4.7 KiB
4.7 KiB
Sidecar — El Capitan Entertainment Centre block, 6840 Hollywood Blvd
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Venue / block | El Capitan Entertainment Centre (Masonic Temple), Hollywood Boulevard — serves both the Hollywood day venue and the Late Night TV Studio venue |
| Folder | docs/screens/refs/hollywood/ |
| Collected by | project (agent session, 2026-11-03) |
| Date range | 1922–2009 (original captures); downloaded 2026-11-03 |
| Intended use | venue three-up board, facade proportions, signage, staging |
| Shipped? | no — development reference only; not bundled with the game or releases |
Photographs
| File | Subject | View | Source | Author | Licence | Captured | Purpose | Shipped |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
el-capitan-facade-day-wikimedia-2009-10-27.jpg |
El Capitan facade | day, straight on (foreground crowd cropped) | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:El_Capitan_Theater_frontal_fachade-The_Masonic_Temple.jpg | woo (Irvine, CA, USA) | CC BY 2.0 | 2009-10-27 | column order and spacing, motto band, banner size/count, stone joints | no |
el-capitan-theatre-blade-sign-day-wikimedia-2008-10.jpg |
El Capitan Theatre blade sign and temple frontage | day, across street | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hollywood_El_Capitan_1.jpg | Andreas Praefcke | CC BY 3.0 | 2008-10 | block relationship, setback, street width, sign height | no |
masonic-temple-historic-pd-1922.jpg |
Masonic Temple | historic elevation | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HollywoodMasonicTemple-1922.jpg | Charles W. Beam | Public domain | 1922 | original elevation, cornice, motto band, column order | no |
ovation-hollywood-across-street-pd-2006-12-28.jpg |
Ovation Hollywood (Hollywood & Highland) | day, across street | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HollywoodHighland_04.jpg | Gary Minnaert | Public domain | 2006-12-28 | opposite frontage height, plaza opening, skyline relationship | no |
premiere-staging-street-day-wikimedia-2006-02-12.jpg |
premiere staging on the boulevard | day, elevated across street | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MoviePremiereSetup.jpg | John Barreiros | CC BY 2.0 | 2006-02-12 | red carpet run, barriers, tent line, sidewalk narrowing | no |
Licence texts: CC BY 2.0 and
CC BY 3.0. The CC BY files are also listed in
../../../CREDITS.md under "Development-only reference images".
Redactions and permissions
- The facade photo's foreground crowd (bottom 30%) was cropped out before committing; no faces were blurred because none remain at the committed crop.
- The remaining files only contain incidental pedestrians at street distance (a few pixels tall); no identifiable faces, plates or interiors.
- Public frontage only; no interiors, no staff, no property-permission requirement.
What was derived from this set
| Decision | Evidence | Where it landed |
|---|---|---|
| Six Ionic columns, ~2.4 m spacing, 8 steps | facade photo measured against the door width | docs/hollywood-boulevard-map.md geometry notes |
| Masonic parapet motto and medallions | 1922 elevation + facade photo | WorldBuilder facade, docs/screenshots/01-venue-overview.png |
| Three vertical event banners | facade photo | facade banners and the day/night capture set |
| Red carpet + barrier staging narrows the sidewalk | premiere photo | docs/hollywood-boulevard-map.md event staging notes |
| Across-street height and plaza opening | Ovation photo | opposite frontage massing |
| TV Studio arrival staging (bulb canopy, car, barriers) | premiere staging photo | VENUE_SPECS["tv_studio"] and the Late Night TV Studio venue docs |
Generated boards used with this set
Generated frames are kept in ../../concepts/hollywood_boulevard/.
They are used for palette and mood only; shape and signage follow the photographs above.
| Board | Path | Model | Generated | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollywood entrance, day | docs/screens/concepts/hollywood_boulevard/hollywood_boulevard_entrance_day.png |
openai/gpt-5-image-mini |
2026-11-01 | ~$0.01 |
| Hollywood entrance, night | docs/screens/concepts/hollywood_boulevard/hollywood_boulevard_entrance_night.png |
openai/gpt-5-image-mini |
2026-11-01 | ~$0.01 |
| Across the boulevard | docs/screens/concepts/hollywood_boulevard/hollywood_boulevard_across_street.png |
openai/gpt-5-image-mini |
2026-11-01 | ~$0.01 |
Notes
- Images were downloaded at 1600 px wide, re-encoded as JPEG q85 with EXIF removed (no GPS or camera metadata is committed).
- The original untouched downloads stay outside the repository.