The Hollywood Roosevelt features a Spanish Colonial Revival facade and a twelve-story tower crowned by a distinctively tiled roof. Built in nineteen twenty-seven, it hosted the first Academy Awards ceremony in its Blossom Room. The hotel…
Classic Hollywood Landmarks
This walk takes you down Hollywood Boulevard to experience the legendary theaters, historic hotels, and iconic landmarks that defined the golden age of American cinema. You will stand where movie history was written, from the birthplace of the Academy Awards to the world-famous concrete handprints.
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1. The Hollywood Roosevelt
2. TCL Chinese Theatre
The TCL Chinese Theatre features a sweeping, curved roof supported by two massive red columns topped with wrought-iron masks. Sid Grauman opened this movie palace in nineteen twenty-seven, banking on the growing appetite for spectacle in…
3. Dolby Theatre
The Dolby Theatre is identifiable by the tall, white columns lining its facade and the names of Academy Award winning films etched into the glass entryway. It serves as the permanent home of the Oscars. When the architect David Rockwell…
4. El Capitan Theatre
The El Capitan Theatre stands out with a white terra-cotta facade that stretches upward in elaborate Spanish Colonial Revival arches. Built in nineteen twenty-six, this house began as a legitimate stage theater, hosting plays with actors…
5. The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood
The Egyptian Theatre features a massive, painted proscenium arch decorated with hieroglyphics and imposing columns modeled after ancient temples. It opened in nineteen twenty-two as the first grand movie palace in Hollywood. Sid Grauman…
6. Musso & Frank Grill
The Musso and Frank Grill displays a red neon sign that marks the oldest restaurant in Hollywood. Opened in nineteen nineteen, it serves as a portal to a time before the film industry became a global machine. Behind the high-backed wooden…
7. Former Warner/Pacific Theater
The terracotta facade of the Warner Pacific Theater features intricate carvings of Spanish galleons and sea creatures that stand out against the plain neighboring storefronts. Sid Grauman opened this house in nineteen twenty, and it served…
8. Capitol Studios
The thirteen story tower at seventeen fifty North Vine Street is shaped like a stack of phonograph records. Capitol Records built this headquarters in nineteen fifty-six to accommodate the burgeoning high-fidelity recording industry.…
9. Hollywood Pantages Theatre
The Hollywood Pantages Theatre wears a terra cotta facade adorned with intricate gold and turquoise figures of goddesses and charioteers. Alexander Pantages built this palace in nineteen thirty as his final, grandest movie house. Just six…