HOLLYWOOD PLAZA HOTEL

1633-37 N. Vine St.

(Walker & Eisen, architects; 1924)

This building was one of four major hotels built in Hollywood in the 1920s and once housed one of the most glamorous nightspots, "Clara Bow's "It" Cafe named for and operated by the silent film star.

(SITE OF) BROWN DERBY

1620-28 N. Vine St.

(Carl Jules Weyl, architect; 1928)

This Spanish Colonial Revival style structure, designed for Cecil B DeMille, was the second branch of the famous restaurant. The first Derby -- constructed in the shape of a hat -- was located on Wilshire Boulevard. The Vine Street landmark was demolished in 1994.

VINE STREET THEATRE

1615-29 N. Vine St.

(Myron Hunt, architect; 1926)

Originally the Wilkes Vine Street Theater, the building was used as movie theater and a television and radio facility between 1931 and 1954. Currently known as the Doolittle Theatre, this building continues its historic use as a legitimate theater.

TRANS AMERICA VIDEO (TAV) BUILDING

1533-41 N. Vine St.

(Walker & Eisen, architects; 1937)

The attractive Moderne design of this commercial studio was well-known to radio fans of the 1940s. It was the setting of radio star Tom Breneman's "Breakfast Club," as well as a neighborhood bowling alley. It has been adapted for its current use a television studio. A recent fire gutted the structure.

(SITE OF) PARAMOUNT/NBC

One of the most famous blocks in Hollywood is the square block bounded by Vine Street, Selma, Argyle and Sunset Boulevard. As the site of one of the first studios in Hollywood, and then the home of the NBC radio network, this site was been a part of the evolution of the entertainment industry in America for nearly half a century.