model bus company There are free tours of the cathedral and to the adjacent Southern California Community Church, the

Hollywood Palladium Norman Chandler, model bus company of the Los Angeles Times dynasty, built this theater at No. 6215. It was opened by Lana Turner in 1940, when Frank Sinatra gave a concert. Big bands and musical stars still perform here. CBS Studios No. 6121 was inherited from Columbia Pictures. It in turn succeeded the Nestor Film Co., which rented the site in 1911 for $40 a month. Gower Gulch Now a shopping mall, in the 1930s and 1940s would- model bus company be actors gathered here each morning hoping for $10-a-day jobs at the small studios shooting low- budget Westerns. Warner Bros. Studio The first talkie, Al Jolson s The Jazz Singer (1927), was made here at No. 5858. The following year the studio moved to Burbank (see p145). The building now houses local radio stations. 0 meters 0 yards 100 100 N GORDON STN BRONSON AVE GOWER STTAMARIND AVE HOLLYWOOD FREEWAY WARNING Unfortunately this section of Sunset Boulevard is run down and frequented by drug dealers and prostitutes. It is advisable to stay in your car, with the doors locked and valuables out of sight. If you decide to walk around, try to look as if you know where you are going. Keep your wallet in an inconspicuous place and do not wear valuable jewelry. Sunset Boulevard Theater

church on the site was destroyed by an earthquake in 1812, the present structure took shape and was completed in 1833. Its twin towers and mix of Roman, Moorish, and Spanish styles served as the main inspiration for what came to be known as Mission Style (see p30). The mission was again hit by an earthquake in Franciscan 1925, damaging the towers and fa ade of the

There are free tours of the cathedral and to the adjacent Southern California model bus company Community Church, the drive-in church that preceded model bus company it. The original drive-in theater where it all began is still standing nearby.