Stars View of Hollywood Sign Stars
HOLLYWOOD SIGN TRIVIA


Originally erected in 1923 to promote a real estate development called "Hollywoodland", the letters were 30 feet wide and nearly 50 feet tall and were studded with four-thousand twenty-watt light bulbs.

Designated as an historical-cultural monument in 1973

Rebuilt in 1978 with funds raised by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
The cost was $27,000 per letter

Dimensions: 15 x 80 meters (each letter is 9x15)

Elevation: 550 meters, located atop Mt. Lee

Theoretical Viewing Distance: 100 km

Actual Viewing Distance: 50 km


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