Correction for the height of The Hollywood Sign

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How long is 700 inches?

It's about one-and-one-fifth times as tall as The Hollywood Sign

The height of The Hollywood Sign is about 590 inches.

(a.k.a. Hollywoodland Sign) (Mount Lee, Hollywood Hills, Santa Monica Mountains, California)

Each of the white letters in the Hollywood Sign measures 590 inches tall. Built as an advertisement in 1923, the sign was intended to stand for only eighteen months.

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APA Style (7th Ed.)

The Measure of Things. (2024). Correction for the height of The Hollywood Sign. Retrieved April 16, 2024 from www.themeasureofthings.com/correction.php?comp=height&unit=in&amt=700&i=548

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MLA Style (8th Ed.)

"Correction for the height of The Hollywood Sign" The Measure of Things, 2024, www.themeasureofthings.com/correction.php?comp=height&unit=in&amt=700&i=548. Accessed 16 Apr 2024.

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Chicago Style (17th Ed.)

"Correction for the height of The Hollywood Sign." The Measure of Things. 2024. https://www.themeasureofthings.com/correction.php?comp=height&unit=in&amt=700&i=548.

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