Hollywood, History of Hollywood

Hollywood (English: Hollywood) is a region in the province of Los Angeles, California in United States of America located between the west and northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Reason for her fame and movie studios and the presence of international stars in, is the historic center of the American Cinema and American representatives. Use the word «Hollywood» often as a metaphor for cinema in the United States.

On February 16, 2005, members of the Association of California introduced a bill requiring the State of California to save records to Hollywood as if they were independent in spite of that it is not usually the city of Los Angeles that you set limits for certain areas or neighborhoods. To do so is the definition of the border. And unanimously approved the bill by the Chamber of Commerce in Hollywood and Los Angeles City Council. And was approved by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on August 28, 2006 and is now the border areas of Hollywood official.

History of the Hollywood

Hollywood in 1907

 The emergence of Hollywood's story begins on the face of the earth in the year 1853, when it emerged a small hut built of mud in an area infested by the cactus called Nubal Nopal, named after the region where Bnubalera Nopalera, the name of the cactus. By the year 1870, where it was a thriving agricultural society replete with many types of crops known and rare. The population of the region known as the Valley of Kahonga, extending beyond the corridor and the Santa Monica Mountains north directly. And soon led to speculation that took place after that plots to the fragmentation of large areas of land and then start flocking to the landowners.

Hotel Hollywood in 1905

Despite the short history of the region, but it is full of the events charged with optimism on the future. The first to use the name "Hollywood" is Mr. H.. C. H. Whitley J. Whitley is thus deserves the title "Abu Hollywood" has arranged Mr. Whitley to buy a farm owned by Mr. Hurd area of ​​500 acres (about 2.0 km box) and told him his intention to buy the land for the development of a new city blocks in it. They agreed a price to be selling at a later time. Before the access and Whitley on the ground shot to news of the plan until he arrived at by Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, the wife of Mr. Hurd, Ms. Dada Wilcox, and several others during the trading news and rumors (gossip), especially the news speculation on land. Dada and I heard for the first time the name of its neighbor, Mrs. Hollywood Ivar in the town of Lloyd Holkaon (Lake Hollywood now), one of the most prominent investors in the region and a friend of the family. And recommended that her husband using this name. On February 1, 1887 AD, the citizen named Mr. Harvey title, and a map of the property sold to the Land Registry Office County of Los Angeles. The Harvey wants to be the first person to register ownership of land in Hollywood. The same year witnessed the beginning of the first real estate boom in the region, and then began the slow growth in Hollywood. By the year 1900, became the region's post office, newspaper, hotel and Soukan. The city of Los Angeles's population at that time 102,479 people is located at a distance of ten (10) miles (16 kilometers) east through the vineyards and fields of barley and citrus groves which are linked to the region inhabited line tram unidirectional drawn by horses and cutting through the heart Street, Prospect Avenue, However, his services were not systematic and it was the trip takes two hours. After converting the old citrus packing room to stable permanent improvement if transport of the population of Hollywood.

In 1902, the opening of the famous Hollywood Hotel, the first major hotel in Hollywood, by Mister e. C Whitley, who had then become President of the Company (Los Blovard Pacific Land Devlaubmnt) and a major contributor to it. After the possession of a farm Hurd and eventually dividing his work on the construction of the hotel in order to attract buyers of land, and was very willing to sell these pieces of housing for farmers on the slopes of the hills lemon. The building of the hotel adjacent to the eastern side of the street Highland Avenue is located at the front of Prospect Avenue Avenue, which was still up to that time dirt is not a temple, and was covered with a layer of gravel on a regular basis and gradually until it became the hotel over time, a street known throughout the world, and tomorrow a center of civic life and social region and the beta of the stars for many years while a company Whitley is working to develop and sell land in one of the residential areas designated as Ocean View Tract has done, Mr. Whitley lot in order to improve the area. And the payment of many thousands of dollars for the work of electric lighting, including bringing power lines and building a bank, as well as the construction of a road corridor to Kahoinga. And extended lines of electric lighting into several blocks to Prospect Avenue Avenue. While his home was the center of Highland Avenue Street On November 14, 1903 AD, became the mayor of Hollywood group as a result of its declaration on the ballot Municipality, supported by 88 votes in favor of advertising compared to 77 against him. On January 30, 1904 m, voters decided in Hollywood, by 113 votes to 96, ban the sale of alcohol in the city, except for medical purposes. Were not allowed to hotels or restaurants offer wine or alcoholic beverages before or after meals. In 1910, the voice of the members of the Municipal Council of Hollywood in favor of a draft resolution to include Hollywood to the city of Los Angeles and to reduce the constant conflict about securing adequate supplies of water after the water authority in Los Angeles open arches of water and transport water through pipelines from the River Owens to the city Los Angeles's growing. Another reason to vote for annexation and a draft resolution is to get Hollywood on the right to use the sewage system of the city of Los Angeles in the case of accession. I have a proposal for a referendum on separation from Hollywood Los Angeles in November 2002 defeat. With annexation of the town changed its name Street Prospect Avenue to the Corniche Hollywood Blvard as numbers change all the streets and roads in the province of new, for example, has become Prospect Avenue Avenue No. 100, the so-called Hollywood Boulevard No. 6400. In 1910, began moving toward the film industry, but at a slow pace and during World War I was the capital of Hollywood cinema, built during the war and laboratories Astodhat film.