“A GOOD LIFE IN THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS” BY JOHN WEAVER – APRIL 1970
In the old days the cliffdwellers were left to live as they pleased, like remote islanders who could be spared the civilizing advantages of clothes and churches because they had no natural resources worth exploiting. But the development of new earth-moving machines and building techniques during World War II, coupled with southern California’s explosive postwar growth, made it both possible and profitable to subdivide mountain sites once considered un-buildable (they used to be given away as radio quiz-show prizes).
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Real estate as quiz-show prizes? That sure beats a case of Turtle Wax.
ReplyDeleteWow, that's quite interesting, I had no idea about the quiz-show prizes! I like this photo.
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ReplyDeleteI hadn't heard it either, but I'm sure the lots were at a serious grade.