Hollywood Sign
Study for aerial tram to Griffith Park now underway
Multiple developers have proposed building gondolas to the Hollywood Sign.
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The 7 best places to see the Hollywood Sign
The best trails and vistas for viewing LA’s famous landmark.
LA gets serious about aerial tram to Hollywood Sign
It’s one of many proposals the city is considering to cut down on traffic around Griffith Park.
Warner Brothers pitches LA on an aerial tram to the Hollywood Sign
It’s the most fleshed out gondola proposal yet.
Community groups lose fight to reopen trailhead to Hollywood Sign
The Beachwood Canyon gate to Griffith Park has been closed since last year.
New report recommends LA create a second Hollywood sign, facing the Valley
Some of the report’s suggestions are truly outside the box.
Billionaire TV executive, Diane von Furstenberg could pay for Hollywood Sign gondola
The Griffith Park project, which would ferry riders up Mount Lee from the LA Zoo would cost up to $30 million to build.
Remembering how Hugh Hefner saved the Hollywood Sign—twice
The Playboy founder died Wednesday, but his legacy as a protector of the iconic sign lives on.
Hollywood residents find their own solution for reopening Beachwood Canyon
They’re trying to put pressure on the city to reopen Beachwood Drive as a launching point for hiking in Griffith Park and viewing the world-famous Hollywood Sign.
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The Hollywood Sign: A solution to the crisis
The landmark’s neighbors are typical of the powerful movement to privatize public space in LA—can they be stopped?
Mayor Garcetti is mulling the possibility of a gondola to the Hollywood Sign
He says access to the sign is important, but it shouldn’t mean " chok[ing] all of the streets with a thousand tour buses."
‘It belongs to the public’—Friends of Griffith Park wants to join legal battle over Hollywood Sign access
In closing Beachwood Canyon, an attorney says the city and Sunset Ranch Hollywood have "not considered ... the interests of hikers, the surrounding neighborhoods, and the people who care about open space."
Supporters of Beachwood Canyon access to Hollywood Sign plan rally next weekend
The gate’s set to close for good on April 18, but a group that’s in favor of keeping the passage open wants to change that.
Beachwood Canyon closure: 5 things to know about the decision to limit access to the Hollywood Sign
One of the most popular starting points for viewing the Hollywood Sign will soon be shut down to hikers and visitors.
City says it will close popular Beachwood Canyon access to Hollywood Sign
The city will start shutting off pedestrian access to the popular Beachwood Canyon trailhead that leads to some of the best views of LA’s most famous landmark—the Hollywood Sign.
Could this be the home of LA’s future?
This rotating house is the winner of an architectural competition seeking an innovative residential design for a plot of land beneath the Hollywood sign.
Local artists claim responsibility for Hollyweed prank, say the message is to ‘stay youthful’
Los Angeles-based artists Zach Fernandez and Sarah Fern say they altered the sign. "It's about being and staying youthful," they tell Vice. The Hollywood Sign Trust is not amused.
Hollywood Sign tourists have become a problem for Beachwood Canyon business owners
Business owners have their own issues with the heavy influx of tourists trying to get a peek at LA's most famous landmark. One says the situation is so bad, property values are affected.
Super popular Hollywood Sign trailhead will stay open ... for now
Beachwood Canyon residents are outraged to learn their city councilman won't close the Hollyridge Trail to hikers and tourists.
Hollywood Sign neighbors speak their minds
Residents of Beachwood Canyon voice an array of concerns about tourists and hikers using their neighborhood to access the Hollywood sign in new videos from the Millennial Project. One longtime activist even suggests that the city move the sign.
Video: Why It's So Hard to Get to the Hollywood Sign
A new video from The Millennial Project takes a look at what it's like to try and get up to the Hollywood Sign these days considering all that neighbors have done to block access. The journey begins with notoriously inaccurate Google Maps directions.