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Las Palmas Hotel Janes House 6541 Hollywood Blvd. The last surviving Queen Anne- style Victorian residence along the Boulevard. From 1911-1926, it was the Misses Janes Kindergarten School where children of Cecil B. DeMille, Jesse Lasky, Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin attended. The Knickerbocker Hotel 1714 Ivar Avenue. Built in 1925, it was a glamorous hotel popular with celebrities. Errol Flynn lived here when he first came to Hollywood and both Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley stayed many times. Harry Houdini stayed here and his widow held a séance on the roof in 1936. Director D.W. Griffith (Birth of a Nation and Intolerance) lived here a mostly forgotten man until his death in 1948. Now a senior residence. KTLA TV (Sunset Bronson Studio) 5800 Sunset Blvd., (323) 460-5500. Original Warner Bros. Studio where in 1927 the first sound movie The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson, was made. After the advent of sound, studios needed more space, and Warners moved to Burbank, using the studio for production of Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck cartoons. In the late '40s, the studio became KTLA, one of the nation's first TV studios. Lake Hollywood A glimpse of this mountain "lake" nestled in the hills will make you forget that you're in a major city. Used as a location for countless movies and TV shows - a replica of the dam cracked and burst in the movie Earthquake. Superb view of Hollywood Sign. Sculptures at base of the dam. Lake Hollywood Drive. Daily 5am-Sunset. Las Palmas Hotel 1738 N. Las Palmas, (323) 464-9236. Julia Roberts' humble digs before business with Richard Gere moved her "uptown" to Beverly Hills in Pretty Woman. Also Kramer's residence when he moved temporarily from New York to Hollywood on TV's Seinfeld. Los Angeles Fire Department Museum & Memorial 1355 N. Cahuenga Blvd., (323) 464-2727. The Los An- geles Fire Department houses its historic fire fighting col- lection dating back to the 1880's in the old 1930 Hollywood Fire Station No. 27. Outdoor sculpture memo- rializes fallen firefighters. Open Sat 10am-4pm Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens 5333 Zoo Drive, (323) 644-4200. At Griffith Park. Where the real wildlife is! One of the world's finest zoos. Open daily 10am-5pm. (See FAMILY) Madame Tussauds Hollywood 6933 Hollywood Blvd., (323) 467-8277. Get up close and personal with stars and famous personalities from the past and present. Hollywood's newest attraction, dates to 1770 and the original Madame Tussaud. Interactive fun for the en- tire family. Hours: Daily 10pm between Memorial Day and Labor Day. www.madametussauds.com Places continues on page 37 FALL 2012 / DISCOVER HOLLYWOOD 15