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Walk of Fame

99% Invisible

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The Walk of Fame

The Chamber of Commerce created four committees with experts in four separate categories, motion pictures, television, audio recording, and radio. The first members of the Motion Picture Committee included industry giants, Cecil B. DeMille, Samuel Goldwyn, and Walt Disney. In 1961, after years of debate over where it would go and who would be honored, the Walk was finally installed. They put in 1500 stars all at once to create an instant tourist attraction.

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