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PLAYMATES
6436-40 Hollywood Blvd.
(Architect unknown; 1931)
One of the smaller retail buildings on the Boulevard, this unique example of Art Deco design is finely detailed with tile and the floral patterns which are hallmarks of the style.
WARNER/PACIFIC THEATER
6423-45 Hollywood Blvd.
(G. Albert Landsburgh, architect; 1926-27)
One of four grand movie palaces on the Boulevard, the Warner was built as the flagship of the Warner Brothers Studio Theaters. The extravagant designs were intended to lure the film patron away from the reality of the street at the earliest possible moment.
(SITE OF) PAUL DeLONGPRE RESIDENCE
Northwest corner Hollywood at Cahuenga
(1901)
Hollywood's first tourist attraction had nothing to do with the movies. On this site, French landscape painter Paul DeLongpre created an elaborate Moorish residence, studio and palatial gardens which drew hundreds of tourists each year on "Balloon Route Excursions" from Los Angeles. The structure was demolished sometime in the 1920s.
CREQUE BUILDING
6400-08 Hollywood Blvd.
(B. B. Homer, architect; 1931)
In 1888, Horace Sackett built a general store and hotel on this site, a three-story wooden Victorian structure that was the center of the small commercial district. In 1912 it was replaced with a two-story structure, which was enlarged and remodeled in 1931 at the height of Hollywood's prosperity to the four-story Art Deco brick-and-tile structure of today.
SECURITY TRUST AND SAVINGS
6381-85 Hollywood Blvd
(John and Donald Parkinson, architects; 1921)
The architects of the Memorial Coliseum and Union Station designed this imposing Italian Renaissance Revival structure with its Romanesque arched windows. It was used as a bank and office building.
OWL DRUG/JULIAN MEDICAL
6380-84 Hollywood Blvd.
(Morgan, Walls, and Clement, architects; 1934)
One of the finest examples of Art Deco/Streamline Moderne architecture in the historic district. The ground floor was originally a drug store, with medical offices above.