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Mark Frauenfelder went for a Saturday walking tour of the old Hollywoodland development in Beachwood Canyon and finds out about the storybook houses, the hidden staircases and former residents such as Aldous Huxley, Bugsy Siegel, Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Swanson, and James M. Cain. There's also some lessons in local flora and plenty of pics over at Boing Boing.
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Hiking the stairways of old Hollywoodland
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