Disney’s Hollywood Hills Campus That Never Was
Nov 30, 2023
3 min read
What’s that up in the hills across from the Hollywood Bowl?
In 1964, Walt Disney imagined an enchanting 26-acre campus for CalArts (California Institute of the Arts), “an acropolis crowning the hills above Hollywood” just north of Whitley Heights.
The site, “the very heart of the cultural community,” was chosen for its central location: adjacent to the Hollywood Bowl and the planned Los Angeles County Hollywood Museum on Highland Avenue, and within easy reach of downtown’s music center, art museum, and galleries via the 101 freeway.
