Hollywood Sign gets a facelift

HOLLYWOOD SIGN

Debut of repainted sign is Hollywood event

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The Hollywood sign, refreshed with the help of 105 gallons of primer and 255 gallons of high-reflective white paint, gets celebrity treatment.

 

 

By Ashley Powers
Los Angeles Times
December 4, 2012

 

If there’s anything Tinseltown excels at, it’s turning a ho-hum event into a made-for-TV spectacle. Witness the fanfare that unfolds each time the Hollywood sign gets a fresh coat of paint.

 

It’s not written off as routine maintenance. No, it’s a civic event.

 

A media scrum gathers. Elected officials gush. Someone cracks jokes about face-lifts. (In 1995, nipped-and-tucked actress Phyllis Diller did the honors.)

 

So it was on Tuesday, when reporters were whisked to just below the nearly 90-year-old sign, one of the few landmarks in the crazy quilt of neighborhoods that is Los Angeles.

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3 Responses to “Hollywood Sign gets a facelift”

  1. landman says:
    December 6, 2012 at 12:53 pm

    HOLLYWOOD sign, you are so beautiful with your new paint. You look not a day over 5! Great job!!! Thanks to all the people involved in the restoration project.

  2. jacktf says:
    December 7, 2012 at 4:01 pm

    America’s most famous sign deserves all the attention we can give it. It’s looking good!

  3. Anne says:
    December 17, 2012 at 1:58 am

    The 90 year old Hollywood sign represents so much about the hx of the world of entertainment,and deserves a face lift once in awhile.

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