The “Land” part was removed by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce in 1949 because it was falling apart. Eventually in the 1970s the sign was completely rebuilt. There’s actually a website devoted exclusively to the sign with all sorts of stories. When marijuana was being debated, pranksters changed it to Hollyweed. When the Pope visited, it became Holywood. There was also a suicide – a would be starlet couldn’t make it in Hollywood so she climbed up the sign and jumped.
The “Land” part was removed by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce in 1949 because it was falling apart. Eventually in the 1970s the sign was completely rebuilt. There’s actually a website devoted exclusively to the sign with all sorts of stories. When marijuana was being debated, pranksters changed it to Hollyweed. When the Pope visited, it became Holywood. There was also a suicide – a would be starlet couldn’t make it in Hollywood so she climbed up the sign and jumped.