Hollywood Real Estate City

Hollywood real estate: The city of Hollywood was founded in 1857. Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality in 1903. In 1910, the townsmen voted to become part of the City of Los Angeles. Hollywood is a district of the City of Los Angeles, California, USA. Some people believe that Hollywood got its name coming from imported English holly bushes but this is untrue. Hollywood actually got its name from the wife of Harvey Henderson Wilcox, a real-estate developer in the late 1880s, who was travelling on a train when she met a woman whose home was called "Hollywood." Upon returning Mrs. Wilcox, she gave that name to her ranch.

The Hollywood sign was erected in 1923 to advertise a new housing development in the hills above Hollywood. Originally the famous Hollywood sign read "Hollywoodland." In 1949, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce stepped in and offered to remove the last four letters and repair the rest. The sign is now a registered trademark and cannot be used without the permission of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, who also manage the famous "Walk of Fame."The word "Hollywood" is also colloquially used to refer to the film and television industry in Southern California, the term deriving from the famous community. On Vine Street just north of Hollywood Boulevard is the famous Capital Records building. In November 2002, a measure calling for Hollywood to secede from Los Angeles and form its own incorporated city failed by a wide margin.

Hollywood Real Estate Information - About Hollywood California

Hollywood Real Estate Information -
About Hollywood California