The real Hollywood is spread out across the Los Angeles basin, and beyond. And visitors to Southern California need to realize that if they want to enjoy the full Hollywood experience. The suburb of Hollywood itself is no longer even an independent town - it was long ago absorbed into the giant City of Los Angeles, or so they thought. In reality, Hollywood has transformed the rest of Los Angeles into one giant back lot, where shooting takes place in virtually every neighborhood at one time or another. Pick up a shoot sheet , and you can watch Hollywood movie-making on location throughout the vast L.A. basin.
Most tourists find the actual neighborhood of Hollywood a pretty disappointing spot.
Even so, all of us who live in Southern California will probably make the pilgrimage to Hollywood Boulevard at least once in our lifetimes. We are driven both by curiosity and by our sense of history. This Hollywood is a glorious concoction of memories from a thousand enchanting musicals, a sparkling, romantic Xanadu that has little in common with the seedy streets of northwest Los Angeles. That number will put you in touch with the Hollywood InfoCenter, a recorded service that provides touch-button phone information about Hollywood attractions and upcoming Hollywood events. This webpage is not associated with any business described in the article above, and does not constitute an endorsement of this or any other business.