Feb 17, 2017 · His 11,000-word treatise includes a look back on the suicide of Peg Entwistle, the mystery of the “white dot,” and the star-studded 1970s party at the Playboy Mansion that ultimately helped...

Many Hollywood history buffs know that the Hollywood sign, erected in December 1923, originally read "HOLLYWOODLAND," an advertising gimmick meant to sell plots of land on a subdivision of...

Few know that a giant white dot (35 feet in diameter, with 20-watt lights on the perimeter) was constructed below the Sign to catch the eye. The Sign itself featured 4,000 20-watt bulbs, spaced 8 inches apart.

The Hollywood Sign is an American landmark and cultural icon overlooking Hollywood, Los Angeles.Originally the Hollywoodland Sign, it is situated on Mount Lee, above Beachwood Canyon in the Santa Monica Mountains.Spelling out the word "HOLLYWOODLAND" in 50-foot-tall (15.2 m) white uppercase letters and 450 feet (137.2 m) long, [1] it was originally erected in 1923 as a temporary advertisement ...

Jul 13, 2023 · Made up of white block letters spelling out “Hollywood” (originally “Hollywoodland”), the sign represents a California neighborhood but isn’t actually located there. Instead, it sits on...

Aug 28, 2018 · This inspired Harry Chandler to refer to the city as a “White Spot of America,” free from communism, crime and corruption. A campaign was launched to “Keep the White Spot White,” which was punctuated with the addition of the …

In late 1924, in order to demonstrate support for the “keep the white spot white”, campaign, Hollywoodland erected a 35 foot diameter “white dot” on the hillside, several feet below the Hollywoodland sign.

In 1924, a large, white dot, 35 feet in diameter and ringed with lights, was added under the “Hollywoodland” sign.

In 1924 a group of businessmen placed a 30-foot white dot underneath the sign. The significance of the white dot was due to maps produced by the US Chamber of Commerce in the 1920s. On their maps, cities would be represented by a black, grey, or …

May 18, 2023 · A sign advertises the opening of the Hollywoodland housing development in the hills on Mulholland Drive overlooking Los Angeles in Hollywood, California, circa 1924. The white building below the sign is the Kanst Art Gallery, which opened April 1, 1924.