Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood's main east-west axis, has been compared with New York's Broadway because of its night-life, but instead of theaters Hollywood has only extravagant cinemas, such as the Chinese and Egyptian Theaters (6925/6704 Hollywood Boulevard) built originally by Sid Grauman in the twenties. In the Hollywood Wax Museum (6767 Hollywood Boulevard) you can see wax figures of the stars. The elegant shops which once lined Hollywood Boulevard have long since disappeared, the filmstars having moved to other districts, particularly Beverly Hills.

Tips

Only a few of Hollywood's beautiful Art Deco houses still remain; a present-day feature of the town is the number of good, some not too expensive, restaurants.