Vine Street

Vine Street

Type	Street
Location	Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Other
Known for	Hollywood and Vine Hollywood Walk of Fame

Vine Street is a street in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California that runs north-south from Melrose Avenue up past Hollywood Boulevard. The intersection of Hollywood and Vine was once a symbol of Hollywood itself. The famed intersection fell into disrepair during the 1970s but has since begun gentrification and renewal with several high valued projects currently in progress. Three blocks of the Hollywood Walk of Fame lie along this street with names such as John Lennon, Johnny Carson, and Audrey Hepburn. South of Melrose, Vine turns into Rossmore Avenue, a residential Hancock Park thoroughfare that ends at Wilshire Boulevard.

Buildings

Vine Street from near its northern terminus with the Broadway Hollywood Building prominently in view

The California Laundry was located on the street in 1920s. The Capitol Records Building, Capitol Tower, is located just north of the intersection of Hollywood & Vine.^[1] Miss Brewster's Millions (1926) starring Bebe Daniels, was shot on Vine Street at Franklin Avenue, near the site what is now the Capitol Records Building.^[2] The Hollywood/Vine Station for the Metro Red Line serves the intersection with the station entrance located at Hollywood Boulevard and Argyle Avenue, located one block east. Metro Local line 210 serves Vine Street.

References

1. Williams, Anthony L. (March 2002). Deep Heet!: The Ultimate High. iUniverse. p. 373. ISBN 978-0-595-21499-0. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
2. Bible, Karie; Wanamaker, Marc; Medved, Harry (29 November 2010). Location Filming in Los Angeles. Arcadia Publishing. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-7385-8132-3. Retrieved 16 March 2012.

External links

Media related to Vine Street, Los Angeles at Wikimedia Commons

Route map: Bing / Google