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Cahuenga Boulevard

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The southern part of Cahuenga Boulevard has been referred to as the "heart of old Hollywood". The intersection between Cahuenga and Hollywood Boulevards had been an important intersection from the early history of Los Angeles, and by 1915 it already had a trolley stop, a bank and a hardware store.
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Trolley cars were used on the boulevards until the 1960s when replaced with bus. Historically a number of important Los Angeles buildings were located on the road including the Technicolor building from the 1940s through the 1960s and the World Book and News building.
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at 6380–84 Hollywood Boulevard on the south-west corner of Cahuenga Boulevard was a notable Californian company in the 1930s. At the intersection of Cahuenga Boulevard with Yucca Street, just off of Hollywood Boulevard was the
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to the northwest and the continuation of Cahuenga Boulevard to the southeast. From here it parallels the Hollywood Freeway, passing
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Cecilia Rasmussen (July 6, 2003). "L.A. THEN AND NOW; Fire Museum Tells of Valor, History".
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Today, numerous nightclubs, bars, and restaurants are dotted along the boulevard south of
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Building (1921), on the northeast corner of Cahuenga and Hollywood boulevards
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in downtown Hollywood. The boulevard is one of the principal routes to
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is also on the boulevard. At 1355 North Cahuenga Boulevard is the
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village of Kawengna, meaning "place of the mountain". It connects
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Film showing Cahuenga Parkway c1940 construction (~4:22 onwards)
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Hollywood building and former fire station, now the location of
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building which was built in the Neo-Renaissance style in 1930.
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and across from Grandmaster Recorders, formerly Bijou Studios
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Hollywood Theatre of Note at 1517 N Cahuenga just north of
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Hollywood Remembered: An Oral History of Its Golden Age
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Index


Sunset
/kəˈwɛŋɡə/

Los Angeles
California
Tongva
Sunset Boulevard
Hollywood
Hollywood Hills
North Hollywood
San Fernando Valley
West Victory Boulevard
North Hollywood
Ventura Freeway
Los Angeles River
Lankershim Boulevard
Campo de Cahuenga
Universal City Metro station
Hollywood Freeway
Ventura Boulevard
The Baked Potato
Universal Studios Hollywood
Cahuenga Pass
San Fernando Valley
Los Angeles Basin
The Hollywood Bowl
Sunset Boulevard
Melrose Avenue
Universal Studios

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