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Hollywood is a district in the central region of Los Angeles, California, in
the United States.
It is notable for its place as the home of the
entertainment industry, including several of its historic studios. Its name has
come to represent the motion picture industry of the United States. Hollywood is
also a highly ethnically diverse, densely populated, economically diverse
neighborhood and retail business district.
Hollywood was a small community in
1870 and was incorporated as a municipality in 1903.12 It merged with the City
of Los Angeles in 1910, and soon thereafter a film industry began to emerge,
eventually becoming dominant in the world.
The Capitol Records Building on
Vine Street, just north of Hollywood Boulevard, was built in 1956, and the
Hollywood Walk of Fame was created in 1958 as a tribute to artists and other
significant contributors to the entertainment industry. The official opening was
on February 8, 1960.2930
In 1985, the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and
Entertainment District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
In June 1999, the Hollywood extension of the Los Angeles County Metro Rail Red
Line subway opened from Downtown Los Angeles to the San Fernando Valley, with
stops along Hollywood Boulevard at Western Avenue, Vine Street and Highland
Avenue.
KNX was the last radio station to broadcast from Hollywood, before it
left CBS Columbia Square for a studio in the Miracle Mile in 2005.
On January
22, 1947, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River,
KTLA, began operating in Hollywood. In December of that year, The Public
Prosecutor became the first network television series to be filmed in
Hollywood.Television stations KTLA and KCET, both on Sunset Boulevard, are the
last broadcasters (television or radio) with Hollywood addresses, but KCET has
since sold its studios on Sunset and plans to move to another location. KNBC
moved in 1962 from the former NBC Radio City Studios at the northeast corner of
Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street to NBC Studios in Burbank. KTTV moved in 1996
from its former home at Metromedia Square on Sunset Boulevard to West Los
Angeles, and KCOP left its home on La Brea Avenue to join KTTV on the Fox lot.
KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV moved from their longtime home at CBS Columbia Square on
Sunset Boulevard to a new facility at CBS Studio Center in Studio City.
In
2002, some Hollywood voters began a campaign for the district to secede from Los
Angeles and become a separate municipality. In June of that year, the Los
Angeles County Board of Supervisors placed secession referendums for both
Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley on the ballot. To pass, they required the
approval of a majority of voters in the proposed new municipality as well as a
majority of voters in all of Los Angeles. In the November election, both
referendums failed by wide margins in the citywide vote.
Hollywood is
included within the Hollywood United Neighborhood Council (HUNC)39 Hollywood
Hills West Neighborhood Council4041 and the Hollywood Studio District
Neighborhood Council.4243 Neighborhood Councils cast advisory votes on such
issues as zoning, planning, and other community issues. The council members are
voted in by stakeholders, generally defined as anyone living, working, owning
property, or belonging to an organization within the boundaries of the council.
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