 1 Fullerton station Waiting for the train back to downtown LA |
 2 Fullerton station train was a wee bit delayed, so just hanging around :) |
 3 Fullerton station |
 4 Angels Flight Funicular railway in the Bunker Hill district |
 5 Angels Flight as featured during Gary and Walter's song in "The Muppets" film |
 6 Angels Flight as featured during Gary and Walter's song in "The Muppets" film |
 7 Angels Flight "...if I'm a muppet then I'm a very manly muppet" |
 8 Angels Flight Looking back towards Hill Street from California Plaza |
 9 California Plaza One California Plaza |
 10 California Plaza Lunch area now but also used for free concerts |
 11 California Plaza th the stage and seating split by a moat! :) |
 12 California Plaza |
 13 looking towards downtown LA |
 14 Angels Flight Views of one of the funicular cars |
 15 Angels Flight Top of the funicular, ready for our return journey |
 16 Angels Flight Ticket office at California Plaza - $1 return? Bargain! |
 17 Angels Flight Heading away from California Plaza |
 18 Angels Flight Car all to myself? What luxury :) |
 19 Angels Flight The 2 cars in use are still the same ones (though refurbished) from the original 1901 Angels flight |
 20 Angels Flight With views of One and Two California Plaza |
 21 Angels Flight Called "The Shortest Railway in the World" |
 22 Downtown LA AT&T Madison Complex, U.S. Bank Tower and Two California Plaza |
 23 Million Dollar Theater The Million Dollar was the first movie house built by Sid Grauman, in 1917, before the Chinese Theatre etc. |
 24 Million Dollar Theater Amazing architechture on the side of the theater |
 25 Million Dollar Theater ... and a closer view of some ... |
 26 Million Dollar Theater ... and some more ... |
 27 Million Dollar Theater ... and some more |
 28 Bradbury Building as used in many, many films and television shows |
 29 Roxie Theatre built in 1932, now converted to shops |
 30 Broadway views down LA's Broadway |
 31 Palace Theater Opened in 1911 and is the oldest remaining Orpheum theater in the US |
 32 Los Angeles Theatre Opened in 1931, the entire theater was constructed off-site, swung in and slotted between the existing buildings |
 33 Los Angeles Theatre Interior of this theatre was used at the end of "The Muppets" when Kermit gave his speech on the stairs |
 34 Loew's State Theatre Opened in 1921 but as now a Spanish-language church |
 35 Chinese Theatre Getting ready for "The Watch" premiere tonight |
 36 Chinese Theatre All blocked off for the celebs |
 37 Chinese Theatre Signing queue was on this side of the road, and already starting to form at about midday! |
 38 Hollywood Boulevard Looking down from the Hollywood and Highland Center |
 39 Hollywood Sign from the Hollywood and Highland Center |
 40 Hollywood and Highland Center Three-story courtyard inspired by the Babylon scene from the D.W. Griffith film "Intolerance" - the 2 pillars with elephant sculptures are to the same full scale as the film set! |
 41 Hollywood and Highland Center Closer view of one of the elephant sculptures |
 42 Hollywood and Highland Center all year round Christmas shop |
 43 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Simon Cowell |
 44 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Carrie Underwood |
 45 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Lady Gaga |
 46 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Jennifer Aniston |
 47 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Zac Efron |
 48 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Uma Thurman as The Bride and director Quentin Tarantino in "Kill Bill Vol 1" |
 49 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Justin Timberlake |
 50 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Jamie Foxx |
 51 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Salma Hayek |
 52 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Robert Pattinson |
 53 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Ryan Seacrest |
 54 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Bette Davis |
 55 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Charlie Chaplin |
 56 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Marlene Dietrich |
 57 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Judy Garland |
 58 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Gloria Swanson |
 59 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers |
 60 Madame Tussauds Hollywood James Dean |
 61 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart from "The African Queen" |
 62 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Charlton Heston as Moses in "The Ten Commandments" |
 63 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Marilyn Munroe |
 64 Madame Tussauds Hollywood James Stewart as George Bailey in "It's A Wonderful Life" |
 65 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Alfred Hitchcock |
 66 Madame Tussauds Hollywood George Burns and Bob Hope |
 67 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra in "Cleopatra" |
 68 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" |
 69 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Paul Newman as Butch Cassidy and Robert Redford as The Sundance Kid in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" |
 70 Madame Tussauds Hollywood nt Eastwood as The Man with No Name in "A Fistful of Dollars" |
 71 Madame Tussauds Hollywood John Wayne as Reuben J. Cogburn in "True Grit" |
 72 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Colin Farrell |
 73 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Colin Farrell ... and me |
 74 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in "The Godfather" |
 75 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Pierce Brosnan as Thomas Crown in "The Thomas Crown Affair" |
 76 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Robert DeNiro |
 77 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter from "Silence of the Lambs" |
 78 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley from "Beverley Hills Cop" ... and me |
 79 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Tom Hanks as Forest Gump in "Forest Gump" ... and me :) |
 80 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Steve McQueen as Captain Virgil Hilts from "The Great Escape" ... and me :) |
 81 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin Braddock in "The Graduate" |
 82 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Patrick Swayze as Johnny Castle in "Dirty Dancing" |
 83 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard and William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk from "Star Trek" ... and me :) |
 84 Madame Tussauds Hollywood No *I'm* the captain of the Enterprise!! ;) |
 85 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Sylvester Stallone as Rocky |
 86 Madame Tussauds Hollywood |
 87 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Steven Spielberg ... and me :) |
 88 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Johnny Depp ... and me :) |
 89 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Cameron Diaz |
 90 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Martin Scorsese |
 91 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Robin Williams |
 92 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Elton John |
 93 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Tupac Shakur |
 94 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Madonna |
 95 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Michael Jackson |
 96 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Tiger Woods |
 97 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Lance Armstrong |
 98 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester ... and me |
 99 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester |
 100 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Kobe Bryant |
 101 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Tony Hawk |
 102 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Arnold Schwarzenegger as Terminator in "Terminator" |
 103 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Spiderman ... and me :) |
 104 Madame Tussauds Hollywood The Rock |
 105 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Hugh Jackman as Wolverine from "X-Men" |
 106 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Sarah Michelle Gellar as "Buffy" |
 107 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Sarah Michelle Gellar as "Buffy" ... and me |
 108 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Bruce Willis as John McClane from "Die Hard" |
 109 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Chris Hemsworth as Thor from "Thor" |
 110 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Antonio Banderas as Zorro from "The Mask of Zorro" |
 111 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Robert Downey Jr. as Anthony "Tony" Stark from "Iron Man" |
 112 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Nicole Kidman's waxwork mould |
 113 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Hugh Jackman's waxwork mould |
 114 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Beyoncé |
 115 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Madame Tussaud |
 116 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Mary Hart, anchor of Entertainment Tonight from 1982 to 2011 |
 117 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Meryl Streep |
 118 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Denzel Washington |
 119 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Betty White |
 120 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Daniel Craig |
 121 Madame Tussauds Hollywood Nicole Kidman |
 122 Grammy Museum opened in December 2008 to co-incide with the Grammy Awards' 50th anniversary |
 123 Hotel Figueora built in 1925 as a YWCA residence |
 124 South Figueroa Street looking towards the Staples Center |