| Street Closures for Feb 2004 | |
| Academy
Awards Closures: Representatives from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences met with the CD-13 Street Closure Advisory Group yesterday, and delineated their plans for the upcoming closures related to the Academy Awards, which is slated for a live broadcast at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 29 at the Kodak Theatre. The complete details, along with maps, are available on their website at www.oscars.org. (Note: the maps will be uploaded next week.) Also, beginning February 12, there will be a hotline you can contact for more information or to report problems or special needs that you might have: 323-308-6900. The hotline will be staffed by a live body on the day of the show. The summary is as follows: Hollywood Boulevard will be closed between Highland Avenue and Orange Drive for six days beginning at 11 p.m. on Monday, February 23, for construction of press risers, fan bleachers and pre-show stages for the 76th Annual Academy Awards red carpet. The boulevard will reopen by noon on Monday, March 1. Additional streets will be closed on the day of the show, Sunday, February 29, including Highland Avenue from Sunset Boulevard to Franklin Avenue, and Hollywood Boulevard from Cahuenga Boulevard to La Brea Avenue. Also closed on the afternoon of the day of the show will be the southbound Highland Avenue off-ramp from the 101 Freeway. MTA subway trains will by-pass the Hollywood and Highland station following the last regularly scheduled train on Saturday, February 28, to the first train on Monday morning, March 1. Also on the day of the show, north/south streets between Cahuenga and La Brea that cross or dead-end on Hollywood Boulevard will be restricted to residents and local business traffic for the block north and south of Hollywood Boulevard. Franklin Avenue will remain open in both directions from La Brea Avenue to Highland Avenue, and the northbound Highland Avenue on-ramp to the 101 Freeway will be open. Between Monday, February 23, and the day of the Academy Awards Presentation, some additional streets and sidewalks will be closed for various periods: Orange Drive from Orchid Alley to Hollywood Boulevard will be closed from 6 a.m. Saturday, February 28, through 6 a.m. Monday, March 1, except for residents, local business access and emergency vehicles. Hawthorn Avenue will be closed from Highland Avenue to Orange Drive from 12:01 a.m. Friday, February 27, until 6 a.m. Monday, March 1, except for school buses on Friday. The sidewalks will remain open on Friday. Orchid Street between Franklin Avenue and Orchid Alley will be closed to all but residents and hotel loading traffic from 6 a.m. Saturday, February 28, to 6 a.m. Monday, March 1. On Saturday and Sunday, February 28 and 29, sidewalks will be closed on Hawthorn Avenue from Highland Avenue to Orange Drive and on the west side of Highland Avenue from Johnny Grant Way to Hollywood Boulevard. On Sunday, show day, the sidewalk on the north side of Hollywood Boulevard from Highland to Orange will be closed. The north sidewalk of Hollywood Boulevard will be closed in front of the entrance to Awards Walk from 10 p.m. on Monday, February 23 until noon on Monday, March 1. Pedestrian traffic will be re-routed but emergency access will be available. In addition, there will be some short-term street closures, and sidewalk and curb lane closures before February 23 and after February 29: Hollywood Boulevard will be closed from Highland Avenue to Orange Drive for eight hours beginning at 10 p.m. on Sunday, February 22. The north and south curb lanes of Hawthorn Avenue from Highland Avenue to Orange Drive will be closed, except for school buses, from 10 p.m. Sunday, February 22, until 6 a.m. Monday, March 1. The north curb lane of Hollywood Boulevard from Highland Avenue to 230 feet east of Orange Drive will be closed from 6 a.m. Sunday, February 15, until 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 2. The east and west parking lanes on Orange Drive from Hollywood Boulevard to Orchid Alley will be closed for two weeks prior to the show. The north curb lane of Hawthorn Avenue from Orange Drive to Highland Avenue will be closed from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Monday, March 1. Hollywood Boulevard from Orange Drive to Highland Avenue will be closed for eight hours from 10 p.m. on Monday, March 1, to 6 a.m. Tuesday, March 2. Regards, Kerry Morrison |
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