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In 1965, Bob Hope bought a 212-acre former Hollywood movie ranch; after thousands of Westerns were filmed there, plans emerged to turn much of it into a park | World News

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Foundations from old movie sets at Corriganville Regional Park. Image Credit: Wikipedia In 1965, comedian and actor Bob Hope bought Corriganville, a 212-acre former Hollywood movie ranch in Simi Valley, California. The property had spent decades serving the film industry, providing locations for thousands of films, television programmes and commercials. It also operated as a…

California woman refused to sell her home despite repeated lucrative offers; developers eventually built a 246-unit apartment complex around her house covering five acres | World News

wizbuddypointm@gmail.com2 months ago010 mins

Carolyn Carter had spent 50 years living in her modest home in Burbank, California, when a major residential development began transforming the neighbourhood around her. Properties along Hollywood Way were being acquired by the Chandler Group, and more than two dozen of Carter’s neighbours agreed to sell their homes. Carter, however, refused several lucrative offers…