” The dirty little secret is that the area known as Hollywood has never been particularly safe.”
When I moved to L.A. in 1976, I drove to Hollywood, and found out it was a toilet. Full of drugs, and pimps.
Where did you go after you took the studio tour?
1959 Christmas Season, my friends family took us to see Ben Hur and we had steak somewhere near what was the Egyptian Theatre. Clean at that time, but after about 1967, not any more.
In the late 60s many new moviees were released in Westwood (used to be very clean) and Orange County instead of Hollywood Blvd.
Ongoing hangout for runaways, prostitutes, pimps and mentally ill. Democrats.