Ride to Hollywood

My free subway ride on June 12 from Union Station to Hollywood was exciting. The ride was fast and smooth. The well-lighted tunnel, the attractive subway cars and the modern, clean stations made the ride enjoyable.

But arrival in Hollywood was depressing. From the Hollywood Boulevard-Vine Street subway station west to Highland, on Hollywood Boulevard, crummy-looking shops offered tattoos, body piercing, sex paraphernalia and garish merchandise. For me, the boulevard is a wasteland with one oasis, the Musso and Frank Grill.

ROBERT Q. CUNNINGHAM

San Marino