Los Angeles City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell, 13th District, is joined by staff and Hollywood Theatre Row officials in celebratory jazz hands after the city council passed a motion officially designating the area. (photo by Betsy Annas, city of Los Angeles)

The full Los Angeles City Council passed a motion to declare the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and Wilcox Avenue as the center of Hollywood Theatre Row.

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) has been directed to install permanent ceremonial signs at the intersection in consultation with the District 13 Council Office.

Hollywood Theatre Row is located along Santa Monica Boulevard between McCadden Place and El Centro Avenue. The area includes more than a dozen live theatres, many of which have been in operation for decades. Officials said it has the highest concentration of live theatres in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell, 13th District, noted that many future-famous actors began their careers on Hollywood Theatre Row including George Clooney, Octavia Spencer, Noah Wyle, Chris Pine, Sara Michelle Gellar, Jack Black, Molly Shannon and Sherri Shepherd. Hollywood Theatre Row includes the Blank Theatre, Elephant Theatre, Hudson Theatres and the LGBT Center’s Renberg Theatre.