Yes, there really is a neighborhood called Hollywood.
It’s about 3 miles south of Universal City.
As you exit the freeway, the Hollywood Bowl is hidden in the hills to your right and a few blocks away is the famous CAPITOL RECORDS round building (that resembles a stack of records) that we know.
That point you are at the famous HOLLYWOOD & VINE.
few blocks to your right is the (Graumann’s) Mann’s Chinese Theater and the Hollywood WALK OF FAME.
They also added a new mall and the now-famous KODAK THEATER where the Academy Awards are now permanently.
The JIMMY KIMMEL SHOW also tapes across the street.
While they have fixed up the neighborhood a bit and the streets with the theaters are packed day and night – the other streets are still a bit shady at night so the tourist stuff is best done by day.
Couple blocks south is HOLLYWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.
Going south to Melrose Avenue, if you turn left, you will soon hit PARAMOUNT.
The gates are instantly recognizable but no tours.
There is the HOLLYWOOD CEMETARY by Paramount Studios.
There are also many other TV studios in the area but from the outside, they pretty much just look like office buildings.
If you turn right on Melrose and then turn left on Fairfax, you can see CBS TELEVISION CENTER.
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