Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Hollywood

West Hollywood and L.A. Celebrate New Fairfax Avenue Bike Lanes

By Joe Linton | Jun 10, 2016 | 6 Comments

The cities of West Hollywood and Los Angeles celebrated the grand opening of a collaborative project yesterday: 1.2 miles of bike lanes on Fairfax Avenue. The new bike lanes extend from Melrose Avenue to Hollywood Boulevard. The northern end of the lanes were striped by the City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) in 2014. […]

Eyes On the Street: Scramble Crosswalks Debut At Hollywood And Highland

By Joe Linton | Nov 16, 2015 | 17 Comments

It may be one of those made-up statistics, but there is a repeated truism that millions of people visit Hollywood Boulevard every year, and they spend an average of about fifteen minutes there. Sure, there are the Walk of Fame, some beautiful historic theaters and other noble buildings, Metro Red Line subway stops, costumed performers, street […]

Opinion – Don’t Shoot the Messenger: How “NIMBYs” Are Not to Blame for the Target Fiasco at Sunset and Western

By David Bell | Mar 6, 2015 | 69 Comments

Editor’s note: Last week, Streetsblog Los Angeles ran an opinion piece from one of our occasional contributors, Alexander Friedman. The piece told Friedman’s side of the story regarding a controversial and currently half-built Target store at the corner of Western Avenue and Sunset Boulevard. Friedman’s piece generated a lot of comments, some insightful, some sympathetic, […]

Welcome to “The Avenue Hollywood”, Another Anti-Pedestrian Project

By Alexander Friedman | Aug 23, 2013 | 14 Comments

Mixed-use developments are rising all over Los Angeles, particularly in Hollywood and West Hollywood. Some buildings look better than others, though sadly none show the classic architectural spark that once existed in the early 20th century. Nevertheless, most new projects aim for common goals: sustainability and improved pedestrian infrastructure. But not all mixed-use projects follow […]

Friends of the Hollywood Central Park Challenge Us to Design Our Own Park

By Damien Newton | Jul 15, 2013 | 4 Comments

Friends of the Hollywood Central Park (FHCP), a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a 44-acre street-level park over the Hollywood Freeway in a densely populated and park-poor area of the city, launched a new facet of thir website today to encourage everyone to tap their inner architect and create their own dream park. You can […]

De-Uglifying Hollywood: How to Make Our City Pedestrian-Friendly

By Alexander Friedman | Nov 15, 2012 | 53 Comments

Tourists arriving in Hollywood from all over the world are fascinated, at first. The Walk of Fame, historic Hollywood and Vine, glamorous Hollywood & Highland shopping center and Grauman’s theater – all of these attractions make an impression… …Unless you deviate a block or two. Once you accidentally leave the tourist area, real Los Angeles […]

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