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HOLLYWOOD sign
Saw a show on Howard Hughes on maybe the History Channel a few days ago.
Was a pic of him and on the hill behind him was the HOLLYWOOD sign, but I thought it had something like 'HILLS' maybe after Hollywood, in the same big letters. Anyone know? |
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Hollywoodland...Real estate development project, adopted as city name.
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I read about that not long ago - it used be an advert for a new building estate or something. They removed the last word and only left what you see now. Which is only a replica. The real one sat in a shed for decades and (according to the article) is being sold letter by letter to rich folk with not alot else on their minds.....
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Mull beat me to it.
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There is no HOLLYWOOD sign... it's a mass halucination!
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I just got e-mail notification that I subscribed to this informative thread?
Not. Ha ha.. yes, Hollywoodland.
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...made infamous by a would-be starlet who jumped to her death from the 13th letter back in the 20s/30s.
Hollywoodland was behind the "Beechwood gates" and the first houses were all different 'fantasy' styles. IIRC, the development went bust,
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Here's one to read.
The original Hollywood sign sold for $450,400 in an auction on eBay, its owner said. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/07/entertainment/main1103557.shtml Dave
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