Final
happy for the Hollywood sign
The land will become part of one of the largest urban parks in the United States .
The famous Hollywood sign that overlooks the hills of Los Angeles is safe.
On Monday the governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, announced that they have managed to collect $ 12.5 million needed to buy the land on which to settle the iconic letters. They
a promoter estate planning to build a luxury housing complex.
With a contribution of $ 900,000, Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy magazine , was the latest in a long list of donors who participated in the operation, among which the director Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Schwarzenegger himself, as well as major studios' film mecca. "
"My childhood dreams and fantasies come from the movies and images were created in Hollywood a great influence on my life and Playboy. The Hollywood sign is the 'Eiffel Tower' of Hollywood and I am pleased to help preserve an important cultural symbol, "Hugh Hefner said in a statement.
One of the major private donors in the operation was the group's founding Tiffany & Co, which contributed more than $ 1.5 million.
City park
"We thank the thousands of donors who helped us so generously and in particular to Hugh Hefner, who stepped forward at the end to cover the missing data, "said Will Rogers, president of the Trust for Public Land (TPL, for its acronym in English), the entity that launched fundraising campaign to save the sign.
As explained by the BBC's Peter Bowes, TPL now donate the land to Angelinas authorities to become public land and bring it into the Griffith Park, one of the largest urban parks in the United States.
The Hollywood sign was installed in 1923 in the hills of Los Angeles at a cost of $ 21,000.
originally read "Hollywoodland", promoted as a residential complex.
Over the years it became one of the main symbols of identity in the Californian city and one of the 'monuments' most famous in the world.
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