Hollywood Blvd. – Punk Rules
![Drawing by Mark Vallen 1980 © "Hollywood Blvd - Punk Rules" - Mark Vallen 1980 © Pen & ink on paper. 9 1/2" x 11"](https://b3060046.smushcdn.com/3060046/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/vallen_hollywood_blvd.jpg?lossy=0&strip=0&webp=1)
This is but one of the drawings I made depicting the world-renowned Hollywood Boulevard in the summer of 1980. My pen & ink urban landscape described the celebrated street as I had observed it in the 80s, before it was transformed by waves of gentrification that began in the mid-1990s. My artwork portrayed an elderly resident waiting for a bus along with a young green-haired punk. Note my inclusion of the legendary Hollywood “Walk of Fame” gold stars on the sidewalk. The tourists never knew what hit them.