Getting around Hollywood on Oscar Week

Getting around Hollywood could be a little more difficult starting tonight as preparations begin for the 80th annual Academy Awards ceremony at the Kodak Theatre. Beginning at 10 p.m., Hollywood Boulevard will be closed between Highland Avenue and Orange Drive. The street will reopen at 6 a.m. tomorrow, but will close again at 10 p.m. tomorrow and remain closed until 6 a.m. Feb. 26. The south sidewalk of Hollywood Boulevard between Highland and Orange will be closed -- with the exception of an 8-foot-wide pedestrian access -- at 6 p.m. and remain closed until 6 a.m. Feb. 26. The north sidewalk will be closed in the same area, also allowing an 8-foot pedestrian access, at 10 p.m. and remain closed until 6 a.m. Feb. 25. The mid-block pedestrian crosswalk on Hollywood Boulevard will be closed at 10 p.m. and remain clused until Feb. 26. The north and south curb lanes of Hawthorn Avenue will be closed between Highland and Orange at 10 p.m. and remain closed until Feb. 25. Metro buses will be rerouted, but school buses will be permitted in the area. The Hawthorn alley behind El Capitan Theatre will also close at 10 p.m. and remain clused until Feb. 26. The Oscar ceremony is scheduled for 5 p.m. Feb. 24. (CNS)

Comments

[Dan W.]

The Red Line takes you north and southeast out of or into Hollywood.

It would be helpful to have the southwest connector down Santa Monica Blvd. (sometimes called the "Pink Line").

Getting to/through Hollywood would be and will be so much easier when it is finally built.

[Michael Ballard]

My biggest problem with the closures is the Red Line, the Hollywood/Highland station closes for the duration. If another exit was built, perhaps on the south or east side of the intersection, people could still take the train. We have it, lets use it!

[KP]

It sure would be nice to have a map of what is closed and when, to help the people who live and commute through the area. I've been looking all over the web and can't find this basic piece of information. It is frustrating enough to get caught up in the mess, but even more frustrating to search and not find this sort of info.