PCAD - Crossroads of the World, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA

6671 West Sunset Boulevard
Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA 90028-6290

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A two-acre site bounded by Sunset Boulevard, Las Palmas, and Selma Avenue;

Dedicated 10/29/1936; the ten commercial buildings were fashioned in the characteristic styles of ten different countries; this early shopping center complex became a major tourist attraction soon after opening; made a National Historic District in 1980.

Renovated in 1965-1966;

Authorities and Identifiers

National Register of Historic Places (September 8, 1980): 80000805 NRHP Images (pdf) NHRP Registration Form (pdf)

PCAD id: 1193

Publications

Lord, Rosemary, Los Angeles Then and Now, 108-109, 2002. "Retrospect--LA", Los Angeles Times, pt. VIII: 26, "Crossroads of the World Restoration Story 1965", Los Angeles Times, 11/14/1965. Dawes, Amy, Sunset Boulevard: Cruising the Heart of Los Angeles, 80-107, 2002.

Crossroads of the World, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA (1936)

Publications