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We save the “the”s for our freeways.
And the La Brea tar pits.
But not CIA
The Hollywood sign debuted 100 years ago
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Re: The Hollywood sign debuted 100 years ago
#22People need to remember the Hollywood sign was for a housing development at the edge of town in Los Angeles. That's how long it's been, and we've added almost no density, and eternal sprawl.
That sign doesn't seem like a very comfy home for people to live in, so no wonder it didn't do well as a housing development. That was a very bad design from an architect if they thought people were going to live there.
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#23I'm glad they dropped the "land" part. "Hollywoodland" doesn't have the same ring that Hollywood has.
I'll always think of it as "Hollywoo" https://bojackhorseman.fandom.com/wiki/Our_A-Story_is_a_%22D...
Re: The Hollywood sign debuted 100 years ago
#24I'm glad they dropped the "land" part. "Hollywoodland" doesn't have the same ring that Hollywood has.
Always makes me think of “The Rocketeer”.
That probably pins me to a particular generation.
Re: The Hollywood sign debuted 100 years ago
#25People need to remember the Hollywood sign was for a housing development at the edge of town in Los Angeles. That's how long it's been, and we've added almost no density, and eternal sprawl.
The rest of this century is dedicated to undoing the zoning practices of a certain generation.
Re: The Hollywood sign debuted 100 years ago
#26People need to remember the Hollywood sign was for a housing development at the edge of town in Los Angeles. That's how long it's been, and we've added almost no density, and eternal sprawl.
We've added no density? The population of the city went from 500k to 4 million since that sign went up. Koreatown has over 50 thousand people living per square mile. Is there an imbalance between jobs and housing today? Yes, but to imply that no housing has been built since the 1920s or that the entire area is low density suburban sprawl is a whole lot of hyperbole. Here is the population density map for reference:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/LACounty...
Re: The Hollywood sign debuted 100 years ago
#27I'm glad they dropped the "land" part. "Hollywoodland" doesn't have the same ring that Hollywood has.
It's like dropping the word "the"
Re: The Hollywood sign debuted 100 years ago
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Very few industries have such an iconic name and emblem as Hollywood. The music industry doesn't. If I were to ask you to name the city, place, or thing most associated with music, I'd get different answers. Fashion, too. Sports. Wine. No Hollywood. Silicon Valley is a good comparison, but when you think of software, it's shifted to the Bay Area and other places. It's not the same magnitude of definitive. Hollywood i…
Hollywood is also massive for the music industry though. It would be hard to find an artist over the past 100 years who didn't record a big track at a hollywood recording studio.
Re: The Hollywood sign debuted 100 years ago
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You'd probably get different answers for which city is associated with film, just like you'd get different answers for music. Lots of locations have risen up over the years, including Vancouver, and New York (which itself alone has about 1/3rd the productions of LA). Lots of the major production companies have actually moved out of Hollywood itself, and are scattered around Los Angeles (and the broader US). Hollywood…
absolutely nobody would debate whether Hollywood or Vancouver was the center of film making
I agree, but generally if you were to ask to name 'some cities associated with film' it's reasonable to get multiple these days - if you had to choose only one you'd get Hollywood. I don't think that's very far removed from naming one city associated with tech (Silicon Valley) versus names a few cities associated with tech (which you can easily do, just the same).