Hollywood

The Story of Hollywood

Hollywood was a stand alone city in 1903, before merging with the city of Los Angeles in 1910. The street Prospect Avenue was originally Hollywood Blvd, and is where Hollywood Blvd, ends to the east heading downtown.

An interesting note that Harvey and Daeida Wilcox found that there was an Ohio town called Hollywood, so she named their ranched Hollywood and the name stuck. The Hollywood sign was first erected in 1923, and was originally name “Hollywoodland,” and the new sign was erected in 1988.

Holllywoodland

Now the purpose of this sign was to advertise the development of new homes that were being developed in the area. However, the sign fell into disrepair and the section with “land,” was removed in the 1940s when it was refurbished.

Hollywood was called Tinseltown a district within the city of Los Angeles whose name has become synonymous with to American film industry.

Hollywood dropped the land in the 1940s