What hill is the giant Hollywood sign on?
After searching, I couldn’t find any mention of the name of the mountain. Maybe it doesn’t have a name. Here are the details of the HOLLYWOOD sign:
The Hollywood sign has been owned by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce since 1944, but the surrounding 138 acres of land once belonged to American aviation legend Howard Hughes. . In 2002, a Chicago real estate company bought this land for US$1.7 million. The company planned to build hilltop mansions on this Feng Shui land for sale.
The Los Angeles city government, local people and Hollywood stars are strongly opposed to the large-scale construction around the Hollywood sign that will destroy the original landscape. After negotiations, the developer was willing to sell the land for US$12.5 million, with a deadline of the end of April 2010. Dozens of Hollywood film producers and stars have donated money to help. Rich businessmen such as the oil tycoon's daughter Eileen Getty have donated US$1 million. As of the middle of this month, the Los Angeles Public Land Trust Fund had raised $11.1 million, leaving only $1.4 million behind its final goal.
The Los Angeles city government announced at a press conference yesterday that Hugh Hefner, founder of "PLAYBOY" magazine, donated US$900,000 to the foundation, and the remaining US$500,000 came from Tiffany Foundation and Eileen· Getty, the government will buy 138 acres of land, and there won't be luxury homes built here. It will become part of Griffith Park in Los Angeles.
The Hollywood star of the year and California Governor Schwarzenegger attended the press conference. He said that the Hollywood sign is "a symbol of dreams, opportunities and hope." He was very happy to see that the landscape of the Hollywood sign has been preserved.
The Hollywood sign is located on the top of a hill north of downtown Los Angeles. It was built in the 1920s and was originally a real estate billboard consisting of "Hollywoodland" in English. In 1944, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce took over the billboard and changed it into a steel structure sign consisting of the letters "Hollywood". For more than 60 years, the Hollywood sign has become a symbol of the world's film capital