| HistoryOn January 22, 1947, the first commercial TV | | | | Hollywood's past would always be a part of its |
| station west of the Mississippi River, KTLA, began | | | | future.In June 1999, the long-awaited Hollywood |
| operating in Hollywood. In December of that year, the | | | | extension of the Metro Red Line subway opened, |
| first Hollywood movie production was made for TV, | | | | running from Downtown Los Angeles to the Valley, |
| The Public Prosecutor. In addition, in the 1950s, music | | | | with stops on Hollywood Boulevard at Western |
| recording studios and offices began moving into | | | | Avenue, at Vine Street and at Highland Avenue.The |
| Hollywood. Other businesses, however, continued to | | | | Kodak Theatre, which opened in 2001 on Hollywood |
| migrate to different parts of Los Angeles, primarily to | | | | Boulevard at Highland Avenue, where the historic |
| Burbank, California. A lot of the movie industry | | | | Hollywood Hotel once stood, has become the new |
| remained in the area, although the district's outward | | | | home of the Oscars.In 2002, a number of Hollywood |
| appearance changed.The famous Capitol Records | | | | citizens began a campaign for the district to secede |
| building on Vine Street just north of Hollywood | | | | from Los Angeles and become its own incorporated |
| Boulevard was built in 1956. It is a recording studio not | | | | city. Secession supporters argued that the leaders of |
| open to the public, but its unique circular design looks | | | | Los Angeles were ignoring the needs of their |
| like a stack of old 45rpm vinyl records.The Hollywood | | | | community. In June, the Los Angeles County Board of |
| Walk of Fame was created in 1958 and the first star | | | | Supervisors placed secession referendums for both |
| was placed in 1960 as a tribute to artists working in the | | | | Hollywood and the Valley on the ballots for a "citywide |
| entertainment industry. Honorees receive a star based | | | | election." To pass, they required the approval of a |
| on career and lifetime achievements in motion pictures, | | | | majority of voters from all over Los Angeles. In the |
| live theatre, radio, television, and/or music, as well as | | | | November election, the referendums failed to receive |
| their charitable and civic contributions.ProgressIn 1985, | | | | the required percentage of votes by a wide |
| the Hollywood Boulevard commercial and | | | | margin.Modern day Hollywood is a diverse, vital, and |
| entertainment district was officially listed in the National | | | | active community striving to preserve the elegant |
| Register of Historic Places protecting important | | | | buildings from its past. |
| buildings and seeing to it that the significance of | | | | |