The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood California which serves as an entertainment hall of fame. It is embedded with more than 2,000 five-pointed stars featuring the names of human celebrities as well as fictional characters honored by the Hollywood Chamber of Commers for their contributions to the entertainment industry. The Walk of Fame is maintained by the self-financing Hollywood Historic Trust. The first eight stars were dedicated in September 1958 and placed in the sidewalk on the northwest corner of Hollywood Blvd. and Highlane Avenue. They were installed several months prior to the official 1960 Walk of Fame ground-breaking so as to be ready when the new, twelve-story First Federal Savings and Loan of Hollywood building was completed, in January 1959. The largest collection of Walk of Fame photos is the Bruce Torrence Hollywood Historical Collection.
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