EVERY STREET UNDER THE SIGNHAS AstoryTO TELL.
From the Walk of Fame to the permit office — the venues, the blocks and the paperwork, one page per question.Read the guide↗HOW TALL IT IS, WHOMAINTAINS IT, ANDWHETHERyou canHIKEUP TO THE SIGN ATALL.
Arts & EntertainmentHow Many Stars Are Actually On The Walk Of FameThe Walk Of FameHistory & HeritageMarilyn Monroe's Long Shadow Over The Hollywood RooseveltNotable Hollywood Figures & LegacyRestaurants & FoodMusso & Frank Grill's Century-Old Booths And Red LeatherHistoric & Iconic RestaurantsTHE PLACES THIS CITY WAS BUILT AROUND.
FeaturedThe sidewalk stars, the booths and the bowl in the hills —the places people ask about, answered one at a time.
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THE GUIDE WE SEND PEOPLE FIRST WHENTHEY ASK WHATactuallyHAPPENEDON THESE STREETS
Editors’ pickOne long read on what is left of old Hollywood along Sunset, plusseven shorter guides for the blocks around it.
Featured guideA street-by-street account of which Sunset Boulevard buildings survived the rebuilds, and what took the place of the ones that did not.SunsetBoulevardHistoric Buildings By StreetHistory & HeritageMore in the area
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