Hollywood/Highland station
Hollywood/Highland station is an underground rapid transit (known locally as a subway) station on the B Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located under Hollywood Boulevard at its intersection with Highland Avenue, after which the station is named, in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Hollywood. The station's entrance is located inside the Ovation Hollywood development which was built at about the same time as the station. The main entrances faces Hollywood Boulevard and is located in the center of the tourist area of Hollywood, near such attractions including the Dolby Theatre , El Capitan Theatre, TCL Chinese Theatre, Hollywood Museum and the Ripley's Believe It or Not! museum. Service. Station layout. Hollywood/Highland is a two-story station; the top level is a mezzanine with ticket machines while the bottom is the platform level. The station uses a simple island platform with two tracks. Design and architecture. The design of the station was created by three different firms. The designer of the station is Sheila Klein, and the constructor of the station is CannonDesign. The lighting, material and mechanical design are from HLB Lighting Design. The construction of the station were  to be made of equipments given by the Metro, which according to HLB, made it challenging. The lighting pillars of the station was to resemble like a flower, and it was carefully sized to match well with the smooth, curved ceiling which 'resembled a belly'. Sheila Klein named the architecture of the station, "Underground Girl". Future K Line connection. The under construction K Line will connect to this station via the future northern extension from the Expo/Crenshaw station (current terminus) which would offer connections to West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Crenshaw District, Leimert Park, Miracle Mile, City of Inglewood, and  LAX. It will also allow connections to the E Line, D Line, and C Line as well as the LAX Automated People Mover. Location. The station is located in Hollywood at the intersection between two major roads, Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue. Hollywood/Highland is beneath the shopping center of the same name and the Dolby Theatre. Pacific Electric Red Car interurban trains stopped on the surface in the early 1900s; this marked the junction of the Hollywood Line with the San Fernando Valley lines to Owensmouth and San Fernando. Due to terrorism concerns, the station is closed on the  day of the Academy Awards starting with the 74th Academy Awards on March 24, 2002. The one day station closure has remained in effect every year ever since except for the 93rd Academy Awards in 2021 in which that year's ceremony was held at Union Station in Downtown Los Angeles in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in California.