
Panorama
6/28/2018 | 25m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
Velas shares her knowledge of this popular Victorian art form with Huell.
Sara Velas is an artist with one passion–panoramas. On a drive through Hollywood, Velas looked past the round, kitschy, South Pacific design of the building at 5553 Hollywood Boulevard, and saw the perfect rotunda for a panorama. Velas shares her knowledge of this popular Victorian art form with Huell, as well as her inspired painting of the Los Angeles basin housed inside the Tswuun Tswuun Rotund
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Panorama
6/28/2018 | 25m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
Sara Velas is an artist with one passion–panoramas. On a drive through Hollywood, Velas looked past the round, kitschy, South Pacific design of the building at 5553 Hollywood Boulevard, and saw the perfect rotunda for a panorama. Velas shares her knowledge of this popular Victorian art form with Huell, as well as her inspired painting of the Los Angeles basin housed inside the Tswuun Tswuun Rotund
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipVISITING WITH HUELL HOWSER IS MADE POSSIBLE BY A GENEROUS GRANT BY THE LARS SON FOUNS WELL HELLO EVERYBODY, WE'RE HERE OUT ON THE STREET ON THE 5500 BLOCK OF HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD.
AND WE HAVE COME HERE IN SEARCH OF THE HISTORY OF A CERTAIN BUILDING HERE.
THERE IS THE BUILDING RIGHT OVER TL, IT'S A NEAT BUILDING AND AN ORANGE BALL ON THE TOP.
AND HERE TO HELP US KIND OF BIG THROUGH THE PAST AND DECIDE WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
ARE TWO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MODERN COMMITTEE.
INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
>> MY NAME IS DANIEL PAUL I'M THE CHAIRPERSON.
>> AND I USED TO BE THE CHAIRPERSON?
>> WHAT HAPPENED.
>> LIMITS.
>> Huell: FELLOWS WHY ARE REHERE?
>> I JUST SORT OF DROVE AROUND THE PLACE A FEW MONTHS AGO AND SAW THAT THIS IS WAS GOING ON.
AND I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
>> Huell: SAY THAT AGAIN.
>> TICK' MORNING BALL BEHIND OF THING.
AND THIS GAL WAS WORKING ON IT AND AND SHE ASKED THE HISTORY.
>> Huell: AND WHAT HAVE WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE HISTORY?
>> A COUPLE OF THINGS IN OUR SEARCH WE FOUND THAT THERE IS A BUILDING MADE IN THE EARLY 19 60s.
IT'S MADE IN A STYLE THAT CAN BE DESCRIBED AS A BILT EASTERN AND A LITTLE BIT SOUTH PACIFIC.
IT'S IN A SHAPE OF A HUT, AND THERE IS A SHAPE ON IT.
>> Huell: WHAT IS THAT BALL UP THERE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
>> IT'S A CHERRY ON TOP.
>> Huell: A WHAT?
>> A CHERRY ON TOP.
>> Huell: DO YOU THINK THAT WAS PUT UP THERE ORIGINALLY.
>> IT'S JUST A FANTASY SHACK.
BUT DURING THAT TIME IT WAS VERY VERY MUCH IN VOGUE.
DURING THIS TIME THERE WAS THIS TIKI CRAZE AND THIS WAS JUST AN ASPECT OF THAT.
>> Huell: AND WHAT WAS IT BUILT AS?
>> INITIALLY WE CONCLUDED THAT IT WAS LIKELY BUILD AS A CHINESE OR POLINITION RESTAURANT.
WHY IS THIS GUY HERE.
>> HE'S AN OLD TIME NEIGHBORHOOD GUY.
>> Huell: WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
>> MY NAME IS JIM.
>> Huell: FELLOWS YOU LISTEN TO WHAT HE WAS SAYING.
WHY ARE YOU AN EXPERT ON THIS BUILDING?
>> WELL, THAT BUILDING HAS BEEN HERE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
SINCE 63 AND IT WAS BIG--IT WAS A RESTAURANT IN 63.
THEN THEY MADE IT IT BECAME--LIKE AN ITALIAN TYPE RESTAURANT THEN AN ARMENIAN MARKET.
>> Huell: OH MY GOD.
SO IT'S HAD A LOT OF REINCARNATION WAS IT ALWAYS POPULAR.
