In 1964, Walt Disney imagined an enchanting 26-acre Hollywood campus for CalArts in the hills near the Hollywood Bowl.

The French painter’s artistic home was the first Hollywood tourist attraction.

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

The Hollywood motel opened in 1949 on Highland Avenue.

During World War II, servicemen on liberty passes in Los Angeles could stop by the Hollywood Canteen on Cahuenga Boulevard for a night of revelry — and plenty of star sightings. Hollywood Canteen, 1451 Cahuenga Boulevard (California State Library) Cofounded by Bette Davis and John Garfield, the Canteen was staffed entirely by volunteers from the entertainment industry (actors, directors, producers, writers, grips, secretaries). Everyone from Davis herself to Rita Hayworth, Ju

Could there be buried treasure at the Hollywood Bowl? More so, did its curse kill at least 10 men? The Hollywood Bowl and its famous parking lot in 1929 (Huntington Library) The lore of the loot dates back to 1864 amid the second French intervention in Mexico. To defend against a monarchical government (Emperor Maximilian I, former Austrian archduke), the resistance crowd-sourced $200,000 worth of gold coins, diamonds, jewelry, and watches to buy armaments in San Francisco. F

Henry L. Gogerty and Carl Jules Weyl left their architectural imprint all over Hollywood: the Baine Building, Yucca-Vine Tower, Hollywood Playhouse … and at the corner of Cahuenga and Selma. (The Library of Congress) In 1926 — two years before they built the Fred C. Thomson shops on Sunset — the silent film cowboy hired the duo to design a 33-room commercial space at 1600-1610 N. Cahuenga Boulevard (pictured above in 1942).

This L-shaped stunner was the longtime residence of silent film star J. Warren Kerrigan, best remembered for Sampson (1914) and The Covered Wagon (1922). In 1918, he designed the Swiss Chalet bungalow for himself and his mother Sarah at 2307 Cahuenga Boulevard, “right where the hills bob and dip and form pockets for fields of beautiful flowers to nestle in,” described Motion Picture Magazine in 1918.

Before Adriana Caselotti voiced Snow White, she had her own fairytale cottage on Cahuenga Boulevard. Adriana Caselotti In 1935, her father, singing teacher Maestro Guido Caselotti, was operating a studio out of a “handsome English type home” — pitched roof, Juliet balconies, and battlement—when he received a call from a Disney casting agent asking if he recommended any of his students who could play a princess.

Before the Hollywood sign or Walk of Fame, the first tourist attraction in town was Paul de Longpre’s enchanting gardens on Cahuenga. Paul de Longpre postcard (CA State) In 1901, the French painter built a Mission Revival mansion on his “Corner of Paradise,” three acres just north of Prospect Boulevard (later renamed Hollywood Boulevard), reportedly gifted by the Mother of Hollywood, Daeida Wilcox Beveridge, in a bid to bring world-famous culture to her blossoming community.

Esther Ralston Who wouldn’t want to look like a Hollywood star? Esther Ralston — “The American Venus” — cashed in on her famous face in 1931 with an eponymous beauty salon at Cahuenga Boulevard and Yucca Street. “The perfect shop for the particular woman,” Esther’s prided itself on being an expert in “all lines of beauty culture,” offering facials, massages (manual and electric), permanent hair waves, a marble plunge pool, gymnasium for weight reduction, and baths of all vari

Below the Mediterranean mecca of Whitley Heights sat another European-inspired beauty: the French Village. French Village In 1919, brothers Walter and Pierpont Davis built up a cluster of unique cottages, located at the convergence of Highland Avenue and Cahuenga Boulevard, modeled after the Normandy countryside — “far removed from the conventional, commercial type,” described the 1921 Building Review.

At the Screen Stars Shop, you could pick up a gown worn by Vilma Banky, pair of Mary Pickford’s shoes, or a suit right off the back of Douglas Fairbanks. In June 1930, the thrift boutique opened at 1614 Cahuenga Boulevard, stocked with donated items from the closets of Joan Crawford, Clara Bow, Gloria Swanson, Mary Astor, and Gary Cooper — with all proceeds benefitting the Motion Picture Relief Fund.