Editing Hollywood, Los Angeles (section)

===Initial development===
[[File:El Cabrillo Courtyard.png|thumb|upright=1|[[El Cabrillo]], a historic [[Spanish Colonial Revival architecture|Spanish Colonial Revival]] landmark built in 1928 by [[Cecil B. DeMille]]]]
[[File:Glen-Holly-Hotel-1890.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[Glen-Holly Hotel]], Hollywood's second hotel, at the corner of what is now Yucca Street, was built in the 1890s.]]
[[File:HJWhitley Hollywood Hotel ca 1904.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[H. J. Whitley]] (on left wearing a bowler hat) and the [[Hollywood Hotel]] (on left) at the corner of [[Highland Avenue (Los Angeles)|Highland Avenue]] and [[Hollywood Boulevard]]]]
[[File:Charles Toberman Estate, Hollywood.JPG|thumb|upright=1|[[C.E. Toberman Estate|Villa Las Colinas]], a historic [[Mission Revival]] estate built by [[Charles E. Toberman]] in 1922]]
[[File:Hollywood&Highland-1907.jpg|thumb|upright=1|The intersection of Hollywood and Highland in 1907]]
[[H. J. Whitley]], a real estate developer, arranged to buy the {{convert|480|acre|km2|adj=on}} E.C. Hurd ranch. Whitley shared his plans for the new town with General [[Harrison Gray Otis (publisher)|Harrison Gray Otis]], publisher of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', and Ivar Weid, a prominent businessman in the area.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

[[Daeida Wilcox Beveridge|Daeida Wilcox]], who donated land to help in the development of Hollywood, learned of the name ''Hollywood'' from an acquaintance who owned an estate by that name in Illinois.<ref>{{Cite web|title=California Holly: How Hollywood Didn't Get its Name |url=https://nhm.org/stories/california-holly-how-hollywood-didnt-get-its-name|access-date=February 14, 2021 |publisher=[[Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County]]}}</ref>
Wilcox is quoted as saying, "I chose the name Hollywood simply because it sounds nice and because I'm superstitious and holly brings good luck."<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S1TILGf0ZmsC&q=cendars+Hollywood+Mecca |title=Hollywood: Mecca of the Movies |publisher=[[University of California]] Press |location=Berkeley, California |first=Blaise |last=Cendars |date=1995 |isbn=0-520-07807-1 |page=23}}</ref>  She recommended the same name to her husband, [[Harvey Henderson Wilcox|Harvey H. Wilcox]], who had purchased 120 acres on February 1, 1887. It was not until August 1887 that Wilcox decided to use that name and filed with the Los Angeles County Recorder's office on a deed and parcel map of the property.

By 1900, the region had a post office, newspaper, hotel, and two markets. Los Angeles, with a population of 102,479, lay {{convert|10|mi|km}} east through the [[vineyard]]s, barley fields, and [[citrus]] groves. A single-track [[Tram|streetcar line]] ran down the middle of Prospect Avenue from it, but service was infrequent and the trip took two hours. The old citrus fruit-packing house was converted into a livery [[stable]], improving transportation for the inhabitants of Hollywood.

The [[Hollywood Hotel]] was opened in 1902 by Whitley, president of the Los Pacific Boulevard and Development Company. Having finally acquired the Hurd ranch and subdivided it, Whitley built the hotel to attract land buyers. Flanking the west side of [[Highland Avenue (Los Angeles)|Highland Avenue]], the structure fronted on Prospect Avenue (later [[Hollywood Boulevard]]). Although it was still a dusty, unpaved road, it was regularly graded and graveled. The hotel became internationally known and was the center of the civic and social life and home of movie stars for many years.

Whitley's company developed and sold one of the early residential areas, the Ocean View Tract.<ref name = "Los Angeles">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/losangelesfrommo03mcgr/page/816 |pages=815–816 |title=Los Angeles from the mountains to the sea : with selected biography of actors and witnesses to the period of growth and achievement |volume=3 |first=John Steven |last=McGroarty |publisher=The American Historical Society |location=Chicago, Illinois |date=1921}}</ref> Whitley did much to promote the area. He paid thousands of dollars to install electricity and arrange for electric lighting, and he built both a bank and a road into the [[Cahuenga Pass]]. The lighting ran for several blocks down Prospect Avenue. Whitley's land was centered on [[Highland Avenue (Los Angeles)|Highland Avenue]].<ref name="A Dream Picture">''Cahuenga Valley Sentinel'' (May 7, 1904).</ref><ref name="Why I live in Hollywood by H. J. Whitley">''Hollywood Citizen'' (Spring Edition March 4, 1914).</ref> His 1918 development, [[Whitley Heights, Los Angeles|Whitley Heights]], was named for him.