Hollywood

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Hollywood is an American neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California. Its name has come to be a shorthand reference for the U.S. film industry and the people associated with it. Many of its studios such as Columbia Pictures, Disney, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., and Universal Pictures were founded there; Paramount still has its studios there.

Incorporated, 1903

Consolidated, 1910

Developed, 1922

Revitalized, 2000

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Among the most well-known landmarks in both California and the United States, the sign makes frequent appearances in popular culture, particularly in establishing shots for films and television programs set in or around Hollywood

The sign is protected and promoted by nonprofit The Hollywood Sign Trust, while its site and the surrounding land are part of Griffith Park.

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", and in 1992, the street was paved with glittery asphalt between Vine Street and La Brea Boulevard

The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a historic landmark which consists of more than 2,700 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street

2000 - Revitalized

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Hollywood Boulevard as seen from the Dolby Theatre, 2005

1922 - Developed

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1922 - Developed - Images

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The sign was erected in 1923 and originally read "Hollywoodland" to promote the name of a new housing development in the hills above the Hollywood district of LA

Movie studios in the Hollywood area from the air, as it appeared in 1922. Pat Powers, Robertson-Cole, the Film Booking Office and RKO were located at Gower. To the right of the photograph near Van Ness, Brunton, United Studio, Famous Players and Paramount are visible. Darmour Studio is in the background, above the Hollywood Cemetery, near Santa Monica Blvd.

The Hollywoodland sign was meant to be a temporary advertisement for a new housing tract, but it evolved into one of the most famous signs in the world

1910 - Consolidated

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The first motion picture studio in Hollywood was built by David Horseley for Christie Film Co. The sign above the building reads "Christie Film Co.", and "Nestor Comedies, Universal Films.", as seen in 1912

1910 - Consolidated - Drawings and documents

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Newspaper advertisement for Hollywood land sales, 1908

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Glen-Holly Hotel, the first hotel in Hollywood at the corner of what is now called Yucca Street, was built in the 1890s.

H.J. Whitley is the man standing on the left wearing a bowler hat. The building at the left is the Hollywood Hotel on the corner of Highland Ave. and Hollywood Blvd.

1903 - Incorporated - Drawings and documents

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Original 480-acre map of H. J. Whitley property developed by his company, Los Angeles Pacific Boulevard and Development Company, prepared in 1899. Highland Avenue runs through the center of the property, and the square at the lower right hand corner is the Whitley Estate and was not part of the Grand View development.

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Planning

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Hollywood Boulevard Commercial & Entertainment District

Harvey Henderson Wilcox

Historic District, Cultural District, Neighborhood

Architecture

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Grauman's Chinese Theatre

Sid Grauman

Theater

Capitol Records Building

Welton Becket Associates, Louis Naidorf

Workplace

Dolby Theatre

Rockwell Group

Theater

Hollywood & Western Building

S. Charles Lee

Workplace

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The 1st Academy Awards ceremony

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Culture, Celebration, Film

Installation of the 'Hollywood' sign

What Happened Here

Sunset Boulevard (film)

Billy Wilder, Gloria Swanson, William Holden

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'Hollywood' Sign

Crescent Sign Company, Thomas Fisk Goff, Woodruff & Shoults

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Sunset Boulevard

Harvey Henderson Wilcox, Daeida Hartell Wilcox Beveridge

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'Hollywood' Sign

Pictured: Among the most well-known landmarks in both California and the United States, the sign makes frequent appearances in popular culture, particularly in establishing shots for films and television programs set in or around Hollywood

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