The old building. Created of wood, brick and stone. Remember the forest that became a field that became a city. Remember every moment, every story, that was told. Listen to the old building. Hear the stories recorded in the walls. The stories trapped in the bricks. It has a lot to say. A lot to show. Los Angeles: the city of illusions, fakes, fantasies, and dreamers. The buildings of Los Angeles are reminiscent of the different ethnic groups that live in this strange city, they are unique and imaginative. Most buildings located in Los Angeles are built to appear contemporary, quirky, and/or shaped to resemble something completely different, such as a cupcake. The buildings, like some people who inhabit the city of Los Angeles, are there to entertain the public. Each unique building represents fragments of what Los Angeles is. However, which one reveals what Los Angeles is known for? What represents the immense amount of culture, the beautiful (fake) people, the expensive taste and the eccentric architecture. Which building shows a city built on people's dreams. The Fowler Museum, Griffith Observatory, Staples Center, Bradbury Building, Stahl House, and Grauman's Chinese Theatre; they all capture the image shown by Los Angeles. Hundreds of thousands of Hollywood's most famous celebrities have graced the halls of the Chinese Theatre, film premieres and ceremonies. In the book Hollywood Cinema written by Richard Maltby, he says that "it was once stated 'Visiting Los Angeles and not seeing the Chinese Theater is like visiting China and not seeing the Great Wall.' [Grauman's] Chinese Theater was part of Los Angeles". The history of Angeles for over seventy-five years". The Chinese Theatre, in Holl...... middle of paper...... From the films shown, to the famous cemented handprints of celebrities, to the building itself, it shows how this city was built from dreams, illusion and fantasy. The images, films and celebrities, produced by the media and projected in Grauman's Chinese Theater, made people start to think, act and look differently. The media drilled into the minds of the population that the civilians of Los Angeles should be like the people they created with their labor. The media has created the perfect guideline of what every person in this city should look, look and act like, creating the beautiful fake people we have today. Grauman's Chinese Theater captures Los Angeles at its best. It shows exactly what the city and the people of Los Angeles are all about, a perfect film. “La-la-land: a place or state that is out of touch with reality.” (dizionario.com)