Boadway Bros. or Boadway's was a chain of upscale department stores in Southern California and New Mexico during the 1910s and 1920s, which started with a single store in Pasadena carrying furniture.
Boadway Bros.' store at 268 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, California, 1918
Hollywood Boulevard is a major east–west street in Los Angeles, California. It runs through the Hollywood, East Hollywood, Little Armenia, Thai Town, and Los Feliz districts. Its western terminus is at Sunset Plaza Drive in the Hollywood Hills and its eastern terminus is at Sunset Boulevard in Los Feliz. Hollywood Boulevard is famous for running through the tourist areas in central Hollywood, including attractions such as the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Ovation Hollywood shopping and entertainment complex.
Hollywood Boulevard sign
The revamped Hollywood Boulevard as seen from the Dolby Theatre, 2005
From a rooftop at Dale Street (or Orange Street?), c. 1905
The intersection of Hollywood, then named Prospect and Highland avenues 1907