Editing Hollywood Walk of Fame (section)

===Restoration===
[[File:Michael Landon's star on the Walk of Fame.jpg|thumb|[[Michael Landon]]'s star has a crack at its top]]
In 2008, a long-term restoration project began with an evaluation of all 2,365 stars on the Walk at the time, each receiving a letter grade of A, B, C, D, or F. Honorees whose stars received F grades, indicating the most severe damage, were [[Joan Collins]], [[Peter Frampton]], [[Dick Van Patten]], [[Paul Douglas (actor)|Paul Douglas]], [[Andrew L. Stone]], [[Willard Waterman]], [[Richard Boleslavsky]], [[Ellen Drew]], [[Frank Crumit]], and [[Bobby Sherwood]]. Fifty celebrities' stars received "D" grades. The damage ranged from minor cosmetic flaws caused by normal weathering to holes and fissures severe enough to constitute a walking hazard. Plans were made to repair or replace at least 778 stars at an estimated cost of over $4 million.<ref name="LAT22">{{cite news|last=Pool|first=Bob|date=July 22, 2008|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-22-me-walk22-story.html|title=Walk of Fame going to have a little work done|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 28, 2011|archive-date=August 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809003123/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-22-me-walk22-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The restoration is a collaboration among the [[Hollywood Chamber of Commerce]] and various Los Angeles city and county governmental offices, along with the MTA, which operates the [[B Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Metro B Line]] that runs beneath the Walk, since earth movement due to the presence of the subway line is thought to be partly responsible for the damage.<ref name="WOFfix">{{cite news|last=Pool|first=Bob|date=July 17, 2008|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-17-me-walk17-story.html|title=Walk of Fame fix won't be easy stroll|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 31, 2010|archive-date=September 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910075426/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-17-me-walk17-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

To encourage supplemental funding for the project by corporate sponsors, the "Friends of Walk of Fame" program was inaugurated,<ref name="LAT22"/> with donors recognized through honorary plaques adjacent to the Walk of Fame in front of the Dolby Theatre.<ref name="LATAbs"/> The program has received some criticism; [[Alana Semuels]] of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' described it as "just the latest corporate attempt to buy some good buzz", and quoted a brand strategist who said, "I think Johnny Grant would roll over in his grave".<ref name="LATAbs"/>

