Hello Again!
The number one thing that Jason wanted to do while in Hollywood was to get a great picture of the Hollywood sign. Luck would have it, during our bus tour, our guide took us to the perfect spot!
It was so cool to get up so close to the sign!!
Haha…just kidding! I got that picture off the internet! This is how close we really were!
It looks a lot bigger in person!
Our guide shared the history of the sign, which I found very fascinating!
The Hollywood Sign was put up as the Hollywoodland Sign in the fall of 1923 to advertise the 500-acre real estate development. Hollywood was full of houses, but the “hills” weren’t, so why not build on this “land!” Which is now know as Hollywood Hills!
The original sign was outlined with 4,000 light bulbs, which, at night, flashed HOLLY, then WOOD, then LAND, then all thirteen letters. Sweet!
The upkeep sign was not cheap and started to fall apart. In 1949 LA decided to repair and rebuild the sign. It was during that time the LAND was removed from the sign only leaving HOLLYWOOD displayed as a way to state Hollywood as a district and not as a real estate housing development. (Which is now know has Hollywood Hills) 🙂
So cool!!
You can actually take a hike up to the sign, but we decided that our bodies were not in hiking condition and we could do that on another visit! Plus, I wanted to see Justin Timberlake’s garbage!!
