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Hollyhock House was designed by America’s most important 20th-century architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. The house was commissioned by oil heiress and theatre producer Aline Barnsdall. It was built between 1919 and 1921. Aline Barnsdall was also a philanthropist and in 1927 gave the house and the surrounding twelve acres atop Olive Hill (now Barnsdall Park) to the City of Los Angeles as a memorial to her father Theodore.

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Griffith Observatory

Griffith Observatory

2.12km from Hollyhock House

Commands a view of the Los Angeles Basin, including Downtown Los Angeles to the southeast, Hollywood to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. The observatory offers a close view of the Hollywood Sign and an extensive array of space and science-related displays. Admission has been free since the observatory's opening in 1935.

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

2.58km from Hollyhock House

Hollywood Forever, cemetery, mortuary & cultural event center in the heart of Hollywood, offers cremation, funeral & memorial services. It regularly hosts community events such as live music and summer movie screenings. It is one of the oldest cemeteries in Los Angeles, California and is located at 6000 Santa Monica Boulevard in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles.

Hollywood Pantages Theatre

Hollywood Pantages Theatre

2.9km from Hollyhock House

This is located at Hollywood and Vine, in Hollywood. It was the last theater built by the vaudeville impresario Alexander Pantages. The palatial Art Deco theater opened on June 4, 1930, as part of the Pantages Theatre Circuit. This venue celebrates the highest of quality and specializes in stage musicals and operas, some of the biggest Broadway productions have been held on it’s very stage including ‘West of The Rocky Mountains,’ and ‘Wicked.

Paramount Pictures Studios

Paramount Pictures Studios

2.92km from Hollyhock House

Paramount Pictures Corporation, one of the first and most successful of the Hollywood film studios. Paramount Pictures became the first major Hollywood studio to distribute all of its films in digital form only. It's the only major studio remaining in Hollywood, with its headquarters and studios located on Melrose Avenue. This classic film studio is most well-known for some of the top-grossing motion pictures in recent times.

Hollywood Walk of Fame

Hollywood Walk of Fame

2.98km from Hollyhock House

The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a historic landmark which consists of more than 2,700[1] five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California. It is a popular tourist destination, with an estimated 10 million annual visitors in 2010. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce holds trademark rights to the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood Boulevard

3.59km from Hollyhock House

Hollywood Boulevard is a major east–west street in Los Angeles, California. It begins in the west as a winding residential street at Sunset Plaza Drive in the Hollywood Hills West district. After crossing Laurel Canyon Boulevard, it proceeds due east as a major thoroughfare through Hollywood, Little Armenia and Thai Town to Vermont Avenue. It then runs southeast to its eastern terminus at Sunset Boulevard in the Los Feliz district. Parts of the boulevard are popular tourist destinations.

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Most populous county in the United States, with more than 10 million inhabitants as of 2018. It is the third-largest metropolitan economy in the world with a Nominal GDP of over $700 billion.

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