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[StreetLegal]

Originally Posted by pwright1

I believe its Canyon Lake Drive.

Thanks!

[MovingAloha]

Pwright1, again thanks for posting such awesome pictures. I do miss LA. I do hopesomeday in the next few years I can return.

[elnina]

Few pix from Hollywood. Unfortunately, I didn't had time to explore it much
Like always, you can click on the pix, and read more detailed description.

The Eiffel Tower-like gazebo is supported by four caryatids (look it up!) depicting four women draped in close-fitting gowns: Delores del Rio, Mae West, Dorothy Dandridge and Anna May Wong representing not just female contributions to Hollywood, but the mutli-ethnic make up of contributors.


The Four Ladies of Hollywood gazebo in Los Angeles. Designed by Catherine Hardwicke, it is located at the westernmost extension of the Walk of Fame by elnina999, on Flickr


El Capitan Theatre
This 1000-seat theatre has great genes. Those genes served it well enough until the Great Depression hit.
A face-lift brought the 16-year-old theatre a Streamline Moderne look, covering, but (thankfully) not demolishing much of the fa̤ade and interior. Paramount took it over, then sold it to Pacific Theatres and they, in turn, sold it to the folks at Disney. The original look Рand name - were restored. Disney occupies the former Barker Brothers furniture space with its Disney Soda Fountain and the Disney Studio Store.
Here's Hollywood! - Walk N Ride LA


El Capitan Theatre 1926 by elnina999, on Flickr


Ornate, gold woodwork overhead at El Capitain Theater entrance by elnina999, on Flickr


View of Hollywood Boulevard at sunset. In 1958, the Hollywood Walk of Fame was created on this street as a tribute to artists working in the entertainment industry. by elnina999, on Flickr

First National Trust & Savings Bank
Somehow, it manages to blend Art Deco organization (strong vertical piers, recessed windows, a tower) with Beaux Arts (ornate lower and upper floor flourishes, Greek pediment over the door) and all this while displaying some Gothic and Spanish Colonial design cues, to boot.


View at First National Trust & Savings Bank by elnina999, on Flickr


View of Hollywood sign in Los Angeles, California. Sign is located in the Hollywood hills area of Mount Lee, built in 1923 by elnina999, on Flickr

The Hollywood & Highland Center
The centerpiece of the complex is a massive three-story courtyard inspired by the Babylon scene from the D.W. Griffith film Intolerance. The developer of the shopping center built part of the archway and two pillars with elephant sculptures on the capitals, just as seen in the film, to the same full scale. It gives visitors an idea of how large the original set must have been.


The Hollywood & Highland Center is a shopping mall and entertainment complex at Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue in the Hollywood district in Los Angeles. by elnina999, on Flickr


Hollywood sign through Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. Started as a small community, it evolved into the home of world famous film industry by elnina999, on Flickr


Hollywood & Highland Center - the giant Babylon scene from the D.W. Griffith film Intolerance. by elnina999, on Flickr


Elephant - Hollywood & Highland Center by elnina999, on Flickr

[elnina]

Few street scenes.

The glamorous:

The view from Hollywood & Highland Center on Hollywood Blvd by elnina999, on Flickr


Dancing on the street - Hollywood Blvd by elnina999, on Flickr


Street scene - Hollywood Blvd by elnina999, on Flickr


Mr T's pint-sized impersonator - Hollywood Blvd by elnina999, on Flickr


Tourists taking photographs at the front of Madame Tussaud's store, Hollywood Blvd by elnina999, on Flickr


Waiting to be discovered - Hollywood Blvd by elnina999, on Flickr

And the not-so-glamorous site of Hollywood.

Homeless street performer on Hollywood Blvd by elnina999, on Flickr


Homeless men sitting on Hollywood Walk of Fame stars on Hollywood Boulevard by elnina999, on Flickr

[pwright1]

Nice!

[elnina]

“The Road to Hollywood” (Erika Rothenberg, 2002) includes 49 real - but anonymous – stories about real people who made it real big in Hollywood.


The Road to Hollywood by elnina999, on Flickr

The terrazzo and brass stars are awarded in five categories: motion pictures, television, radio, recording; live theater/performance was added in 1984.

Hollywood Walk of Fame - Bob Hope by elnina999, on Flickr

Elvis has left the building, but his star remains on Hollywood Blvd. (Corner of Hollywood Blvd. and La Brea Ave)
His star is the most visited of all 2,100 stars on the three-mile Walk of Fame.

Elvis Presley's star on Hollywood Walk of Fame by elnina999, on Flickr

An ornamental detail on the front doors.
The grand opening of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on May 18, 1927, was the most spectacular theatre opening in motion picture history.

The entrance doors of the Historic Manns Chinese Theater by elnina999, on Flickr


Frank Sinatra's handprints in Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood. There are nearly 200 celebrity handprints in the concrete of Chinese Theatre's forecourt. by elnina999, on Flickr


Michael Jackson's handprints in Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood. There are nearly 200 celebrity handprints in the concrete of Chinese Theatre's forecourt. by elnina999, on Flickr


Footprints and fingerprints of Marilyn Monroe at Hollywood Boulevard by elnina999, on Flickr


Charlie Chaplin plaque at The Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood by elnina999, on Flickr

[elnina]

Few graffiti pix will end my Hollywood photo journey:


Me Me Me! by elnina999, on Flickr


Mural on Arena Nightclub, Hollywood by elnina999, on Flickr


Arena Nightclub, a concert venue in Hollywood - exterior wall mural, Hollywood, CA by elnina999, on Flickr


Mural - Hollywood, CA by elnina999, on Flickr

[MordinSolus]

Great stuff, elnina.

[MovingAloha]

Really good stuff Elnina; Mahalo for sharing!

[John_marts]

Seriously some amazing photos.