Hollywood's biggest event of the year may be nine days away, but already, like a slow landslide, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Oscars ceremony is causing the streets of Tinseltown to close one by one to prepare for the awards ceremony.
The Oscars are Sunday, March 10 at the Dolby Theater on Hollywood Boulevard, but street and sidewalk closures begin three weeks in advance.
On February 18, the Los Angeles Police Department closed Orchid Alley between Orange Drive and Orchid Avenue, just north of the Dolby Theatre.
A week later, they closed the northbound lane of Hollywood Boulevard between Orange Drive and Highland Avenue. Much of the north sidewalk of Hollywood Boulevard is also closed. They also closed the east and west lanes of Orange Drive from Hollywood Boulevard to Orchid Alley.
On Wednesday, they closed parts of Hawthorn Avenue, as well as the entire section of sidewalk on Hollywood Boulevard in front of the Dolby Theater.
As of Thursday, traffic was completely closed on Hollywood Boulevard between Orange Drive and Highland Avenue.
Next Sunday, Los Angeles police will close the southbound lane of the sidewalk on Hawthorn Avenue from Highland Avenue to Orange Drive. Hawthorn Alley behind the El Capitan Theater will also be partially closed between Orange Drive and Highland Avenue.
Hawthorn Avenue will be completely closed two days before the show, March 8.
A map showing the progression of the closures, which will be even more extensive the day before the show and the day of the show, can be found on the Oscars website.
