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None of the four projects now cleared for construction sit in the middle of subdivisions, though some are more out of scale with their surroundings than others.

Hollywoodland may have been the most cannily marketed hillside subdivision: Its developers — including Harry Chandler, then publisher of the Los Angeles Times — erected a 45-foot-tall sign on Mt.

“It’s been really, quite a planning achievement,” said Silver, noting a recent crackdown on subdivisions in fire-prone areas.

Initially it was called the Wilcox subdivision, until Daeida met a wealthy traveler on a train “who owned a fine estate in Illinois” named Hollywood.

Although the effort generated some innovative ideas, only a few subdivisions were ultimately built.