>> WELL, THE THING WAS THERE WAS A BIG BUILDING HERE, AN U-SHAPE BUILDING THAT SURROUNDED THIS THING.
>> Huell: OH, SO THIS VACANT LOT HERE--THEY TORN ALL THE BUILDINGS THAT WENT AROUND IT.
>> THE EARTHQUAKE DID THAT.
>> IT WAS INVISIBLE FOR SO MANY YEARS.
>> Huell: I SEE, SO THIS WAS ONLY UNTIL THE EARTHQUAKE TOOK THIS BUILDING DOWN THAT THIS THING CAME KIND OF INTO IT'S OWN.
>> YEAH, YOU CAN SAY THAT.
YOU COULD NOT REALLY SEE IT FROM THE STREET.
>> Huell: HAS THAT ORANGE BALL ALWAYS BEEN UP THERE?
>> YES.
>> Huell: AND ALWAYS HAD THAT ORANGE TILE.
>> YEAH.
>> Huell: AND NOW IT SAYS, PIZZA SUBMARINES AND ICE CREAM.
>> YEAH, THAT'S WHEN THEY HAD THE PIZZA PLACE.
>> Huell: WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM?
>> IT WENT SOUTH, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A LOST TRAFFIC THERE.
>> Huell: WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
>> TWO BLOCKS DOWN THE STREET.
>> Huell: SO THIS IS YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD?
>> I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 63.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS GONE THROUGH ITS TRANSITIONS.
>> Huell: IS IT A GOOD DAY OR BAD DAY.
>> THEY ARE STARTING TO DO A LOT OF WORK AROUND HERE.
>> Huell: WELL, NOW IT'S TAKING A NEW INCARNATION THIS BUILDING NOW.
>> I WANT TO MENTION ABOUT THAT BUILDING OVER THERE.
>> Huell: THIS ONE?
>> YEAH, THE SAINT FRANCIS HOTEL, THEY HAD A VERY IMPORTANT PERSON STAY THERE.
>> Huell: WHO.
>> JAMES EARL RAY, WHEN SHE WAS ON THE RUN FROM THE POLICE.
I GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT THERE WITH HIM.
>> Huell: OH MY GOD, DID YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT THIS.
>> IN NO I'M STILL WAITING TO HEAR THE SUNNY AND KHER STORY.
>> Huell: WHAT IS THE STORY.
>> I WAS KHER AND SUNNY'S BODYGUARD.
>> Huell: SHE WAS CHER LIKE?
>> SHE ALWAYS TOLD YOU WHAT WAS ON HER MIND.
WE WAS AT WHEN THEY GOT THEIR FIRST GOLD ALBUM, THEY HAD A PARTY FOR HER AND VIC AND A GUYS FROM COMBAT, THEY SHOWED UP AT THE PARTY AND CHER, YES, I CALL HER CHER, SHE SAYS, IT'S REALLY NICE MEETING YOU.
SHE SAYS I CAN'T STAND YOUR SHOW.
>> Huell: OH MY GOD.
>> BUT THAT'S HOW CHER WAS.
>> Huell: WAS SUNNY THE QUIETER ONE LIKE WE ALWAYS HEAR.
>> YEAH.
>> Huell: WHEN YOU'RE A BODYGUARD YOU CAN'T TELL ALL THE THINGS YOU HEAR.
>> I WAS THINKING ABOUT WRITING A BOOK CALLED I'VE GOT YOU BABE.
>> Huell: YOUR NAME AGAIN?
>> JIM HELBERT.
>> Huell: COME ON HERE WE'RE GOING TO WALK OVER HERE, BECAUSE THERE IS A WHOLE NEW STORY ABOUT THIS BUILDING.
AND HERE IT IS, IT GIVES US A TIP OFF, IT'S NOW CALLED THE PANORAMA, IT'S NO LONGER A RESTAURANT IT'S A PANORAMA, WATCH YOUR STEP.
COME HERE, YOU'RE THE NEW OWNER?
>> WELCOME TO THE PANORAMA.
>> Huell: NOW YOUR NAME IS?
>> MY NAME IS SARAH, I'M THE PROPRIETRER.
>> Huell: HOW DID YOU GET THIS BUILDING?
>> I WAS DRIVING UP AND DOWN HOLLYWOOD AND I WAS LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC ADDRESS SO I WAS DRIVING REALLY SLOW AND LOOKING FOR AN ADDRESS.
