Through an archway on Sunset Boulevard is the Court of the Olive Tree, named for the sapling planted here in 1927.

“The Star Who Would Not Go Hollywood,” Frances Farmer ultimately went out kicking and screaming in 1943. 

In 1950, the Hollywood Roosevelt expanded with a million-dollar tropical resort and pool.

Crane’s Hollywood showroom displayed the latest in modern plumbing.

Hollywood Roosevelt hotspot Cinegrill paid tribute to the motion picture industry of past, present, and future.

Go inside the historic Baine Building and Hollywood's first penthouse at the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Whitley Avenue.

The 90-year saga of the Streamline Moderne at Hollywood and Cahuenga.

Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell put their hands in wet cement at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre.

In 1930, Frigidaire established its Hollywood showroom at Hollywood Boulevard and McCadden Place.

The start of the 1940 Hollywood Bowl season was heralded with the dedication of The Muse of Music, “a symbol of the arts within.” Located...

The Pantages Theatre formally opened on June 4, 1930 with the premiere of MGM’s The Florodora Girl starring Marion Davies. Hundreds of...

Earl Carroll built Hollywood’s premier entertainment palace for his princess: singer-dancer-actress Beryl Wallace—whom he immortalized...

In 1933, little Norma Jean was selected by her elementary school to be one of the children who form the event’s “living cross.”

Could there be buried treasure at the Hollywood Bowl? More so, did its curse kill at least 10 men? The lore of the loot dates back to...

In Hollywood, the Crossroads of the World intersect at Sunset Boulevard and Las Palmas Avenue. Built in 1936, the multi-national...

Los Angeles Gas and Electric’s sales office on Ivar Avenue was introduced in 1937 as “another bright spot in the incandescent radiance of...

Decades before Capitol Records arrived on Vine Street, the block north of Hollywood Boulevard was projected to be Peacock Alley, a...

Over the past century, 6720 Sunset Boulevard has seen murder, prostitution, rockstars … but it all began with a wife-swapping scandal!...

Henry L. Gogerty and Carl Jules Weyl left their architectural imprint all over Hollywood: the Baine Building, Yucca Vine Tower, Hollywood...

On Hollywood Boulevard, there is one last vestige of residential architecture: the home of pioneering sisters Mabel, Carrie, and Grace...