://waterandpower.org/museum/Early_LA_Buildings%20(1925%20+)_6_of_8.html |page=6 |publisher=[[Water and Power Associates]] |access-date=July 23, 2024}}</ref> To the south of the Taft Building is the [[Spanish Colonial Revival]] [[Herman Building]] and south of that was the complementary-designed [[Hollywood Brown Derby]],<ref name=NRHP/> the latter of which was demolished in 1994.<ref name=latimes_brownderby>{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1994-02-15/local/me-23178_1_brown-derby-restaurant |title=Broken Hearts as Brown Derby Is Demolished |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=February 15, 1994 |first=Adrian |last=Maher}}</ref> To the east of the Taft Building was the [[Châteauesque]] [[Gilbert Books|Gilbert Books Building]],<ref name=NRHP/> which was demolished to make way for the [[W Hotels|W Hollywood Hotel and Residences]].

On the northeast corner, the [[Equitable Building of Hollywood]] was designed by [[Aleck Curlett]], built in 1929, and expanded in 1931.<ref name=NRHP/> Originally home to numerous talent and advertising agencies,<ref name=recrep>{{cite web |url=https://planning.lacity.org/StaffRpt/CHC/3-19-15/CHC-2015-333.pdf |title=Historic-Cultural Monument Application for the Bank of Hollywood/Equitable Building |date=March 19, 2015 |publisher=[[City of Los Angeles]]}}</ref><ref name=heritage_equitable>{{cite web |url=https://hollywoodheritage.com/newsarchive/spring_03/equitable.html |title=The Equitable Building of Hollywood |website=hollywoodheritage.com |first=Marc |last= Wanamaker |access-date=July 1, 2024}}</ref> it was converted to a condominium in 2007.<ref name=waterandpower1925_3>{{Cite web |url=https://waterandpower.org/museum/Early_LA_Buildings%20(1925%20+)_3_of_8.html|title = Early Los Angeles Historical Buildings (1925 +) |publisher=[[Water and Power Associates]]|accessdate=July 1, 2024|page=3}}</ref> East of the Equitable Building is the [[Art Deco]] [[Hollywood Pantages Theatre]], designed by [[B. Marcus Priteca]] and built as a [[movie palace]] in 1930, then converted to a [[live theater]] in the 1977.<ref name=NRHP/><ref name=waterandpower_pantages>{{Cite web |url=https://waterandpower.org/Museum2/Pantages_Theatre_(Hollywood).html|title = Pantages Theatre (Hollywood) |publisher=[[Water and Power Associates]] |accessdate=July 20, 2024}}</ref> North of the Equitable Building is the [[Welton Becket]] designed, [[Googie architecture|Googie]]-styled [[Capitol Records Building]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://adglighting.com/blog/capitol-records-iconic-landmark-historic-architecture-adg/|title = Capitol Records Building Remains a Star |publisher=adg lighting |date=October 9, 2019}}</ref> Built in 1956, the Capitol Records Building is the world's first circular office building<ref>{{cite news |title=World's First Circular Building Readied Here |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/166913154 |access-date=10 June 2020 |agency=[[Los Angeles Times]] (1923-1955) |date=April 8, 1956|id={{ProQuest|166913154}} }}</ref> and was home to the first record label location on the west coast of the United States.<ref name="kcet.org">{{cite video | people=Huell Howser; Sue Satriano| title=Exploring L.A. with Huell | url=http://kcet.org/explore-ca/huells/pop.php?ID=CAPITOL+RECORDS&Res=High | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208045252/http://kcet.org/explore-ca/huells/pop.php?ID=CAPITOL+RECORDS&Res=High | medium=video | format=mp3 | location=Hollywood, California | publisher=[[KCET]] | archive-date=8 December 2007 | date=1988| access-date=22 September 2010}}</ref>

On the northwest corner, the [[Laemmle Building]] was built in 1932 by [[Richard Neutra]]<ref name=NRHP/> for [[Carl Laemmle]], head of [[Universal Pictures]]. The original design was not built because of the [[Wall Street Crash of 1929|1929 stock market crash]], and the building was significantly altered many times. The building was gutted by fire in April 2008 and razed six months later.<ref name=waterandpower1925_4>{{Cite web |title=Early Los Angeles Historical Buildings (1925 +) |page=4 |url=https://waterandpower.org/museum/Early_LA_Buildings%20(1925%20+)_4_of_8.html |publisher=[[Water and Power Associates]] |accessdate=July 21, 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref> To the west of the former Laemmle Building is the former site of [[Sardi's#Other locations|Sardi's Diner]] and is now home to the Cave Theater. West of that is the [[Vine Theatre]].<ref name=NRHP/> To the north of the former Laemmle Building is a Spanish Colonial style [[Avalon Hollywood|Hollywood Playhouse]], opened on January 24, 1927, designed by [[H. L. Gogerty]] and [[Carl Jules Weyl]].<ref name=NRHP/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historicla.com/hollywood/block10.html#anchor412339|title=Historic L.A.}}</ref> The building's name has changed many times over the 20th century, but was known as the Hollywood Palace for many years before its most recent renaming.

