The Hollywood sign can be seen from the main courtyard at the Hollywood & Highland
complex, opening this week and expected to draw both tourists and Southland residents. (LORI SHEPLER / Los Angeles Times )
Hollywood quotes are embedded in the courtyard at the complex, next to Grauman’s Chinese
Theatre. (LORI SHEPLER / Los Angeles Times )
Hollywood draws millions of tourists each year. The new TrizecHahn project will employ
about 2,500 people, at least 70% of them from the surrounding neighborhoods. (STEFANO PALTERA / For The Times )
The community has been largely supportive of the development one neighbor calls “a
Hollywood version of the Beverly Center.” (LORI SHEPLER / Los Angeles Times )
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An ornate ceiling crowns the 3,600-seat Kodak Theatre, new home of the Academy Awards and
part of Hollywood & Highland, a retail center with more than 60 shops and restaurants.
It’s all part of what one expert predicts will be “the next great entertainment district
in America.” (ROBERT GAUTHIER / Los Angeles Times )
The balcony area of Kodak Theatre, above left, includes irregular patterns of wood and color (ROBERT GAUTHIER / Los Angeles Times )
Workers are putting the finishing touches on the facility before its public opening Friday with a concert. The complex is one of the largest retail and entertainment projects to be built in L.A. in many years. (ROBERT GAUTHIER / Los Angeles Times )
