Before the area now known as Hollywood, it was known as Rancho La Brea. Rancho La Brea was area where Agricultural Community Flourished and crops ranging from hay and grain to subtropical bananas and pineapples. In 1886, H. H. Wilcox bought an area of Rancho La Brea. Within a few years, Wilcox had built Prospect Avenue (now Hollywood Boulevard) for his main street and was selling large residential lots to wealthy Midwesterners .

Prospect Avenue soon became a prestigious residential street populated and now known as “Hollywood”.

By 1920, Hollywood had become world-famous as the center of the United states film industry. In 1918, H. J. Whitley commissioned architect A. S. Barnes to design Whitley Heights as a Mediterranean-style village on the steep hillsides above Hollywood Boulevard, and it became the first celebrity community

On January 22, 1947, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, KTLA, began operating in Hollywood. In December of that year, the first Hollywood movies production was made for TV, The Public Prosecutor. And in the 1950s, music recording studios and offices began moving into Hollywood

There are three core fascinating boulevard of Hollywood for a tourist: Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood Boulevard, and Melrose Avenue. All three are worth seeing. Hollywood Boulevard is known for its entertainment history,Sunset Boulevard for its clubs and nightlife and Melrose Ave for its shopping, nightlife, and eclecticism.