On the southwest corner, the [[Broadway Hollywood Building|Dyas Building]] was built in 1927 by [[Frederick Rice Dorn]].<ref name=NRHP/> From 1931 to 1982, the building housed [[The Broadway (Department Stores)|The Broadway-Hollywood]] [[department store]], and in 2007, the building converted to multi-family residential, ground-floor commercial.<ref>{{cite web |title=Resource Report |url=https://hpla.lacity.org/report/5550939f-4796-40a5-b667-491028920c74 |publisher=[[City of Los Angeles]] |access-date=24 April 2024}}</ref> The Dyas Building has two annexes, one to the south of the building and the other to the west, that were built in the late 1930s.<ref name=waterandpower1925_2>{{Cite web |title=Early Los Angeles Historical Buildings (1925 +) |url=https://waterandpower.org/museum/Early_LA_Buildings%20(1925%20+)_2_of_8.html |page=2 |publisher=[[Water and Power Associates]] |access-date=July 28, 2024}}</ref> South of the building is the [[Hollywood Plaza Hotel]], built by [[Walker & Eisen]] in 1924<ref name=NRHP/> and at one point home to [[silent film]] star [[Clara Bow]]'s "It Cafe".<ref name="changing landscape">{{Cite web |title=Hollywood Plaza Hotel - Vine St. and Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood California  |url=https://ourchanginglandscape.com/hollywood-plaza-hotel-vine-st-and-hollywood-blvd-hollywood-california/ |publisher=Our Changing Landscape |date=April 22, 2016 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Six of the aforementioned buildings are listed as [[Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments]]:<ref name=LAHCM>{{cite web|title=Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM) List|accessdate=Oct 10, 2020|publisher=[[Government of Los Angeles|City of Los Angeles]]|url=https://planning.lacity.org/odocument/24f6fce7-f73d-4bca-87bc-c77ed3fc5d4f/Historical_Cultural_Monuments_List.pdf}}</ref>
* [[Hollywood Pantages Theatre]] (#193)
* [[Broadway Hollywood Building]] (#664)
* [[Hollywood Plaza Hotel]] (#665)
* [[Taft Building (Los Angeles)|Taft Building]] (#666)
* [[Capitol Records Building]] (#857)
* [[Equitable Building of Hollywood|Equitable Building]] (#1088)

Furthermore, nine of the aforementioned buildings are listed as [[contributing properties]] in the [[National Register of Historic Places]] [[Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District]]:<ref name=NRHP/>
* Hollywood Pantages Theatre
* Broadway Hollywood Building
* Hollywood Plaza Hotel
* Taft Building
* Equitable Building
* [[Hollywood Playhouse]]
* [[Herman Building]]
* [[Gilbert Books]]
* [[Hollywood Brown Derby]]

<gallery mode="packed" heights="130px">
File: Methodist Episcopal South Church of Hollywood, ca.1905 (CHS-2741).jpg| [[Hollywood Memorial Church]] (1903–1923) in 1905
File: Hollywood-Los Angeles-California4345.JPG|[[Taft Building (Los Angeles)]] (1923-) in 2006
File: Hollywood Plaza Hotel view from southeast 2015-11-15.jpg| [[Hollywood Plaza Hotel]] (1924-) in 2015
File: Hollywood Playhouse ca1927.jpg|[[Avalon Hollywood|Hollywood Playhouse]] (1927-) in 1927
File: 20161005 Broadway Hollywood Building from Vine Street (2).jpg|[[Broadway Hollywood Building]] (1928-) in 2016
File:Herman building hollywood.jpg|[[Herman Building]] (1928-) in 2024
File:Brown Derby Vine.JPG|[[Hollywood Brown Derby]] building (1929–1994) in the 1950s
File: Hollywood, Ca.-The Equitable Building of Hollywood-1930.jpg|[[Equitable Building of Hollywood]] (1929/1931-) in 2014
File: Pantages Theater, Hollywood, LA, CA, jjron 21.03.2012.jpg| [[Hollywood Pantages Theatre]] (1930-) in 2012
File: Hollywood Vine Theatre.jpg|[[Vine Theatre]] (1940-) in 2008
File: Capitol Records Building, Hollywood (2573870208).jpg|[[Capitol Records Building]] (1956-) in 2008
</gallery>

== Redevelopment ==
A number of high-profile projects have attempted to restore the lost luster of the area, most notably the $600 million [[W Hotels|W Hollywood Hotel and Residences]],<ref name=latimes_whotel>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jan-29-la-et-w-hotel29-2010jan29-story.html |title=The W Hollywood Hotel & Residences: An urban complexity|date=January 29, 2010|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|author=Christopher Hawthorne}}</ref> which opened in 2010.<ref name=laist_whotel>{{Cite web |author=Zach Behrens |title=The W Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood Opens Today |url=https://laist.com/news/the-w-hotel-in-hollywood-opens-toda |date=January 27, 2010 |publisher=[[LAist]] |language=en}}</ref> Other large projects include a $50-million conversion of the [[Equitable Building of Hollywood|Equitable Building]]<ref name=waterandpower1925_3/> and $70-million conversion of the [[Dyas Building]] into condominiums.<ref name=BBGLC>{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2005/sep/13/business/fi-lofts13|title=Broadway Building Gets Loft Conversion|access-date=2014-08-07|date=2005-09-13|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|author=Vincent, Roger}}</ref>

A [[pedestrian scramble]] was added to the intersection in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=New diagonal crosswalk at Hollywood and Vine is christened ...with a Conga |url=https://laist.com/news/kpcc-archive/new-diagonal-crosswalk-at-hollywood-and-vine-is-ch |publisher=[[LAist]] |date=July 12, 2018 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Hollywood and Vine}}
{{Portal|Los Angeles}}
* [http://www.hollywoodbid.org Hollywood Entertainment District]
* [http://www.seeing-stars.com/Streets/HollywoodBlvdMyth&Reality.shtml Hollywood Boulevard - myth & reality]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050404050109/http://www.historicla.com/hollywood/block08.html Historic Resources Group - Historic LA Project]

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