AND ALL A SUDDEN I LOOK TO THE LEFT AND I SAW THIS ROUND BUILDING AND IT WAS SO ODD I PULLED OVER TO CHECK IT OUT AND TAKE A PICTURE.
JUST GET A GOOD LOOK AT IT.
IT LOOKS LIKE A PANORAMA ROOM.
>> Huell: WAS IT DESERTED AT THE TIME?
>> YES.
>> TWO PEOPLE THAT WAS RENTING IT FOR A FEW MONTHS BUT THEY WERE DOING DOPE AND ALL THIS COMPUTER WORK WHATEVER.
AND I GUESS, THE OWNER MOVED HIM OUT.
>> Huell: SO YOU CAME IN.
>> I CAME IN--.
>> Huell: AND IT LOOKED LIKE A PANORAMA ROOM.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE A PANORAMA ROOM COTANDO WHICH IS ENTERTAINMENT ART FORM, IT WAS VERY POPULAR HERE IN THE U.S. AND IN EUROPE.
>> Huell: THAT'S WHAT PANORAMA MEANS?
>> YES.
>> Huell: WE'RE GOING IN.
WE'LL P SIGN THE GUEST BOOK A LITTLE BIT LATER.
I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE PANORAMA.
LOOK AT THIS, IT'S A ROUND BUILDING.
>> YEAH, HOW OFTEN DO YOU SEE A ROUND BUILDING.
>> Huell: NOW THIS WAS NOT ORIGINAL?
>> NO, WE PUT THIS IN.
>> Huell: SO WHEN YOU GOT THE BUILDING, IT WAS AN OPEN ROUND.
>> COMPLETELY EMPTY AND GUTTED.
>> Huell: AND YOU PUT THIS ROUND WALL IN.
>> YES.
>> Huell: AND THE PANORAMA IS INSIDE THIS WALL?
>> YES.
>> Huell: LET'S GO IN AND SEE THE PANORAMA.
>> OKAY.
WE'RE OPENING THE MAGIC DOOR.
OH.
NOW WHAT IS THE DEAL ON THIS ROOM?
>> THIS IS THE PANORAMA, COME ON IN.
I GUESS WE AVE TO CLOSE THE DOOR.
THIS FINISHES THIS OFF.
WE DO HAVE A PANORAMA.
WELL PEOPLE USED TO GO SEE PANORAMAS IN THE 19 CENTURIES.
KIND OF LIKE THE WAY WE SEE MOVIES.
SO THERE WAS A 60 DEGREES PAINTING OF SOME LOCATION AND A BATTLE AND IT WOULD CHANGE FROM MONTH TO MONTH.
SO EVERYBODY WOULD SEE THE NEW PANORAMA.
>> Huell: AND THEY WERE HAND WAINTED.
>> YEAH.
>> Huell: AND WOULD THEY DEPICT LIKE A NEWS EVENT.
>> THEY WERE GENERALLY SCENIC VIEWS, EXOTIC LOCATIONS LIKE PLACES THAT PEOPLE COULD NOT TRAVEL TO.
THEY HAD NEVER SEEN, SO THEY CAN FIND OUT ABOUT THINGS.
>> Huell: AND WHAT WOULD THEY DO?
WOULD THEY COME AND SIT DOWN?
>> THE PANORAMA IS FROM THE 1900 CENTURY.
THIS ONE IS ABOUT 70 FEET IN CIRCUMFERENCE.
>> Huell: ARE YOU SUPPOSE TO SIT HERE AND THINK.
>> THINK OF WHAT MAYBE LOS ANGELES WAS LIKE 100 YEARS AGO.
>> Huell: IS THIS LOS ANGELES.
I DON'T SEE ANY BUILDINGS ANY OR ANYTHING.
>> IT'S THE VALLEY OF THE SMOKES.
IT'S THE LOS ANGELES AREA AND--.
>> Huell: WHO DID THIS FOR YOU?
>> IS THIS A LOCAL ARTIST?
>> I PAINTED MOST OF IT.
>> Huell: YOU DID?
>> YEAH.
>> Huell: THE VALLEY OF THE SMOKES BECAUSE WASN'T THERE AN INVERSION THAT WOULD HOLD THE SMOKE FROM THEIR CAMP FIRES LIKE SMOG IS HELD IN TODAY.
