Tinseltown loses its sparkle: Hollywood Boulevard is reduced to a ghost town with businesses boarded up, revenues down 80 PERCENT and crime rates surging

Each day, thousands would also flock to famous museums along the boulevard, including Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Odditorium.

Meanwhile, Grauman’s Chinese Theater – which has frequently hosted glamorous film premieres and the Academy Awards – was also one of the most popular destinations along the boulevard.

But the area has been abandoned in the past 10 months, with souvenir stores shuttered and rates of homelessness and crime surging as tourists stay away and the coronavirus rages.