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Hollywood Blvd. closing in preparation for Academy Awards
Hollywood Boulevard will be closed between Highland Avenue and Orange Drive tonight as preparations begin and the red carpet is installed for Sunday's 82nd Academy Awards ceremony at the Kodak Theatre.
The stretch of Hollywood Boulevard will close at 10 p.m. and remain closed until 6 a.m. March 9.
Beginning at 4 a.m. Sunday, Hollywood Boulevard will be closed from La Brea Avenue to Cahuenga Boulevard, and Highland Avenue will be closed between Franklin Avenue and Sunset Boulevard.
A variety of smaller streets in the area will also be closed. On Sunday, the southbound Highland Avenue offramp from the Hollywood (101) Freeway will be closed.
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Metro subway trains will bypass the Hollywood and Highland station beginning after the last scheduled train on Saturday. The trains will continue to bypass the station until 6 a.m. Monday.
Parking restrictions will be in place on numerous streets on Sunday, and violators will be towed.
From 6 a.m. to midnight Sunday, parking will be prohibited on the following streets:
- Franklin Avenue between La Brea Avenue & Cahuenga Boulevard – both sides;
- Hollywood Boulevard between Cahuenga Boulevard & Vine Street – north side;
- Hollywood Boulevard between Highland Avenue & Cahuenga Boulevard – both sides;
- Hollywood Boulevard between Highland Avenue & La Brea Avenue – both sides;
- Highland Avenue between Franklin Avenue & Sunset Boulevard – both sides;
- Hawthorn Avenue between La Brea Avenue & Highland Avenue – both sides;
- Orange Drive between Hollywood Boulevard & Sunset Boulevard – both sides;
- Sunset Boulevard between Detroit Street & Vine Street – both sides;
- Wilcox Avenue between Sunset Boulevard & Franklin Avenue – both sides;
- McCadden Place between Yucca Street & Hollywood Boulevard – both sides;
- Yucca Street between Highland Avenue & Las Palmas Avenue – both sides;
- Highland Avenue between Sunset Boulevard & Santa Monica Boulevard – east side;
- Wilcox Avenue between Fountain Avenue & Sunset Boulevard – both sides;
- De Longpre Avenue between Wilcox Avenue & Cahuenga Boulevard – both sides;
- Cole Place between Cahuenga Boulevard & Fountain Avenue – both sides; and
- Fountain Avenue between Wilcox Avenue & Cole Place – both sides.
- Santa Monica Boulevard between Highland Avenue & McCadden Place – north side;
- Santa Monica Boulevard between Highland Avenue & Mansfield Avenue – south side;
- Highland Avenue between Santa Monica Boulevard & Sunset Boulevard – east side;
- Highland Avenue between Sunset Boulevard & De Longpre Avenue – east side;
- Cahuenga Boulevard between Sunset Boulevard & Hollywood Boulevard – both sides;
- Cahuenga Boulevard between Hollywood Boulevard & 101 Freeway – west side;
- Vine Street between 101 Southbound Freeway & Sunset Boulevard – west side;
- Vine Street between Homewood Avenue & Fountain Avenue – west side;
- Vine Street between Lexington Avenue & Santa Monica Boulevard – west side;
- Fountain Avenue between Vine Street & Highland Avenue – north side;
- La Brea Avenue between Lexington Avenue & Santa Monica Boulevard – both sides; and
- La Brea Avenue between Sunset Boulevard & Franklin Avenue – both sides.
- Outpost Drive between Franklin Avenue & La Pressa Drive – both sides;
- Outpost Circle between Outpost Drive & Hillside Avenue – both sides; and
- El Cerrito Place between Outpost Drive & Hillside Avenue – both sides.
From 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, parking will be banned on the following streets:
From 6 a.m. to midnight Sunday, parking will be prohibited on:
A map of affected streets is available online at www.oscars.org/closures.
Vehicles that are towed will be impounded at Hollywood Tow, 1015 N. Mansfield Ave. Owners can call the city Department of Transportation at (866) TOWAWAY or Hollywood Tow at (323) 466-8583 to redeem their vehicles.
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