A Walk of Fame is a public installation which honours celebrities by embedding star-shaped tiles bearing the names of famous people in a sidewalk. Some notable Walks of Fame include: The Pleiades, an open cluster of stars in the constellation of Taurus. ... A sidewalk. ...
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The HollywoodWalk of Fame is a sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, California, United States, which is embedded with more than 2,000 five-pointed stars featuring the names of celebrities honored by the HollywoodChamber of Commerce for their contributions to the entertainment industry.
The Walk of Fame runs east to west on Hollywood Boulevard from Gower Street to La Brea Avenue, and north to south on Vine Street between Yucca Street and Sunset Boulevard.
The Walk of Fame was created in 1958 by southern Californian artist Oliver Weismuller, who was hired by the city to give Hollywood a "face lift".
Boston city officials are proposing to create a Walk of Fame in the Theater District, after the fashion of the one on Hollywood Boulevard.
The walk, he added, will not highlight ''just any random star on Hollywood'sWalk of Fame, but people who have lived part of their life in Anaheim and Orange County and who have made significant contributions to communities here.
Walks of Fame are not without their perils, however.
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