Los Angeles introduced the "Heart of Hollywood Master Plan", which promotes the idea of closing Hollywood Boulevard to traffic and creating a [[pedestrian zone]] from La Brea Avenue to Highland Avenue, citing an increase in pedestrian traffic including tourism, weekly movie premieres<ref>{{cite web|url=http://onlyinhollywood.org/alerts/|title=Alerts Archive|website=Only In Hollywood|language=en|access-date=2020-01-31|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121085515/http://onlyinhollywood.org/alerts/|archivedate=2020-01-21}}</ref> and award shows closures, including ten days for the Academy Award ceremony at the Dolby Theatre.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://la.curbed.com/2018/3/2/17072092/hollywood-boulevard-close-cars-oscars|title=Make the Oscars street closures permanent|first=Alissa|last=Walker|date=2 March 2018|website=Curbed LA|access-date=September 7, 2022|archive-date=September 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908173705/https://la.curbed.com/2018/3/2/17072092/hollywood-boulevard-close-cars-oscars|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/livable-city/la-ol-hollywood-scramble-star-wars-20151230-story.html|title=Opinion: Here's a New Year's resolution worth keeping: Close Hollywood Boulevard to cars in 2016|last=Crotty|first=Emilia|date=2015-12-30|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-31|archive-date=September 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907233504/https://www.latimes.com/opinion/livable-city/la-ol-hollywood-scramble-star-wars-20151230-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2019, the city of Los Angeles commissioned [[Gensler]] Architects to provide a master plan for a $4 million renovation to improve and "update the streetscape concept" for the Walk of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://urbanize.la/post/hollywood-walk-fames-4-million-master-plan-moves-forward|title=Hollywood Walk of Fame's $4-Million Master Plan Moves Forward|date=2019-06-14|website=Urbanize LA|language=en|access-date=2020-01-31|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112035001/https://urbanize.la/post/hollywood-walk-fames-4-million-master-plan-moves-forward|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/city-selects-firm-to-design-hollywood-walk-of-fame-improvements/135152/|title=Hollywood Walk of Fame Update Coming, City Selects Firm to Design Improvements|website=NBC Los Angeles|date=June 12, 2019|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-31|archive-date=September 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908180504/https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/city-selects-firm-to-design-hollywood-walk-of-fame-improvements/135152/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-30/hollywood-boulevard-highland-vine-road-diet-traffic|title=L.A. considers bold makeover for Hollywood Boulevard: Fewer cars, bike lanes, wider sidewalks|last1=Nelson|first1=Laura J.|last2=Vega|first2=Priscella|date=2020-01-30|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-31|archive-date=September 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907233504/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-30/hollywood-boulevard-highland-vine-road-diet-traffic|url-status=live}}</ref> Los Angeles city councilmember Mitch O'Farrell released the draft master plan designed by Gensler and Studio-MLA in January 2020. It proposed widening the sidewalks, adding bike lanes, new landscaping, sidewalk dining, removing lanes of car traffic and street parking between the [[Pantages Theatre (Hollywood)|Pantages Theater]] (Gower Street) at the East and The Emerson Theatre (La Brea Avenue) at the west end of the boulevard.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://la.curbed.com/2020/1/31/21115464/hollywood-boulevard-walk-of-fame-pedestrian-friendly|title='Exciting' Hollywood Boulevard makeover unveiled. But don't call it radical.|last=Barragan|first=Bianca|date=2020-01-31|website=Curbed LA|language=en|access-date=2020-03-05|archive-date=September 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908032822/https://la.curbed.com/2020/1/31/21115464/hollywood-boulevard-walk-of-fame-pedestrian-friendly|url-status=live}}</ref> The approved phase one includes removing the parking lanes between Orange Drive and Gower Street, adding street furnishings with benches, tables and chairs with sidewalk widening. Phase two is in the schematic stage. Phase two is planned for 2024 and will include closing down the boulevard to two lanes, adding landscaping with shade trees and five public plazas made up of [[art deco]] designed street pavers and kiosks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://heartofhollywood.la/walk-fame-master-plan|title=WALK OF FAME MASTER PLAN &#124; Heart of Hollywood|publisher=Heartofhollywood.la|date=|access-date=2022-08-01|archive-date=August 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816171435/https://heartofhollywood.la/walk-fame-master-plan|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kfiam640.iheart.com/featured/la-local-news/content/2022-07-28-hollywood-walk-of-fame-to-get-streetscape-improvements/|title=Hollywood Walk of Fame to Get Streetscape Improvements &#124; KFI AM 640 &#124; LA Local News|publisher=Kfiam640.iheart.com|date=2022-07-28|access-date=2022-08-01|archive-date=August 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804130103/https://kfiam640.iheart.com/featured/la-local-news/content/2022-07-28-hollywood-walk-of-fame-to-get-streetscape-improvements/|url-status=live}}</ref> Planned to be completed by 2026, funding is being raised for the $50 million project.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://urbanize.la/post/hollywood-walk-fames-4-million-master-plan-moves-forward|title=Hollywood Walk of Fame's $4-Million Master Plan Moves Forward|date=June 14, 2019|website=Urbanize LA|access-date=June 15, 2019|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112035001/https://urbanize.la/post/hollywood-walk-fames-4-million-master-plan-moves-forward|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/City-Selects-Firm-to-Design-Hollywood-Walk-of-Fame-Improvements-511169871.html|title=City Selects Firm for Hollywood Walk of Fame Improvements|first=City News|last=Service|website=NBC Southern California|date=June 12, 2019|access-date=June 19, 2019|archive-date=June 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619193107/https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/City-Selects-Firm-to-Design-Hollywood-Walk-of-Fame-Improvements-511169871.html|url-status=live}}</ref>