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Hollywood Hills
The HOLLYWOODLAND sign went up in 1923 to sell lots. Canyon roads, view lots and architect-built houses from Laurel Canyon to Lake Hollywood.
History
How Hollywood Hills came to be.
- 1922
The Hollywood Bowl holds its first season in a natural amphitheater off Highland Avenue.
- 1923
Developers put up the HOLLYWOODLAND sign to advertise a new hillside subdivision in Beachwood Canyon.
- 1924
William Mulholland's dam creates the Hollywood Reservoir, and Mulholland Highway opens along the ridge.
- 1949
The sign is rebuilt to read HOLLYWOOD, dropping the last four letters.
- 1960s
Laurel Canyon becomes home to a generation of songwriters, from Joni Mitchell to Crosby, Stills & Nash.
Points of interest
Places that define Hollywood Hills
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Fun facts
Things even locals forget
A mountain lion lived above Hollywood.
P-22 crossed two freeways to make Griffith Park and the hills his home.
The sign was an ad.
HOLLYWOODLAND promoted a subdivision and was meant to stand for about a year and a half.
Mulholland Drive is named for an engineer.
William Mulholland built the city's aqueduct and the reservoir below the sign.
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