Hollywood Sign (2009), "Sharknado" (2013), "San Andreas" (2015), and countless other films. Other movies came up with fictional explanations for the elimination of the original LAND part of the sign. Hollywood Sign The Hollywood Sign (formerly the Hollywoodland Sign) is an American landmark and cultural icon overlooking Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It is situated on Mount Lee, in the Hollywood Hills area of the Santa Monica Mountains. "HOLLYWOOD" is spelled out in -tall white capital letters and is 352 feet (107.3 m) long. The sign was originally created in 1923 as an advertisement for a local real estate development, but due to
Community newspapers in Hollywood, California Community newspapers in Hollywood, California Community newspapers in Hollywood, California, have included the "Hollywood Sentinel" (1903 or before-1911), "Hollywood Inquirer" (unknown-1914), "Hollywood Citizen" (1905-1931), "Hollywood News," (unknown-1931), and "Hollywood Citizen-News" (1931-1970). In 1903, veteran publisher A.A. Bynon sold his interest in a newspaper called the "Hollywood Sentinel" to G.P. Sullivan, who became the paper's editor. The "Sentinel" received the Hollywood city contract for printing legal advertising in December 1903. In 1904 C.N. Whitaker, former editor of the "Monrovia Messenger," bought the business, but on November 1 Morris & Ponay of Portland, Oregon, took it over. In 1905 Charles Mosteller of