With the 84th annual Hollywood Christmas Parade set to move through city streets Sunday, officials warned motorists today to expect a series of street closures and parking restrictions this weekend in Tinseltown.
City transportation officials said the no-parking restrictions will be tightly enforced, with illegally parked vehicles being impounded.
Towed vehicles will likely be taken to the official police garage, Hollywood Tow, at 1015 N. Mansfield Ave. Motorists can check online at www.opglaviic.com to find their vehicle.
The parade will make its way down Hollywood Boulevard on Nov. 29, starting at 5 p.m. The annual Christmas event will be nationally televised on CW Network channels as a two-hour special airing on Dec. 11 at 8 p.m. Pacific and Eastern times. Subsequent airings will begin Dec. 19 on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel.
The following streets will be posted as no-parking/stopping tow-away zones:
From midnight Saturday morning to 6 a.m. Monday:
— Hollywood Boulevard between Highland Avenue and Orange Drive;
— Orange between Hollywood Boulevard and Hawthorn Avenue; and
— Sycamore Avenue between Franklin and Hawthorn avenues.
From 6 a.m. to midnight Sunday night:
— Hollywood Boulevard between La Brea Avenue and Orange Drive.
From 11 a.m. to midnight Sunday night:
— Hawthorn between Highland and La Brea avenues;
— Sunset Boulevard between Highland and La Brea avenues;
— De Longpre Avenue between Highland and La Brea avenues;
— Fountain Avenue between Highland and La Brea avenues;
— Lanewood Avenue between La Brea Avenue and Orange Drive;
— El Cerrito Place between Franklin and Hollywood Boulevard;
— Sycamore Avenue between Sunset Boulevard and Fountain Avenue;
— Orange between Franklin and Hollywood Boulevard;
— Orange between Hawthorn and Santa Monica Boulevard; and
— Mansfield Avenue between De Longpre and Fountain.
From 1 p.m. to midnight Sunday:
— Hollywood Boulevard between Highland and Vine Street;
— Vine between Hollywood and Sunset boulevards;
— Sunset between Vine and Highland;
— Franklin between La Brea and Highland;
— Santa Monica Boulevard between La Brea Avenue and Gower Street;
— Highland Avenue between Franklin and Sunset;
— La Brea between Franklin and Fountain;
— Cahuenga Boulevard between Yucca Street and Hollywood Boulevard (West Side Only); and
— Yucca Street between Gower and Argyle streets (North Side Only).
The north and southbound Cahuenga Boulvard offramps from the Hollywood (101) Freeway will be closed from 3 to 10 p.m. Sunday.
