Surrealist Tour of Historic L.A.:
El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula
Next turn left on Crescent Heights (Laurel Canyon), and an immediate right on Hollywood Blvd. See the Walk of Fame, then stop by the Hollywood Bowl (north on Highland Avenue, park behind the stage if there's no show going on). Then return to Hollywood, continue east, merge back into Sunset and head for Silver Lake, Echo Park, and Downtown L.A.
End your day with a meal in Chinatown or Little Tokyo. If you have any time left, go up to Elysian Park and see Dodger's Stadium. Of course, it would take you more than one day to really see all these places, but Sunset will get you to most of the world's favorite parts of the City.
Other great drives: Los Feliz Blvd., Griffith Park, Fountain or Santa Monica Blvd., at the beach, go north on Pacific Coast Highway to Malibu. Other canyons off the beach are Temescal and Topanga. Canyons of Sunset: Sepulveda, Benedict Canyon, Beverly Glen, Laurel Canyon. The Hindu temple is on the Valley side of Malibu Canyon. Also, check out Lakeshrine at PCH and Sunset. Recommended hotel: Roosevelt Hotel on Hollywood Blvd. - be right in the middle of it all
Walk of Fame and Hollywood Sign
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
Hollywood Bowl
Chinese Theatre
Roosevelt Hotel
Best place to stay in Hollywood
Silver Lake Residents Association
Silver Lake Chamber of Commerce
Committee to Save Silver Lake's Reservoirs
Echo Park
Essential Books on L.A.
Los Angeles County Thomas Bros. Street Guide and Directory 2002
The one book every Los Angeles resident must own.
Los Angeles A - Z
An Encyclopedia of the City and County, by Leonard and Dale Pitt. People complain that Los Angeles is chaos, a massive tangle of freeways and boulevards, gangs, and movie stars. Leonard and Dale Pitt bring organization to the confusion with an encyclopedia covering the people, places, events, and icons that make up the city and county of Los Angeles.
(For more books about L.A. click here.)
Hollywood All-Star Sessions [BOX SET] $75.97
Art Pepper
Listen to Samples on Real Player:
1. Just Friends, 2. Begin The Beguine, 3. For Art's Sake, 4. Angel Eyes,
5. P. Town, 6. Funny Blues (alternate), 7. Angel Wings, 8. Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise,
9. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To, 10. Jack's Blues, and moreclick here to buy it now from Amazon.com
A movie in production: Straight Life
Links to the L.A. River
The Los Angeles River: Its Life, Death, and Possible Rebirth
This well-researched book by Blake Gumprecht offers L.A. River history from the earliest European settlements, to the arrival of the railroads and gradual decline of the river until it was ultimately tamed with a network of dams, catchment basins, and pavement. The author also discusses the river revival, even if in skeptical tones.
Rio L. A.: Tales from the Los Angeles River
Amazon reader review, by a reader in Los Angeles: Patt Morrison's book is filled with historical information about the Los Angeles River, plus wonderful anecdotes and a very readable style--I bought it because I saw it on the LA Times BEST SELLER list for six weeks and decided to see what I was missing. The people who put it on the list by buying it know what's great--I love this book.
Our river has friends, so have your people contact Friends of the Los Angeles River. FOLAR just held the annual Great Los Angeles River Clean-Up in May. Get involved in your community and make a difference! The river connects the original parts of the City of L.A. from the Northern San Fernando Valley to Downtown and then straight south to Compton, Carson and Long Beach.
The Los Angeles River is the site of the 2002 International Online Steamboat Race. Click here to see the race.
Organizations:
California Film Commission: promoting and facilitating filming throughout California
Society of Motion Picture and Television Art Directors
Writers Guild
Screen Actors Guild
American Society of Cinematographers
Entertainment Industries Council, lobbying Hollywood on health and social issues
North American Broadcasters (NAB)
Motion Picture Editors Guild
Independent Feature Project/West
Set Decorators' Society of America
Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
Society of Operating Cameramen
Expos, Film Festivals, Education:
Los Angeles Independent Film Festival
ShowBiz Expo
UCLA Extension Entertainment Studies
Universal Studios
HollywoodNorth.com Acting & modeling agency helps actors, models, photographers, casting directors and talent agents communicate more efficiently with each other. Actors and models have the ability to create personal portfolios which include photographs for the talent industry to access. Hollywood North offers a variety of benefits to its community and refreshing content that keeps pace with the entertainment industry.
Where to stay if you visit
Capitol Records
Things to do: Times Calendar Section
Get grounded in L.A.: Free-Net
Movie Info.:
Movie History Timeline
Hollywood.com
Movie Database
Movies.com
Moviefon Movie Database
Movie Tune Database
L.A. Hazard Reports:
L.A. freeway conditions
L.A. earthquake activity
Who Says Downtown has to be Confusing?
Street names: Here is an early 20th Century rhyme to help school children remember the streets in the City (from East to West): "From Main I Spring to Broadway, and over the Hill to Olive, and wouldn't it be Grand to Hope to pick a Flower on Figueroa."
Here's a modern version, provided by an L.A. Times reader:
"The Main thing I hate about driving in L.A. is the way other drivers seem to Spring out of nowhere. Broadway is filled with over-the-Hill drivers and those who have had a few too many Olive-topped martinis. A Grand idea would be to go to work with the Hope that none of those former Flower children in their BMWs will cut you off while trying to find Figueroa."
Here is the traditional West-to-East version that includes streets further East:
"Figueroa is the Flower of Hope on the Grand Olive Hill of Broadway where the Spring flows from the Main Los Angeles Wall to San Pedro Central near Alameda."
(Still confused? Click here to order the Thomas Brothers Guide for L.A.)
Publications, Directories:
Online Hollywood Bookstore
Millimeter Magazine
The Hollywood Reporter
In Hollywood, for industry professionals worldwide
LA 411
Hollywood 911
MovieMaker Magazine
Warning! They say that you can take all the sincerity in Hollywood and put it in a flea's navel and still have room for six caraway seeds and an agent's heart.
(This may or may not be literally true, but at least we warned you!)
Misc.
Find song lyrics
Redemption Recording Company
Title House
Grainy Pictures productions
Pray for Peace Affirmations for Hollywood
Who Reads What and Why?
1. The Wall Street Journal is read by people who run the country.
2. The New York Times is read by people who think they run the country.
3. The Washington Post is read by people who think they should run the country.
4. USA Today is read by people who think they ought to run the country but don't really understand the Washington Post. They do, however, like their smog statistics shown in pie charts.
5. The Los Angeles Times is read by people who wouldn't mind running the country, if they could spare the time, and if they didn't have to leave L.A. to do it.
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