History
Hollywood is the capital of film glamour. It represents the American film and television. Hollywood is home for movies, lights, nightclubs, images of soundstage and home of simple to extraordinary people.

It is located northwest of Downtown Los Angeles, California, United States of America. It is a district whose southern border follows Melrose Avenue from Vermont Avenue west to Fairfax Avenue. The border continues along north on Fairfax, encircles east around West Hollywood along Willoughby Avenue encircling La Brea and towards west along Fountain Avenue before heading north on Laurel Canyon Boulevard into Hollywood Hills. The eastern border follows Vermont Avenue north from Melrose past Hollywood Boulevard to Franklin Avenue. Then, the border travels west along Franklin to Western Avenue, north on Western into Griffith Park.

Hollywood has a populace of 300,000. The government of Hollywood is served by an honorary mayor, whose function is ceremonial and does not hold any legal bearing.

Hollywood, during the time of Spanish explorers, was divided into two Spanish Governments. These comprise Rancho La Brea or the land to the west and Rancho Los Feliz or the land to the east. The area became an agricultural community with crops from hay and grain to pineapples and bananas in 1870. Ten years later, the two Ranchos were subdivided. Harvey Henderson Wilcox bought 160 acres of land in Rancho La Brea and the Cahuenga Pass. Wilcox had developed a grid plan for his new community covering Prospect Avenue (now Hollywood Boulevard) for his main street, and he was selling large residential lots to wealthy Midwesterners within few years.

The name Hollywood was created by the father of Hollywood, Hobart Johnstone Whitley. By 1886, together with his wife Gigi, they came up with the name “Hollywood” as they were standing on the hill overlooking the valley known today as Whitley Heights. Wilcox’s wife, Daeida, raised funds to develop library, school and churches. Prospect Avenue became a high-class residential area occupied by large Queen Anne, Mission Revival and Victorian houses. Hollywood soon became a wealthy community and was incorporated in 1903. Hollywood’s first film studio was opened in 1911 by the Nestor Company, which was located in the corner of Sunset and Grower. Movie makers soon followed through Cecil DeMille and D.W. Griffith.

Commercial buildings began to develop along Hollywood Boulevard. Soon after, residential areas along the Boulevard were replaced by commercial buildings, connecting the three corners of Highland, Cahuenga, and Vine. By 1920 and 1930, restaurants, clubs movie houses as well as banks were developed. Music recording studios as well as offices began moving to Hollywood in the 1960s. Hollywood Boulevard as a commercial and entertainment district was formally listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Recreation
Hollywood’s recreational areas don’t just offer a time to sit and enjoy, but rather a place to relax and learn. Among the attractions of Hollywood are as follows:

Guinness World Records Museum
6764 Hollywood Boulevard,
Hollywood, CA.

The museum features displays of videos, life-like replicas and computer presentations of Guinness World Book of Records.

The Hollywood Wax Museum
6767 Hollywood Boulevard,
Hollywood, CA.

The wax museum offers an almost real-life experience with movie stars of yesterday’s and today’s blockbusters. It has a lot of eye-catching wax figures of different movie stars and prominent persons.

The Hollywood Sign
On top of Mount Lee, Hollywood Hills

The Hollywood sign was declared a historical landmark in 1973 which is one of the most recognizable landmarks in the US.

Paramount Pictures
5555 Melrose Ave,
Hollywood, CA.

The movie studio is the most attractive and the longest continually operating studio in Hollywood.

The Walk of Fame
on Hollywood Boulevard: from Gower Street to La Brea Avenue,
and on Vine Street from Yucca Street to Sunset Boulevard.
(323) 469-8311

The walk is a part of the Holywood Boulevard Historic Commercial and Entertainment District. These well-known sidewalk "stars" address the celebrities, who made Hollywood successful from the silent movie stars to the modern movie stars of today.

Hollywood offers health services and medical facilities to meet the health needs of people in the area. Hollywod Presbyterian Medical Center can be found in 1300 N. Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles, CA 90027-6005. Hollywood also provides the educational needs of people who want to learn. One of Hollywood’s schools is the Hollywood High School, located in N. Highland Avenue. The school provides a quality education which teaches a broad ethnic mix of students who usually speak dozens of different languages. Hollywood Art Center School, American Communications Institute, Elegance International, Hollywood Technical Institute, Musicians Institute, Scriptwriting Institute, Stella Adler Academy of Acting, Van Mar Academy Of Motion Picture And TV Acting as well as the Studio Makeup Academy are the Colleges that can also be found in Hollywood, California. Furthermore, students who live in Hollywood also have options like Le Conte Junior High, Valley View Elementary School, Gardner Elementary, Cherimoya Grammar School, Ramona Elementary, as well as Bancroft Middle.

Hollywood has become the world center for all kinds of media productions, from film to the internet and from television to advertising. Most of the studios in Hollywood are part of multinational media corporations.

Hollywood is a community soaked in sunshine and history where anyone can live, learn, enjoy and play. The modern style of the area reflects the desires for wealth and sophistication of the community. Hollywood will remain as a strong symbol of American dream. It is a place where every bartender, every waiter and waitress is an aspiring actor. Where every hotel receptionist, taxi driver and hired helper has a screenplay in front of their mirrors at home. It is a place where every ambition is taken into consideration.

Hollywood is indeed a successful, unique, vital, and active community beyond compare, determined to preserve the prestigious buildings and resources of its history. The residents and developers of the community protect the neighborhood’s significant establishments.

Hollywood will continue to grow as the movie capital of the world. The people assure that the importance of its past will always be a part of its future.

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