Hollywood Walk of Fame

===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}}</ref><ref name="Vincent1">{{cite news|author=Vincent, Roger|date=May 6, 2008|url=https://articles.latimes.com/2008/may/06/business/fi-hollyangst6|title=Neighborhood face-lift gives Hollywood pause|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 24, 2011}}</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}}</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}}</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 nine 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}}</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 <!--was http://www.johnnygrant.com/johnnygrantbio.html-->|title=The Official Site Of Johnny Grant, Hollywood's Honorary Mayor|work=johnnygrant.com|publisher=Hollywood Chamber of Commerce|access-date=May 26, 2010}}</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://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/doc/167153542.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Sep%205,%201957&author=&pub=Los%20Angeles%20Times&edition=&startpage=&desc=Linkletter%20Installed%20as%20Hollywood%20%27Mayor%27|title=Linkletter Installed as Hollywood 'Mayor'|page=B6|date=September 5, 1957|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 26, 2010}}</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}}</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>