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Incorporated, 1903
Consolidated, 1910
Developed, 1922
Revitalized, 2000
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Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Sunset Boulevard
2028 feet
The 1st Academy Awards ceremony
3507 feet
Hollywood Boulevard Commercial & Entertainment District
3507 feet
Capitol Records Building
3819 feet
Dolby Theatre
5010 feet
Grauman's Chinese Theatre
5033 feet
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Among the most well-known landmarks in both California and the United States, the sign makes frequent appearances in popular culture, particularly in establishing shots for films and television programs set in or around Hollywood
The sign is protected and promoted by nonprofit The Hollywood Sign Trust, while its site and the surrounding land are part of Griffith Park.
In 1985, a portion of Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as part of the "Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District", and in 1992, the street was paved with glittery asphalt between Vine Street and La Brea Boulevard
The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a historic landmark which consists of more than 2,700 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street
2000 - Revitalized
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Hollywood Boulevard as seen from the Dolby Theatre, 2005
1922 - Developed
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1922 - Developed - Images
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The sign was erected in 1923 and originally read "Hollywoodland" to promote the name of a new housing development in the hills above the Hollywood district of LA
Movie studios in the Hollywood area from the air, as it appeared in 1922. Pat Powers, Robertson-Cole, the Film Booking Office and RKO were located at Gower. To the right of the photograph near Van Ness, Brunton, United Studio, Famous Players and Paramount are visible. Darmour Studio is in the background, above the Hollywood Cemetery, near Santa Monica Blvd.
The Hollywoodland sign was meant to be a temporary advertisement for a new housing tract, but it evolved into one of the most famous signs in the world
1910 - Consolidated
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The first motion picture studio in Hollywood was built by David Horseley for Christie Film Co. The sign above the building reads "Christie Film Co.", and "Nestor Comedies, Universal Films.", as seen in 1912
1910 - Consolidated - Drawings and documents
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Newspaper advertisement for Hollywood land sales, 1908
1903 - Incorporated
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Glen-Holly Hotel, the first hotel in Hollywood at the corner of what is now called Yucca Street, was built in the 1890s.
H.J. Whitley is the man standing on the left wearing a bowler hat. The building at the left is the Hollywood Hotel on the corner of Highland Ave. and Hollywood Blvd.
1903 - Incorporated - Drawings and documents
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Original 480-acre map of H. J. Whitley property developed by his company, Los Angeles Pacific Boulevard and Development Company, prepared in 1899. Highland Avenue runs through the center of the property, and the square at the lower right hand corner is the Whitley Estate and was not part of the Grand View development.
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Planning
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Hollywood Boulevard Commercial & Entertainment District
Harvey Henderson Wilcox
Los Angeles, California, Hollywood Blvd
Planning
Architecture
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Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Sid Grauman
Los Angeles, California, 6925 Hollywood Blvd
Architecture
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Capitol Records Building
Welton Becket Associates, Louis Naidorf
Los Angeles, California, 1750 Vine St
Architecture
4
Dolby Theatre
Rockwell Group
Hollywood, California, 6801 Hollywood Boulevard
Architecture
5
Hollywood & Western Building
S. Charles Lee
Hollywood, California, 5504 Hollywood Boulevard
Architecture
Events and Stories
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The 1st Academy Awards ceremony
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Los Angeles, California, Hollywood Blvd
Events and Stories
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Installation of the 'Hollywood' sign
Los Angeles, California, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Events and Stories
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Sunset Boulevard (film)
Billy Wilder, Gloria Swanson, William Holden
Los Angeles, California, Sunset Blvd
Events and Stories
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'Hollywood' Sign
Crescent Sign Company, Thomas Fisk Goff, Woodruff & Shoults
Los Angeles, California, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Sunset Boulevard
Harvey Henderson Wilcox, Daeida Hartell Wilcox Beveridge
Los Angeles, California, Sunset Blvd
Street/Road
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'Hollywood' Sign
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