Oscars: Actual People Doing Actual Stuff

Written by Eric Olsen
Published February 17, 2005
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• Hawthorn Avenue will be closed from Highland Avenue to Orange Drive from 12:01 a.m. Friday, February 25, until 6 a.m. Monday, February 28, except for school buses on Friday. The sidewalks will remain open on Friday.

• Orange Drive from Franklin Avenue to Hollywood Boulevard will be closed from 6 a.m. Saturday, February 26, through 6 a.m. Monday, February 28, except for residents, local business access and emergency vehicles.

• Orchid Street between Franklin Avenue and Orchid Alley will be closed to all but residents and hotel loading traffic from 6 a.m. Saturday, February 26, to 6 a.m. Monday, February 28.

• On Saturday and Sunday, February 26 and 27, sidewalks will be closed on Hawthorn Avenue from Highland Avenue to Orange Drive and on the west side of Highland Avenue from Johnny Grant Way to Hollywood Boulevard. On Sunday, show day, the sidewalk on the north side of Hollywood Boulevard from Highland to Orange will be closed.

• The north sidewalk of Hollywood Boulevard will be closed in front of the entrance to Awards Walk from 10 p.m. on Monday, February 21, until 6 a.m. on Tuesday, March 1. Pedestrian traffic will be re-routed but emergency access will be available. In addition, there will be some short-term street closures, and sidewalk and curb lane closures before February 21 and after February 27.

• Hollywood Boulevard will be closed from Highland Avenue to Orange Drive for eight hours beginning at 10 p.m. on Sunday, February 20.

• The north and south curb lanes of Hawthorn Avenue from Highland Avenue to Orange Drive will be closed, except for school buses, from 10 p.m. Sunday, February 20, until 6 a.m. Monday, February 28.

• The north curb lane of Hollywood Boulevard from Highland Avenue to 230 feet east of Orange Drive will be closed from 6 a.m. Sunday, February 13, until 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 1.

• The east and west parking lanes on Orange Drive from Hollywood Boulevard to Orchid Alley will be closed for two weeks prior to the show.

• The north curb lane of Hawthorn Avenue from Orange Drive to Highland Avenue will be closed from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Monday, February 28. In this case, not only do actual people have to do the construction and preparation for the Academy Awards, but lots of other people will be greatly inconvenienced in the process.

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#1 — February 17, 2005 @ 22:54PM — Nick Jones

Whatever. Giamatti still got robbed.

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