The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally read "Hollywoodland," the name of the Real Estate company which was developing the now Hollywood Hills. The last four letters of the sign were were dropped after its second renovation in 1949. More
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