An idea floated by a Hollywood business leader in 1953 came to
fruition on February 8, 1960, when construction began on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame—today one of the Los Angeles area’s
main tourist attractions.

The Hollywood Walk of Fame’s history goes back to 1953, when
E.M. Stuart, volunteer president of the Hollywood Chamber of
Commerce, proposed building the Walk as a means to “maintain
the glory of a community whose name means glamour and
excitement in the four corners of the world.

The first star to be laid in the new Walk was that of Stanley
Kramer on March 28, 1960, near the intersection of Hollywood
and Gower.

Stanley Earl Kramer
(September 29, 1913 – February 19, 2001)