24 April 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General, Greater Los Angeles Area
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Mulholland Drive is a street and road in the eastern
Santa Monica Mountains of
Southern California. It is named after pioneering
Los Angeles civil engineer William Mulholland. The western rural portion in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties is named
Mulholland Highway. The road is featured in a significant number of movies, songs, and novels.
David Lynch, who wrote and directed a
film named after Mulholland Drive, has said that one can feel “the history of Hollywood” on it.
Academy Award–winning actor
Jack Nicholson has resided at Mulholland Drive for many years and still lives there today.
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10 June 2019 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General, Greater Los Angeles Area, Environment
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The Hollywood Hills is a hillside neighborhood of the same name in the
central region of the city of
Los Angeles. The Hollywood Hills straddle the
Cahuenga Pass within the
Santa Monica Mountains. The neighborhood touches
Studio City,
Universal City and
Burbank on the north,
Griffith Park on the north and east,
Los Feliz on the southeast,
Hollywood on the south and
Hollywood Hills West on the west. It includes
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, the
Hollywood Reservoir, the
Hollywood Sign, the
Hollywood Bowl and the
John Anson Ford Theater.
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