>> BEFORE IT WAS LOS ANGELES.
>> Huell: WE'VE HAD SMOG FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS BUT BACK THEN IT WAS NATURAL SMOKE FROM THE INDIAN CAMP FIRES.
LET'S WALK AROUND, IT GOES AROUND.
WE'VE GOT A 360--WHAT IS THIS THING HERE?
>> MAYBE IT'S A OLD HOUSE OR--A RANCHO.
>> Huell: SO THE DEAL IS--.
>> LONG TIME AGO.
>> Huell: SO IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE HISTORIC CORRECT.
A PANORAMA CAN BE ANYTHING THAT ENTERTAINS AND GETS YOUR MIND THINKING AND TAKING YOU TO ANOTHER PLACE?
>> YEAH.
>> Huell: SHE'S GETTING VERY QUIET.
WE'RE ALL IN THE ROOM TOGETHER HERE.
WHAT YOU ALL THINK ABOUT THIS?
>> WELL I THINK IT'S REMARKABLE WHAT SARAH HAS DONE, IS JUST MIND BLOWING FOR TAKING THIS WHOLE PROJECT BY HERSELF.
ACQUIRING THIS BUILDING AND HAVING THIS VISION AND CHOOSING TO GO OUT ON A WHIM AND MAKING THIS SO UNIQUE.
>> Huell: WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT.
>> THE OTHER PANORAMA THAT I KNOW IS A RICHARD PANORAMA IN GEDDY BERG.
>> Huell: ARE YOU KNOWN ABOUT THE CITY OF PANORAMA?
>> NO, SARAH INFORMED US ALL.
SHE HAS BECOME THE EXPERTS.
AND IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, I HAVE MORE PANORAMA THAN I EVER THOUGHT.
>> Huell: ISN'T THIS INTERESTING THAT PANORAMA BACK IN THE OLDEN DAYS, WERE A PART OF LIFE.
IF YOU HAD SAID PANORAMA ANYONE ON THE STREETS WOULD HAVE KNOWN WHAT YOU WERE WALKING ABOUT.
TODAY PEOPLE SAY PANORAMA AND PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A CLUE.
>> YOU THINK OF A CITY WHERE SARAH WAS BORN.
>> Huell: PANORAMA CITY?
>> YEAH.
>> Huell: YOU THINK OF THE PANORAMA DOME.
>> THIS IS PANORAMA--.
>> THEY'RE RELATED.
>> Huell: SO THE PANORAMA CONTRIBUTED TO THE INVENTION OF CINEMAS AND I-MAX THEY ARE DIRECT RELATIVES OF THE PANORAMA.
>> Huell: AND YOU SAY THEY WOULD HAVE CHANGED THE PANORAMA ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A SMALL TOWNS SO THIS WAS LIKE ENTERTAINMENT LIKE GOING TO A MOVIE THEATER.
>> YES.
THERE WERE ALL OVER IN NEW YORK CITY, MANY OF THEM PARIS AND LONDON.
THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT OUT WEST, BECAUSE AT THAT TIME IT LOOKED LIKE THIS.
>> Huell: THE VALLEY OF THE SMOKES.
>> SO--.
>> Huell: PEOPLE--I'M JUST TRYING TO GET THIS CONCEPT.
THEY WOULD HAVE STAYED THERE IN THE MIDDLE AND JUST LOOKED?
>> ENJOYED THE VIEW?
>> Huell: WHAT AN INTERESTING THING.
>> IT'S ALSO VERY INTERESTING ABOUT THIS PANORAMAS PARTICULARLY BACK THEN, AS SO TO THIS PLACE, YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE JOURNEY TO THE DESTINATION TO SEE IT.
THIS PANORAMA IS SOMETHING WHICH YOU HAVE TO GO AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE TRIP.
YOU CAN NOT RENT IT ON VIDEO CASSETTE LIKE A MOVIE.
IT'S ALMOST BRINGS BACK THE SENSE OF PILGRIMAGE.
>> Huell: TO GO SEE SOMETHING.
>> SOMETHING WHERE YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE EFFORTS AND IT'S COMPLETELY CLOSED AND COME UP KIND OF LIKE WHAT YOU DID.
YOU OPEN IT UP AND SEE IT.
>> Huell: HOW IS BUSINESS.
CAUSE IT'S KIND OF SLOW.
