Could Hollywood sign become hotel?

By Mail Foreign Service

The famed ‘Hollywood’ sign could become a hotel for the rich and famous if a Danish architect gets his way.

The iconic sign, which towers over Los Angeles, was recently saved after a $900,000 donation from Playboy founder Hugh Hefner.

Sign of future times? How the famed Hollywood sign might look as hotel for the rich and famous

Concealed: The hotel is hidden behind the lettering in Dane Christian Bay-Jorgensen design

Glamour pad: How one of the courtyards would look in this computer-generated design

The sign originally read ‘Hollywoodland’ when it was erected on the city’s Cahuenga Peak in 1923.

Now architect Christian Bay-Jorgensen says the sign could be transformed into a hotel, with each letter hosting guests and rooms with amazing views of Los Angeles.

The hotel letters would be twice the height of the current 45-ft tall sign, and include an observation deck.

View from the top: The LA skyline could be seen from roof terraces on the hotel

Up close: Visitors would be allowed to walk along a footpath beside the famous letters

Iconic: How the sign, recently saved with $900,000 of Hugh Heffner’s cash, looks from Beverley Hills today

‘I’m a fan of the Hollywood sign and the unused spaces of America,’ said Bay-Jorgensen.

‘It could be interesting to make it a center for such events as the Golden Globes and Oscars. This could be the future of the sign.’