Amongst the files that
our faithful correspondent recently open-sesame-ed out
in literal troves from the Ali-Baba-esque locality on Ramirez Street known to the world as the
City Archives and Record Center was a most interesting,
most singular fax to Councilwoman Jackie Goldberg from a
serial candidate for every random political office in California and generally all-round attention-seeking loony named
Steve Mozena, self-styled “Chair of HOLLYWOODLAND.” On the handwritten fax cover sheet
1 Steve declaims:
Jackie, I’m looking for support for my project. Martin Sheen and Slyvester [sic] Stallone like the idea of “Hollywoodland” Let’s see if we can work together and make this a reality. Steve
Go ahead! Read it! You know you want to! Turn the page now to find out what this is that we’re gonna make a reality! And also what does it have to do with the BIDs…
Continue reading Unrealized 1995 Proposal to Turn Hollywood Boulevard Into Literal, Actual Amusement Park Shows, We Guess, that No One Loves Hollywood for Herself and Also, However Bad the BIDs Are, Things Could Always Have Been Worse →