>> IT'S NOT OFFICIALLY OPEN TODAY.
>> Huell: BUT DO YOU HAVE PEOPLE COMING FROM THE STREET IS IT IN THE TOUR BOOKS.
>> WE'RE OPEN FRIDAY SATURDAY AND >> Huell: AND YOU RUN IT YOURSELF?
>> WE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE.
>> Huell: SO IT'S OPEN FRIDAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
ARE ENOUGH PEOPLE COMING IN TO HELP YOU KEEP THE LIGHTS ON?
>> WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED AND OUR GOAL IS TO BECOME A NONPROFIT.
>> Huell: TALKING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF PANORAMA.
>> BRINGING LIGHT TO RE SES TATEING BRINGING TO LOS ANGELES THE PANORAMA.
>> Huell: WHAT A GREAT IDEA.
ARE YOU GOING TO CHANGE THIS?
>> WE'LL MAYBE CHANGE THE PANORAMA ONCE A YEAR.
THAT'S OUR PLAN FOR RIGHT NOW.
SO IT WILL BE SOMETHING NEW--.
>> Huell: COULD YOU INVITE OTHER ARTIST TO COME IN WHO MIGHT WANT TO DO A PANORAMA.
THEY CAN VOLUNTARY?
>> WE CAN MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.
>> Huell: THERE ARE REALLY NO RULES.
AS TO WHAT A PANORAMA CAN BE.
DOES IT HAVE TO BE A CONTINUOUS SCENE?
IT HAS IT HAS O BE A WHOLE VISUAL EXPERIENCE THAT'S ALL CONNECTED TOGETHER.
>> YES.
>> Huell: OTHER THAN THAT, ANYBODY WATCHING, CAN COME DOWN AND SEE OR PAINT SOMETHING?
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS?
>> I THINK IT'S GREAT.
YOU COME IN HERE AND JUST SIT HERE AND LOOK AT IT.
AND LET YOUR MIND WONDER WHAT IT WAS LIKE BACK IN THE DAYS.
>> VALLEY OF THE SMOKES.
>> IT'S AMAZING TOO AND BEING IN HERE AND HEARING THE CARS AND KNOWING THAT RIGHT OUTSIDE IS HOLLYWOOD NOW.
>> IT'S LIKE SENSORY WEAKNESS, IT IS DARK AND LIGHT--.
>> JUST LET YOUR MIND WONDER.
WHAT IT USED TO LOOK LIKE.
>> Huell: WELL YOU SOLD ME.
THIS IS EXCITING.
I MEAN, ON ONE LEVEL, HOW MANY DOES IT COST TO GET IN.
>> WE HAVE A SUGGESTED DONATION OF $2.
>> Huell: SO IT'S NOT THAT MUCH AND WHEN PEOPLE COME IN, SOME PEOPLE WILL COME IN AND BE DISAPPOINTED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY THINK--.
>> WHERE'S THE PIZZA.
>> THEY'RE GOING TO BE SERVING PIZZA TOO.
>> Huell: WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
I MEAN LET'S BE HONEST THERE IS NOT A LOT GOING ON HERE.
THE POINT IS YOU ALMOST GO IN YOUR OWN MIND WHEN YOU COME HERE.
>> THE THING IS, YOU'VE GOT THE PICTURE WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN LOS ANGELES BACK IN 1800s AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THINK OF ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE THEN.
LET YOUR MIND DO THE WONDERING.
>> Huell: OH WE'VE GOT PEOPLE COMING IN.
HI, WHO IS THIS?
>> HI JASMINE.
>> Huell: DO YOU LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD?
>> YEAH.
>> Huell: IS SHE PART OF THE--.
>> SHE'S BEEN HELPING OUT HANDING OUT FLIERS AND GIVING TOURS.
>> Huell: WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS PANORAMA?
>> IT'S PRETTY GOOD.
>> Huell: WHAT DO PEOPLE THINK WHEN THEY SEE IT THE FIRST TIME.
>> I BRING THEM AND I--HORSE AND A GIRL?
>> Huell: WAIT A MINUTE WHERE IS THE HORSE AND A GIRL.
>> JASMINE HAS A SPECIAL STORY ABOUT THE PAINTING.
>> Huell: YOU TELL A STORY ABOUT THIS?
>> YEAH.
>> Huell: AND WHAT DO PEOPLE SAY.
