Los Angeles, California
Hollywood
Hollywood became more than a neighborhood because an entertainment industry learned to manufacture place as effectively as it manufactured movies. This route follows Hollywood and Vine, Capitol Records, the Pantages, Walk of Fame, Chinese and Egyptian theatres, the first Oscars at the Roosevelt, Musso & Frank, the Hollywood Sign and the Bowl to explain how studios, publicity, celebrity rituals and real-estate branding turned a Los Angeles district into a global idea.
Stories in Hollywood
- Hollywood and Vine: The Intersection That Became a Sentence
- Capitol Records: The Music Industry Builds a Landmark
- Pantages Theatre: Hollywood Learns to Premiere Itself
- Walk of Fame: Celebrity Becomes Sidewalk Infrastructure
- Chinese Theatre: The Architecture of Exotic Hollywood
- Hollywood Roosevelt: The Oscars Begin as a Dinner
- Musso & Frank: The Restaurant as Unofficial Studio Office
- Egyptian Theatre: The Premiere Becomes an Event
- Hollywood Sign: A Real-Estate Advertisement Outlives the Real Estate
- Hollywood Bowl: A Canyon Becomes a Mass Audience