No one is making movies now. No one may make movies ever again. Hollywood may be over. This is the corner of Wilcox Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard, abandoned Art Deco buildings and the empty Warner Pacific Theater with its dead radio towers, and the 1983 “You Are the Star” mural by New Mexico artist Thomas Suriya. That's been vandalized and restored, as good as new, again and again. It's rather famous. But it won't be restored again, not now. It's on the west wall of the Attie...
more »No one is making movies now. No one may make movies ever again. Hollywood may be over. This is the corner of Wilcox Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard, abandoned Art Deco buildings and the empty Warner Pacific Theater with its dead radio towers, and the 1983 “You Are the Star” mural by New Mexico artist Thomas Suriya. That's been vandalized and restored, as good as new, again and again. It's rather famous. But it won't be restored again, not now. It's on the west wall of the Attie Building – 1931, H. A. Minton – with its red windows. That's been empty for years too. This is where the stars fade away. ~ Thursday, October 8, 2020
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