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What's in a street name? Hollywood Blvd is torn between its historic past and economic future

Hollywood Boulevard is one of the most famous streets in the world a universal symbol of glamour and fame. It attracts 10 million tourists a year. It’s the destination for dreamers hoping to “make it” in show business. ....

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What's in a street name? Hollywood Blvd is torn between its historic past and economic future

What’s in a street name? Hollywood Blvd is torn between its historic past and economic future
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Hollywood Boulevard wasn’t always where you’d come to make it in show business. It used to be “where you would come after you had made it to enjoy the rest of your life surrounded by beautiful flowers and gardens and … be restored to health and sanity,” says journalist and local historian Hadley Meares. “(It’s) crazy to think you would be restored to health and sanity if you moved to Hollywood.
Photo by Mike Schlitt.
Hollywood Boulevard is one of the most famous streets in the world a universal symbol of glamour and fame. It attracts 10 million tourists a year. It’s the destination for dreamers hoping to “make it” in show business. ....

Huntington Library , United States , New York , Los Angeles Public Library , Christy Johnson Mcavoy , Gregory Paul Williams , El Capitan , Marc Wanamker , Los Angeles , Mark Echeverria , Jeffrey Mantor , Paul Delongpre , Matt Sweeney Mudstonephoto , Larry Edmund , Harvey Wilcox , Christy Macavoy , Hadley Meares , Mike Schlitt , Daeida Wilcox , Hollywood Roosevelt , Mitch Ofarrell , City Council , Office Of Mitch Ofarrell , Huntington Digital Library , Hollywood Boulevard , Color Map ,