Race to save Hollywood sign from bulldozer

March 25, 2010 | ABC News (Australia)

[reagan_fanatic]

Where’s the donations from all the multi-millionaire actors and actresses who work there? Why don’t they pay for it?

[BigSkyFreeper]

Where’s the donations from all the multi-millionaire actors and actresses who work there? Why don’t they pay for it?

That's what I don't understand.  Then again, they might be for the bulldozing of it because it presents itself as an environmental eyesore.

[bikerman]

I agree let the show begin got popcorn?

[Ole Okie]

Why don’t they pay for it?

Liberals spend your money, not theirs.

[Ayn And Milton]

:) very good... I hope that they won’t be saved, regardless of my opinion on Hollywood. I always found them:

stinking, bad, rotten UGLY!

[calex59]

Who cares? Let ‘em bulldoze it.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

The sign itself is not threatened, despite the hysterics of some. The property that's up for sale is above and to the left of the sign.

To some extent, the developers are playing chicken with the city. Just building a road up to the buildable spots would be an expensive challenge, and the city could hold up the permitting indefinitely. It's basically a knife-edge ridge falling to steep slopes, so short of bulldozing the entire top, the buildable area isn't that great

Here's the land in question:

[BenKenobi]

Exactly! Why pay for it when you can get some schmuck to pay for you!