Editing Hollywood Walk of Fame (section)

===Stagnation and revitalization===
Although the Walk was originally conceived in part to encourage redevelopment of Hollywood Boulevard, the 1960s and 1970s were periods of protracted [[urban decay]] in the Hollywood area as residents moved to nearby suburbs.<ref>{{cite news|last=Shuitt|first=Doug|date=April 16, 1972|url=https://latimes.newspapers.com/image/385514845/?terms=%22The%20Old%20Glamor%20Has%20Vanished%22&match=1|title=Hollywood Blvd.---The Old Glamor Has Vanished|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2010-06-09|url-access=subscription|archive-date=January 31, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131185332/https://latimes.newspapers.com/image/385514845/?terms=%22The%20Old%20Glamor%20Has%20Vanished%22&match=1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Vincent1">{{cite news|author=Vincent, Roger|date=May 6, 2008|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-06-fi-hollyangst6-story.html|title=Neighborhood face-lift gives Hollywood pause|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 24, 2011|archive-date=September 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910075422/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-06-fi-hollyangst6-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> After the initial installation of approximately 1,500 stars in 1960 and 1961, eight years<!--[[WP:CALC]]--> passed without the addition of a new star. In 1962, the [[Los Angeles City Council]] passed an ordinance naming the [[Hollywood Chamber of Commerce]] "the agent to advise the City" about adding names to the Walk, and the Chamber, over the following six years, devised rules, procedures, and financing methods to do so.<ref name="historyof"/>
In December 1968, [[Richard D. Zanuck]] was awarded the first star in eight years in a presentation ceremony hosted by [[Danny Thomas]].<ref name="historyof"/><ref name="ap2006"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uP5XAAAAIBAJ&pg=2861,1539705&dq=zanuck+1968+star+walk+of+fame&hl=en|title=Walk of Fame|newspaper=[[The Bulletin (Bend)|The Bulletin]]|date=December 12, 1968|page=20|agency=UPI Telephoto|access-date=April 1, 2020|archive-date=September 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910075423/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uP5XAAAAIBAJ&pg=2861,1539705&dq=zanuck+1968+star+walk+of+fame&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 1978, the city of Los Angeles designated the Hollywood Walk of Fame a [[List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Hollywood|Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM) Report – Community: Hollywood|publisher=Department of City Planning|location=City of Los Angeles|access-date=May 31, 2010|url=http://cityplanning.lacity.org/complan/HCM/dsp_hcm_result.cfm?community=Hollywood|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926231328/http://cityplanning.lacity.org/complan/HCM/dsp_hcm_result.cfm?community=Hollywood|archive-date=September 26, 2007}}</ref>

{{stack|[[File:Joe Pasternak Allan Warren.jpg|thumb|Johnny Grant, center, at the July 29, 1991 presentation ceremony for producer [[Joe Pasternak]], on the right. At left is [[Gene Kelly]].]]}}
Radio personality, television producer, and Chamber member [[Johnny Grant (radio personality)|Johnny Grant]] is generally credited with implementing the changes that resuscitated the Walk and established it as a significant tourist attraction.<ref name="ap2006"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Honorary mayor of Hollywood dies|first=Jeff|last=Wilson|date=2008-01-11|agency=AP|page=2A|newspaper=[[The Post and Courier]]|location=[[Charleston, South Carolina]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lldSAAAAIBAJ&pg=3396,3238480&dq=grant+honorary-mayor-of-hollywood&hl=en}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Beginning in 1968, Grant stimulated publicity and encouraged international press coverage by requiring that each recipient personally attend his or her star's unveiling ceremony.<ref name="ap2006"/> Grant later recalled that "it was tough to get people to come accept a star" until the neighborhood finally began its recovery in the 1980s.<ref name=Vincent1/>

In 1980, Grant instituted a fee of $2,500 ({{Inflation|US|2500|1980|fmt=eq}}), payable by the person or entity nominating the recipient, to fund the Walk of Fame's upkeep and minimize further taxpayer burden.<ref name="ap2006"/> The fee has increased incrementally over time. By 2002, it had reached $15,000 ({{Inflation|US|15000|2002|fmt=eq}}),<ref>{{cite web|title=Nomination Procedure|publisher=[[Hollywood Chamber of Commerce]]|date=June 8, 2002|url=http://www.hollywoodchamber.net/walkoffame/nom_proc.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020608105215/http://www.hollywoodchamber.net/walkoffame/nom_proc.html|archive-date=June 8, 2002}}</ref> and stood at $30,000 in 2012 ({{Inflation|US|30000|2012|fmt=eq}}).<ref name="WOFFAQ"/> {{As of|2023}}, the fee was $75,000<!--({{Inflation|US|75000|2023|fmt=eq}})-->, about eight times the original amount adjusted for inflation.<ref name="Walk of Fame FAQs">{{cite web|url=https://walkoffame.com/faq/|title="Walk of Fame FAQs"|accessdate=2023-05-04|archive-date=May 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504154410/https://walkoffame.com/faq/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Grant was himself awarded a star in 1980 for his television work.<ref name="historyof"/> In 2002, he received a second star in the "special" category to acknowledge his pivotal role in improving and popularizing the Walk.<ref name="JGrant">{{cite web|url=http://www.johnnygrant.com/index.php?page=4|title=The Official Site Of Johnny Grant, Hollywood's Honorary Mayor|work=johnnygrant.com|publisher=[[Hollywood Chamber of Commerce]]|access-date=May 26, 2010|archive-date=July 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721235701/http://www.johnnygrant.com/index.php?page=4|url-status=live}}</ref> He was also named chairman of the Selection Committee and Honorary [[Mayor of Hollywood]] (a ceremonial position previously held by [[Art Linkletter]] and [[Monty Hall]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/167153542|title=Linkletter Installed as Hollywood 'Mayor'|page=B6|date=September 5, 1957|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 26, 2010|id={{ProQuest|167153542}}|archive-date=September 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910075549/https://www.proquest.com/docview/167153542|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89161002|title=Pin-Up Queen Turns Hollywood Mayor Race Pink|date=March 27, 2008|publisher=NPR|first=Mandalit|last=del Barco|access-date=May 26, 2010|archive-date=September 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910075425/https://www.npr.org/2008/03/27/89161002/pin-up-queen-turns-hollywood-mayor-race-pink|url-status=live}}</ref> among others).<ref name="historyof"/><ref name="JGrant"/> He remained in both offices from 1980 until his death in 2008 and hosted the great majority of unveiling ceremonies during that period. His unique special-category star, with its emblem depicting a stylized "Great Seal of the City of Hollywood",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hwof.com/star/special/johnny-grant/2448|title=Johnny Grant|publisher=HWOF LLC|access-date=May 26, 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030211136/http://hwof.com/star/special/johnny-grant/2448|archivedate=2010-10-30}}</ref> is located at the entrance to the Dolby Theatre adjacent to Johnny Grant Way.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.life.com/image/78898836|title=Johnny Grant Remembered On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame|magazine=Life Magazine|date=January 10, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610215733/http://www.life.com/image/78898836|archive-date=June 10, 2011<!--turn javascript off to view – as of Dec 2013 archive.org obscures the view-->|access-date=December 11, 2013}}</ref><ref name="GrantBio">{{cite web |title = Johnny Grant's Bio |url = http://www.johnnygrant.com/johnnygrantbio.html |publisher = JohnnyGrant.com |accessdate = 2008-01-09 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080116013603/http://www.johnnygrant.com/johnnygrantbio.html |archive-date = 2008-01-16 }}</ref>