Former "LAND" Area (Los Angeles, California)
USA /
California /
Burbank /
Los Angeles, California
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/ Burbank
World / United States / California
place with historical importance, signboard, historical layer / disappeared object
This is where "LAND" used to be.
The big white letters were originally created in 1923 as an advertisement by a private real estate developer to promote his new project, "HOLLYWOODLAND", and were expected to stand for a year or two. After the sign had accumulated almost 20 years' damage and deterioration, and had been effectively abandoned, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce took over maintenance in 1949, took down the last four letters, and used the sign to promote the entire town of Hollywood instead.
The big white letters were originally created in 1923 as an advertisement by a private real estate developer to promote his new project, "HOLLYWOODLAND", and were expected to stand for a year or two. After the sign had accumulated almost 20 years' damage and deterioration, and had been effectively abandoned, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce took over maintenance in 1949, took down the last four letters, and used the sign to promote the entire town of Hollywood instead.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Sign#History
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 34°8'2"N 118°19'14"W
- First National Pictures Studios 2.8 km
- Where "Hollywood" began 3.9 km
- Hollywood Walk of Fame 4.1 km
- Columbia Ranch-historic location 4.1 km
- Hancock Park HPOZ 5.9 km
- Brookside 8.3 km
- Carthay Circle HPOZ 9 km
- West Adams Terrace HPOZ 11 km
- Historical 20th Century-Fox studio and back lot 12 km
- Getty Center 15 km
- Mount Lee 0.1 km
- Sunset Ranch 0.8 km
- Lincoln Terrace 1 km
- Camp Hollywoodland 1.1 km
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) 1.3 km
- Royce's Canyon 1.5 km
- Hollywood 1.7 km
- Toyon Canyon Landfill 2.1 km
- Griffith Park 2.2 km
- Los Angeles County, California 14 km
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