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Places Continued from page 53 Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum 6780 Hollywood Blvd., (323) 466-6335. Ripley's Museum offers over 300 different exhibits of the strange, unusual and bizarre. Look for the di- nosaur on the roof. Open every day 10am-12am. Rock Walk/Guitar Center 7425 Sunset Blvd., (323) 874-1060. Founded Nov. 13, 1985. Hollywood's Rockwalk is a col- lection of handprints, signatures, and memora- bilia from the greatest musical performers and innovators who have contributed the most to promote the growth of Rock 'n Roll music as an art form. Mon-Fri 10am-9pm, Sat 10am-8pm & Sun 11am-8pm. www.rockwalk.com Runyon Canyon Park (323) 666-5046. Historic city park. Hike the trails and explore the relics and ruins of a Hollywood es- tate. Parking lot entrance on Mulholland Hwy. Pedes- trian entrance end of Fuller St. Open dawn to dusk. Samuel-Novarro House 5609 Valley Oak Drive. Lloyd Wright trans- lates the textured pre-cast concrete Mayanesque block into pressed metal. The re- sult hints at pre-Columbian Revival and Zigzag Modern composition. (Please do not disturb occupants.) Schindler House 835 N. Kings Rd., (323) 651-1510. Rudolph Schindler's home, now a center for study of 20th century architecture. Self-guided tours Wed-Sun 11am-6pm. Docent tours Sat & Sun. Admission $7. $6 for students. www.makcenter.org (See Mak Center in VISUAL ARTS) Shakespeare Bridge Franklin Ave. between Myra Avenue & St. George St. joins Los Feliz, Franklin Hills and Silverlake neighborhoods. Walk over this beloved 1925 Gothic span now one of L.A.'s historic landmarks. The Storer Residence 8161 Hollywood Blvd. The second of four Holly- wood area textile-block designed houses by Frank Lloyd Wright was built in 1923. Do not disturb occupants. (See listings for Ennis, Hollyhock and Freeman houses.) Sunset Gower Studios 1438 N. Gower St. Formerly Columbia Pictures (1926-1972). Classic It Happened One Night with Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington with Jimmy Stewart were made here as were The Three Stooges movies. Later TV shows I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched and The Fly- ing Nun filmed here. Still a working studio lot for in- dependent productions. New building at Sunset entrance houses iconic Technicolor. Sunset Strip Doheny Dr.-Crescent Hts. Once-favorite night spots such as the Trocadero, Mocambo and Ciro's were lo- cated here outside the city limits in unincorporated county land. Today the pleasant assortment of bou- tiques, restaurants, nightclubs and hotels such as art deco landmark The Argyle and historic Chateau Mar- mont are part of West Hollywood, "The Creative City". 54 DISCOVER HOLLYWOOD / FALL 2011 of interest Universal CityWalk Sunset Tower Hotel 8358 W. Sunset Blvd., (323) 654-7100. Completed in 1931, it originally consisted of 46 apartments, and was once home to such stars as Marilyn Monroe, Errol Flynn, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, the Gabor Sis- ters and many more. Now a 64-room luxury hotel listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Sunset Vine Tower 6290 Sunset Blvd. L.A.'s first "skyscraper" built follow- ing removal of 14-story height limit in 1960, was the skyscraper in Earthquake and now converted to spec- tacular apartments. tours See listings for Paramount Pictures, Universal Stu- dios Hollywood, and Warner Bros. Studios. Sony Pictures (Culver City) (310)244-8687; NBC TV Studio tour (in Burbank) (818) 840-3537; Red Line's Inside Historic Hollywood Walking Tour 4 times daily (323) 402-1074; Architecture Tours L.A. driving tours of significant buildings (323) 464-7868. Bus tours to movie stars' homes and Hollywood: Starline Tours (800) 959-3131; Hol- lywoodland Tours (323) 462-4116.; All-Star Showbiz Tours personalized sightseeing tours (888) 908-3311. Dearly Departed's Tragical His- tory Tour (323) 466-3696; Hollywood Forever Cemetery Tours (818) 517-5988; Haunted Holly- wood Tours (818)415-8269; and LA City Tours (323) 960-0300. TV Studios Hollywood has a 60-year history as a pioneer in TV broadcasting. See listings for KCET/Channel 28 and KTLA/Channel 5. Others: CBS Television City, 7800 Beverly Blvd, (323) 575-2345 (the KCBS phone number); CBS Studio Center, 4024 Radford Ave., Studio City, (818) 655-5000; KNBC/Channel 4, 3000 W. Alameda Ave, Bur- bank; Paramount Studios (323) 956-1777. (See TV Tickets & Tours)