Hollywood 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 increasing recognition, the sign was left up. The sign has been a frequent target of pranks and vandalism across the decades, but it has since undergone restoration, including
Community newspapers in Hollywood, California year to $5 million. Revenues were going to another group of weeklies that Copeland owned in Northern California, and he was paying himself a "consulting fee" of $13,000 a month. The "Citizen-News" was merged with the "Valley Times", which ceased publishing under its own name in spring 1969. The Hollywood newspaper changed its name to "Los Angeles Evening Citizen News" in March 1970 and attempted to gain readers by switching its editorial policy from conservative to liberal. At one point in August 1970 a finance firm that was owed about half a million dollars sent in a team of security