Hollywood Walk of Fame (Los Angeles, California)

Hollywood Walk of Fame is one of the most famous destinations of the world for tourists. It is difficult to imagine a more "star" place - because the alley contains 2,500 stars. 10 million tourists came every year here to see this place. Each five-pointed star is a single monument, which is made from coral-pink terrazzo with the rim of the brass. The name of the winner of each is poured by copper. There is a copper emblem under the name, which "speaks" what exactly the famous candidate did.

There are 5 types of emblems:

• camera
• old TV
• phonograph
• radio-microphone
• theatrical masks.

Because Hollywood is Empire of film industry, it is not surprise about half of the stars are given for contribution to the creating of cinema. TV got 24% of the Alley, singers - 17%, and the stars of radio - 10%, 2% of all theatergoers.

Interesting Facts:

1. There are stars on the Hollywood Walk of Famous have fictional characters - Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs, Shrek, The Simpsons.
2. Julia Roberts and Clint Eastwood gave up their stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
3. George Clooney and John Denver refused to be present at the opening ceremony of his own stars, so Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has not placed their stars on the Walk of Fame.
4. The idea of ​​creating the Walk of Fame in Hollywood appeared at the Hollywood Chamber President of the Chamber, E. Stewart in the early 50-ies of the last century.
5. There are two legends how the star shape appeared. On one of them, the idea of ​​"assembled" on the ceiling of the dining room on Hollywood Boulevard. In the second, the idea of ​​"borrowed" from the menu of the restaurant Hollywood "Tropical" (there photos of celebrity were framed in gold stars).
6. The construction of the Avenue of Stars was marred by two trials. In the first case, the court applied the local property owners. They demanded to pay damages for the felling of trees and the deterioration of the street lighting in the Alley area. The second, lawsuit filed son of Charlie Chaplin. As a result, both the claims were rejected. Walk of Fame was started in 1958, completed in 1959. Although this attraction continues to grow until now!
7. The myth of Joan Woodward. Legend has it that Joanne Woodward - the first winner of the stars on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood. However, in reality, just on the famous Walk of laid 8 stars. Just exactly Joanne Woodward agreed the first to pose beside their own stars.
8. During the crisis in Hollywood in the 60s and 70s of the last century, on the Walk of Fame Star not added.
9. In 1984, the Walk of Fame began to expand and added a second row of stars.
10. There are persons who have two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. For example, Michael Jackson was awarded the star for his solo career and his career in the group The Jackson 5.
11. Only two American Presidents have his own stars on the Walk of Fame - Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump.
12. We are all human :) Many star names had typos. Some of them are fixed, some remained.

P.S. We went to the Walk of Fame on the first day of our stay in Los Angeles. We were so pleased with the holiday atmosphere created by this attraction, so we visited this place again before to leave :)