Hollywood - From Its Very Beginning To What It Is Today

HistoryRegister of Historic Places protecting important
On January 22, 1947, the first commercial TV stationbuildings and seeing to it that the significance of
west of the Mississippi River, KTLA, began operating inHollywood's past would always be a part of its future.
Hollywood. In December of that year, the firstIn June 1999, the long-awaited Hollywood extension of
Hollywood movie production was made for TV, Thethe Metro Red Line subway opened, running from
Public Prosecutor. In addition, in the 1950s, musicDowntown Los Angeles to the Valley, with stops on
recording studios and offices began moving intoHollywood Boulevard at Western Avenue, at Vine
Hollywood. Other businesses, however, continued toStreet and at Highland Avenue.
migrate to different parts of Los Angeles, primarily toThe Kodak Theatre, which opened in 2001 on
Burbank, California. A lot of the movie industryHollywood Boulevard at Highland Avenue, where the
remained in the area, although the district's outwardhistoric Hollywood Hotel once stood, has become the
appearance changed.new home of the Oscars.
The famous Capitol Records building on Vine StreetIn 2002, a number of Hollywood citizens began a
just north of Hollywood Boulevard was built in 1956. It iscampaign for the district to secede from Los Angeles
a recording studio not open to the public, but its uniqueand become its own incorporated city. Secession
circular design looks like a stack of old 45rpm vinylsupporters argued that the leaders of Los Angeles
records.were ignoring the needs of their community. In June,
The Hollywood Walk of Fame was created in 1958the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors placed
and the first star was placed in 1960 as a tribute tosecession referendums for both Hollywood and the
artists working in the entertainment industry. HonoreesValley on the ballots for a "citywide election." To pass,
receive a star based on career and lifetimethey required the approval of a majority of voters
achievements in motion pictures, live theatre, radio,from all over Los Angeles. In the November election,
television, and/or music, as well as their charitable andthe referendums failed to receive the required
civic contributions.percentage of votes by a wide margin.
ProgressModern day Hollywood is a diverse, vital, and active
In 1985, the Hollywood Boulevard commercial andcommunity striving to preserve the elegant buildings
entertainment district was officially listed in the Nationalfrom its past.