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HOLLYWOOD ROOSEVELT HOTEL
7028-34 Hollywood Blvd.
(Fisher, Lake & Traver, architects; 1926)
Named after President Theodore Roosevelt, the hotel was built to give Hollywood prestigious accommodations for visitors. The first Academy Awards ceremony took place here in 1927. The hotel has gone through many changes throughout its history, with a major restoration in 1986. Artist David Hockney designed the kinetic images on the bottom of the swimming pool.
CHINESE THEATER
6925 Hollywood Blvd.
(Meyer & Holler, architects; 1927)
The most famous landmark on Hollywood Boulevard, the internationally known Chinese Theater is an excellent example of flamboyant movie palace designs of the 1920s. It was said to have been modeled on a Chinese Opera House and the interior was designed in a unique Chinese Chippendale style.
MASONIC TEMPLE
6840 Hollywood Blvd.
(John C. Austin, architect; 1921)
The Masonic Temple -- a Neoclassical design -- was the work of architect John C. Austin, who also designed the Los Angeles City Hall and the Griffith Park Observatory.
EL CAPITAN THEATER
6834-38 Hollywood Blvd.
(Morgan, Walls & Clement, architects; 1925)
The most lavish of the four Hollywood Boulevard legitimate theaters, the interior was designed by G. Albert Landsburgh in an "East India" motif, while the exterior was Spanish Colonial Revival. The theater was restored in 1990 as a joint project of Buena Vista Pictures, a division of the Disney Company, and Pacific Theaters.