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Originally the Hollywoodland Sign, it is situated on Mount Lee, above Beachwood Canyon in the Santa Monica Mountains. Spelling out the word " HOLLYWOODLAND " in 50-foot-tall (15.2 m) white uppercase letters and 450 feet (137.2 m) long, [ 1 ] it was originally erected in 1923 as a temporary advertisement for a local real estate development.
The sign was first erected in 1923 in the great days of the silent cinema, originally constructed from wood and steel and reading “Hollywoodland” to promote a forthcoming luxury housing ...
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The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1921, when Hollywood's 2,000 residents and businesspeople organized with the goal of becoming a more metropolitan city. A five-day membership drive resulted in 2,517 members, with their first order of business involving the fledgling Hollywood Bowl, in which they financed a ticket-selling campaign and also raised funds to grade and install ...
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The when is given as 2019, so there's no indication, when quotes are given in the source, as to who they're quoting, or from when; are these sentiments contemporary with the sign going up, or after the development was established? Not that it matters much, since the relation to the sign is tangential. There is no attempt to whitewash history here.
She is known in the Vietnamese American culture as the Vietnamese Pop Princess. Her real name is Trần Thị Minh Tuyết, which in English literally means "Morning Snow." Her real name is Trần Thị Minh Tuyết, which in English literally means "Morning Snow."
Hollywoodland’s third component is a small screening room that plays “From the Shtetl to the Studio: The Jewish Story of Hollywood,” a short documentary narrated by Ben Mankiewicz that looks ...