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The Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District encompasses twelve blocks and more than one hundred buildings in Hollywood, California.The area, close in proximity to classic Hollywood's major film studios, contains an array of buildings and businesses that catered to the film industry and is generally known for its significant role in the history of cinema.
Lynwood is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. At the 2020 census , the city had a total population of 67,265, down from 69,772 at the 2010 census . Lynwood is located near South Gate and Compton in the central portion of the Los Angeles Basin .
In April 2011, Capitol Records and artist Richard Wyatt Jr. restored his Hollywood Jazz Mural on the south wall of the Capitol Records building. [17] Restored in hand-glazed ceramic tile, the mural spans 26 by 88 feet (7.9 by 26.8 m) [18] Entitled "Hollywood Jazz: 1945-1972", it presents "larger than life" images of a number of notable jazz ...
New York City has been described as the cultural capital of the world. [1] [2] [3] The culture of New York is reflected in its size and ethnic diversity. As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. [4] Many American cultural movements first emerged in the city.
This is a list of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. The list includes Hollywood, as well as Griffith Park and the communities of Los Feliz and Little Armenia. There are more than 148 Historic-Cultural Monuments (HCM) in this area. They are designated by the city's Cultural Heritage ...
The New Theatre (now the Chaplin Stage) was built in 1915 as one of the first silent picture movie theatres in Hollywood. It was later used as an auto shop. The Circle Theatre [3] took over and converted the building for use as a second stage. [4] In the early 1950s and 60s, George Boroff ran the theatre, sending several plays to Broadway.
The Globe Hotel building on Lake Road in Congers was built next to Congers Station, which was used for passenger travel until the 1950s. The hotel building is now retail space and apartments.
The Big Broadcast 1920–1950. New York: Viking Press. Delong, Thomas A. (1980). The Mighty Music Box: The Golden Age of Radio. Los Angeles, CA: Amber Crest Books. ISBN 0-86533-000-X; Dunning, John. (1976). Tune in Yesterday: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio 1925–1976. Englewood Cliffs, NY: Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13932-616-2.