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 of the "Hollywood Citizen" since 1911, purchased the "Hollywood News" from Ira Copley in 1931 and combined the two papers under the name "Citizen-News." The first issue appeared on Monday, November 2, 1931, published from the "News" building. The combined circulation was expected to reach "more than 30,000," it was said. The "Citizen" circulation was given as 20,000 and the "News" as "over 20,000." The editorial staff of the "Citizen" struck and picketed the plant on May 17, 1938, in the first walkout called by the American Newspaper Guild in California. Managing editor Harold Swisher said other workers were being