THEY SAY WOW, YOU'RE A PRETTY GIRL AND THEY SAY, WHO DREW THIS.
AND I SAW SARAH.
>> Huell: THAT'S GREAT.
STICK WITH US.
WE JUST CUT OFF THE LIGHTS.
WE'RE GOING TO CUT OFF OUR LIGHTS ON THE CAMERA, BECAUSE HAD YOU TOLD US WHAT, SARAH?
>> WELL, THIS SET UP IMITATES THE LIGHTING SITUATION OF A 19 CENTURY PANORAMA.
THEY WERE LIT FROM A NATURAL LIGHTING ABOVE.
I PAINTED THE PAINTING UNDER THESE CONDITIONS.
>> Huell: SO IT REALLY HAS A WHOLE ANOTHER FEEL TO IT WHEN YOU'RE IN THE ROOM WITHOUT A LOT OF LIGHTS?
>> YES.
>> Huell: THIS IS REALLY NICE.
AND IT QUICKLY BECOMES MORE PEACEFUL AND MORE CONTEMPLATING TOO.
>> YOU'RE NOT FOCUSED ON THE CALLS OF THE ROOM BUT IT'S THE LANDSCAPE.
>> Huell: NOW THEY HAVE BEEN LIT JUST BY NATURAL LIGHT OR CANDLELIGHT.
>> THEY WERE LIT BY NATURAL LIGHT.
SO THEY WOULD HAVE SKY LIGHTS THAT LEAD IN THE NATURAL LIGHTS.
BUT THEY ALWAYS BLOCKED THOSE LIGHTS.
SO THAT IT KEPT THE FEELING OF REALITY.
SO IT DIDN'T--IT DIDN'T GIVEAWAY THE SECRET.
CAUSE YOU COULDN'T SEE THE BUILDING.
>> Huell: SO THIS BUILDING IS PERFECTLY DESIGNED FOR A PANORAMA.
>> YEAH, IT WAS KIND OF AN AMAZING COINCIDENCE TO FIND IT FOR RENT ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD IT WAS A LUCKY CHANCE.
>> Huell: I GUARANTEE YOU, THAT NON OF THE ORIGINAL OWNERS--COME OVER HERE FELLOWS FELLOWS--AND NON OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAD RESTAURANTS HERE BEFORE, THOUGHT THF AS A PANORAMA.
OR EVEN KNOW WHAT A PANORAMA WAS?
>> HOW DID YOU DEVELOP THIS PASSION FOR PANORAMAS.
>> I WAS INTERESTED IN PAINTING SKINNY PAINTINGS AND VICKTORIAN, SOY STUDIED THAT AND I VISITED EUROPE AND VISITED THE PANORAMAS.
>> Huell: ARE THERE A STILL A LOT OF PANORAMAS IN EUROPE?
>> THEY HAVE ABOUT 25 IN EUROPE AND ONLY THREE LEFT IN U S. ONE IN GETTY BERG.
>> >> Huell: BUT YOU HAVE CREATED THE OWN PANORAMA.
IT'S ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD BUT THAT'S OKAY.
>> IT'S BETTER THAN OKAY.
>> Huell: JASMINE COME SIT HERE.
COME ON OVER, BRING YOUR FRIEND.
WE'RE GOING TO QUIETLY SIT HERE AND LOOK AT THIS WONDERFUL VIEW ALL THE WAY AROUND US.
THIS IS A GREAT HOLLYWOOD STORY ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S VERY HISTORIC AND SOMETHING WONDERFUL.
THIS PANORAMA WHICH WAS VICTORIAN ENTERTAINMENT HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO.
TODAY IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD BY, SARAH, THAT'S TAKEN THIS LITTLE PLACE AND MADE IT INTO A PANORAMA AND IT HAS BECOME PART OF THE HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD.
>> Huell: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU OUGHT TO BE COMMENDED FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
>> THANK YOU FOR VISITING.
>> Huell: I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SIT HERE QUIETLY THAT WAS WHAT ç THEY WOULD DO.
>> AND THINK ABOUT THE LANDSCAPE.
>> Huell: WE'RE JUST GOING TO SIT HERE QUIETLY AND LOOK AT THE PAINTING THAT SARAH HAS DONE.
AND GET IN TO WHAT BEING IN THE PANORAMA IS ALL ABOUT.

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