>DAVE'S ART |
>DISNEYLAND PHOTOS |
>EMAIL DAVE |
>DAVE'S BLOG |
>FLICKR |
|
>home |
>photography |
>hollywood, california |
| BACKSTORY: From Wikipedia: Hollywood is a district in Los Angeles, California, United States situated west-northwest of downtown Los Angeles.[2] Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and movie stars, the word Hollywood is often used as a metonym of American cinema. Even though much of the movie industry has dispersed into surrounding areas such as West Los Angeles and the San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys, significant auxiliary industries, such as editing, effects, props, post-production, and lighting companies remain in Hollywood, as does the backlot of Paramount Pictures. As a district within the Los Angeles city limits, Hollywood does not have its own municipal government. There was an official, appointed by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, who served as an honorary "Mayor of Hollywood" for ceremonial purposes only. Johnny Grant held this position from 1980 until his death on January 9, 2008.[3] No replacement for Grant has been named. |
HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN, 1940’s |
(Oct. 3, 1942 —Nov. 22, 1945) BACKSTORY: During World War II, the stars of Hollywood and Broadway banded together to make things a little easier for service men and women going off to fight by providing laughter, refreshment, entertainment, and compassion at Canteens on both coasts. In California, The Hollywood Canteen (founded by Bette Davis and John Garfield, among others), sometimes entertained as many as 10,000 guests a night. Free of charge, some of the biggest names in the Industry danced, poured coffee, chatted, told jokes—and did their best to give the fighting forces a proper send off. |
) |
) |
) |
) |
) |
) |
) |
) |
HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD |
HOLLYWOOD HIGH SCHOOL MURAL |
) July 2002 |
) July 2002 |
) Aug. 2002 |
) Oct. 2002 |
) Dec. 2002 |
) June 2011 |
) April 2012 |
) April 2012 |
HOLLYWOOD MUSEUM (former Max Factor Building) |
|
(Jan. 24, 1927 —Present) BACKSTORY: Originally known as The Hollywood Playhouse, it was designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style by the architectural firm of Gogarty and Weyl. During the Great Depression, the theatre was renamed The WPA Federal Theatre (after the Works Progress Administration), and used for government-sponsored programs. Later, the theatre hosted many CBS Radio Network programs, including Fanny Brice's Baby Snooks show and Lucille Ball's My Favorite Husband program. In the 1940s, it was renamed The El Capitan Theatre, and was used for a long-running live burlesque variety show called Ken Murray's Blackouts. |
) June 2010 |
) June 2010 |
) June 2010 |
) June 2010 |
) June 2010 |
) June 2010 |
) June 2010 |
) June 2010 |
) June 2010 |
) June 2010 |
) June 2010 |
) Judy Garland at The Hollywood Palacer, Oct. 15, 1965 |
THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL |
|
) Brown Derby Restaurant |
) Shirley Temple and her mother at the Brown Derby, April 8, 1945 |
) Shirley Temple and John Agar at the Brown Derby |
) Brown Derby, 1960’s |
) 1954 |
) 1954 |
) Brown Derby Restaurant |
) 1950s |
|
|
WEST HOLLYWOOD COURTYARD THEMATIC DISTRICT |
| BACKSTORY: Designated in 1992, The Courtyard Thematic District refers to a number of courtyard apartment buildings from the 1920's on Fountain Avenue in West Hollywood. The El Palacio on 8493 Fountain Avenue is an 18-unit, historical garden-style courtyard apartment building built in 1931 by William Hauptman, one of the most renowned architects in the area for courtyard buildings. Georgette Elise Bauerdorf was a twenty-year-old oil heiress who was strangled in the El Palacio Apartments in 1944. Marilyn Monroe lived in an apartment at The El Palacio in the 1950s (which would be purchased by Lindsay Lohan in 2007). The first African-American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award, Dorothy Dandridge, lived at the property from 1964 until her tragic death (ruled a suicide) in 1965. |
WEST HOLLYWOOD |
DAN TANA’S RESTAURANT |
BACKSTORY: Dan Tana’s Italian Restaurant opened in 1964, and has been a Hollywood dining legend ever since. Located at 9071 Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood. From their website: Its superb food, every morsel prepared to order, and its super sized drinks are created and served with loving care by Tana’s longtime personnel. The bar and restaurant always are fully packed with customers rubbing elbows with Hollywood elite. Still every customer, celebrity or not, is equally important to Tana and his staff. No special preferences are shown, except to offer exceptional service and mouth watering culinary delights. |
) April 2003 |
) Jan. 2011 |
) Jan. 2011 |
) Jan. 2011 |
) Jan. 2011 |
) Jan. 2011 |
) Jan. 2011 |
) Jan. 2011 |
) Jan. 2011 |
) Jan. 2011 |
) Jan. 2011 |
) Jan. 2011 |
MEL'S DRIVE-IN |
) May 2004 |
) June 2011 |
) June 2011 |
) June 2011 |
) June 2011 |
) June 2011 |
) June 2011 |
) June 2011 |
) June 2011 |
) June 2011 |
) June 2011 |
) June 2011 |
) April 2012 |
EL COYOTE MEXICAN CAFE |
BACKSTORY: The El Coyote Mexican Cafe has been familiy owned and operated since 1931. The current location is at 7312 Beverly Boulevard in West Hollywood. Visit their website. |
) Oct. 1995 |
) Jan. 2008 |
) Jan. 2011 |
) Jan. 2011 |
) Jan. 2011 |
) Jan. 2011 |
) Jan. 2011 |
) Jan. 2011 |
) Jan. 2011 |
) Jan. 2011 |
) Jan. 2011 |
) April 2012 |
) April 2012 |
EL MIRADOR APARTMENTS |
BACKSTORY: The El Mirador Apartments were built in 1929 by architect S. Charles Lee and are located at 1302 N. Sweetzer Avenue. |
SUNSET BOULEVARD |
 |
WARNER BROTHERS LOT |
^RETURN TO TOP |
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)