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The Hollywood sign in the hills that line the northern border of Los Angeles is a famous ____31____ recognized the world over. The white- painted, 50-foot-high, sheet metal letters can be seen from great distances across the Los Angeles basin.
The sign was not constructed, as one might suppose, by the movie business as a means of celebrating the importance of Hollywood to this industry; ____32____, it was first constructed in 1923 as a means of advertising homes for sale in a 500-acre housing subdivision in a part of Loa Angeles called "Hollywood’. The sign that was constructed at the time, of course, said "Hollywood". Over the years, people began referring to the area by the shortened version "Hollywood" and after the sign and its site ____33____ to the city in 1945, the last four letters were removed.
The sign supported from years of disrepair, and in 1973 it needed to be completely replaced, at a cost of $ 27,700 per letter. Various celebrities were instrumental in helping to raise needed funds. Rock star Alice Cooper, for example, sought "O" in memory of Groucho Marx, and Hugh Hefner of playboy fame held a benefit party to ____34____ the money for the "Y”. The construction of the new sign was finally completed in 1978.
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