Mascots roam near empty streets. Two businesses permanently shut down. The virus spells trouble for one of L.A.’s most iconic blocks.
Javie Rubio, better known as the Mickey Mouse who greets pedestrians along the Hollywood Walk of Fame, stood under an awning, staring into a mostly empty street. He furrowed his brows as he thought about how much he would be able to take home for the day.
With the boulevard’s entire ecosystem built around big crowds willing to mingle in close quarters, some wonder whether COVID-19 is going to permanently change a place that has been a destination of dreams for nearly a century.Street performer Javie Rubio walks down a deserted section of Hollywood Boulevard. The pandemic has greatly affected the tourist hub.
They had made the trip from Atlanta so that Huang, 29, could get a test she needed to leave the country to seek medical attention in China. A handful of tourists visit the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which still shows evidence of recent Black Lives Matter protests. Most storefronts and theaters on the famed thoroughfare are closed because of the pandemic.Outside, half of the street was blocked off to protect the “All Black Lives Matter” chalk art on the pavement. A street once lined by vendors was reduced to a single hot dog cart with a rainbow umbrella at the corner of Hollywood and Highland.
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