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Why people keep trying to erase the Hollywood sign from Google Maps (2014)

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Re: Why people keep trying to erase the Hollywood sign from Google Maps (2014)

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Post by at-fates-hands »

miclip wrote: post #60

Similar issue in Sausalito above the Bridge. Wolfback Ridge Rd is a publicly maintained road yet they have a gate and sign that says otherwise. It is strictly enforced by Sausalito Police on behalf of residents. There's some great short hikes up there that offer excellent views of the Golden Gate Bridge and headlands. Even google didn't dare go up there: https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8512481,-122.4911711,3a,75y,...…

>>> Friend of mine got one of those hard to remove stickers put on their car for taking her mother up there.

What did they put on her car?

Re: Why people keep trying to erase the Hollywood sign from Google Maps (2014)

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Post by don_loemax »

ramisama wrote: post #76

does anybody know what's the current situation of this? I'm going to LA in a few weeks and I would like to know if I can get to see the sign.

Just be kind and don't stand in the middle of beachwood ave blocking traffic grinning down the shaft of your selfie stick (you will see what I mean). I take friends up there all the time (to the trail under the sign) just be quiet and courteous and no one gets upset.

Re: Why people keep trying to erase the Hollywood sign from Google Maps (2014)

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Post by don_loemax »

I live in Beachwood Canyon and I honestly don't mind the visitors, I think we forget we are a NYC stroll away from the hollywood strip and this is all part of being in a major city. The setting (quiet, tall trees and lush gardens and winding hilly roads and the absence of cell service) makes it easy to forget but we are still in the city and not some gated suburb.

Re: Why people keep trying to erase the Hollywood sign from Google Maps (2014)

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Post by logfromblammo »

arethuza wrote: post #47
huhtenberg wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But what would be the reasoning for not having gates in this fence?

The coast there is part of a protected "Site of Special Scientific Interest" (SSSI) and the beaches in question are sufficiently far from normal access points that they are remarkably quiet. A condition of the developer being allowed to build houses was apparently that this didn't improve access to the coastline - hence the fence. You can see it here: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/102036 Edit: Keeping up my secret…

I would guess that at least a few of the home buyers fully intended to "alter the deal (pray I do not alter it further)" after the developer sold off the last parcel and exited.

Re: Why people keep trying to erase the Hollywood sign from Google Maps (2014)

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Post by miclip »

at-fates-hands wrote: post #81
miclip wrote: post #60

Similar issue in Sausalito above the Bridge. Wolfback Ridge Rd is a publicly maintained road yet they have a gate and sign that says otherwise. It is strictly enforced by Sausalito Police on behalf of residents. There's some great short hikes up there that offer excellent views of the Golden Gate Bridge and headlands. Even google didn't dare go up there: https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8512481,-122.4911711,3a,75y,...…

>>> Friend of mine got one of those hard to remove stickers put on their car for taking her mother up there. What did they put on her car?

It's a sticker that gets put on your window. They're very hard to remove.

http://www.myparkingpermit.com/Parking-Violation-Stickers/No...

Re: Why people keep trying to erase the Hollywood sign from Google Maps (2014)

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Post by arethuza »

logfromblammo wrote: post #85
arethuza wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The coast there is part of a protected "Site of Special Scientific Interest" (SSSI) and the beaches in question are sufficiently far from normal access points that they are remarkably quiet. A condition of the developer being allowed to build houses was apparently that this didn't improve access to the coastline - hence the fence. You can see it here: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/102036 Edit: Keeping up my secret…

I would guess that at least a few of the home buyers fully intended to "alter the deal (pray I do not alter it further)" after the developer sold off the last parcel and exited.

I'd expect there to be conditions in the sale that would enforce this - also the landowner in this case would be appear to be the business that runs the surrounding golf courses and hotel, so they're probably not going anywhere:

http://www.archerfieldhouse.com/

I would also expect the relevant government agency (possibly Scottish National Heritage) to take a rather dim view of anyone breaking the conditions of planning permission.

Edit: I'd expect the people who buy houses directly from the developer to be told about this. However, I can imagine years from now someone buying one of the houses overlooking the beach (NB they are lovely houses) and getting a nasty surprise when they ask about where the gate is in the fence.

Re: Why people keep trying to erase the Hollywood sign from Google Maps (2014)

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Post by megablast »

rplnt wrote: post #9

> then—in something I’ve never seen before, anywhere on Google Maps—a dashed gray line arcs from Griffith Observatory, over Mt. Lee Uhm, Google Maps do this all the time if there is no route to the place you selected. I'd say I see it every time I use the routing feature by hand or by entering GPS coordinates, i.e. not when I write an address down.

Another example would be great!

Re: Why people keep trying to erase the Hollywood sign from Google Maps (2014)

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Post by miclip »

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #75
miclip wrote: post #60

Similar issue in Sausalito above the Bridge. Wolfback Ridge Rd is a publicly maintained road yet they have a gate and sign that says otherwise. It is strictly enforced by Sausalito Police on behalf of residents. There's some great short hikes up there that offer excellent views of the Golden Gate Bridge and headlands. Even google didn't dare go up there: https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8512481,-122.4911711,3a,75y,...…

Isn't it unlawful for the police to stop you under these conditions (peacefully using a public road without any suggestion of criminal activity or intent)? Surprised that no-one would do this with recording equipment and then sue for unlawful arrest or whatever, or have they?

When I lived there it irritated me a great deal, not that I minded hiking up the hill but the residents are very aggressive. They'll stop you if you even walking along the road, that kind of thing gets me worked up.

I thought about confronting the issue but figured I don't need to waste my time or money on such endeavors.

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