User:Lexein/HWoFSpecial

This is a section being worked on for the main article. It is at the moment, rather desperately overcited.

Special stars
"Special category" stars recognize miscellaneous contributions by corporate entities, service organizations, and special honorees, and display emblems unique to those honorees. These stars are granted by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce or the Hollywood Historic Trust, but are not part of the Walk of Fame proper; instead, they are located nearby on private property. As examples, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) star emblem is a replica of a Hollywood Division badge; former Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley's star displays the Seal of the City of Los Angeles; and stars representing corporations, such as Victoria's Secret and the Los Angeles Dodgers display the honoree's corporate logo.

The "Friends of the Walk of Fame" monuments are exceptions to the usual trademark "star" shape; they are charcoal terrazzo squares, rimmed by miniature replicas of the pink terrazzo stars displaying the five standard category symbols, along with the sponsor's corporate logo, with the sponsor's name and sponsorship recognition in the usual inlaid brass block lettering.

The Apollo XI mission to the Moon is commemorated in another exception to the "star" shape: four identical, circular "moons" containing the names of the astronauts (Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin E. ("Buzz") Aldrin Jr), the date of the first Moon landing ("7/20/69"), and the words "Apollo XI", set on each of the four corners at the intersection of Hollywood and Vine. The "moons" are silver and dark grey terrazzo circles rimmed in brass on a square pink terrazzo background, with the television emblem inlaid at the "twelve o'clock" position on the circles.