Mulholland Scenic Overlook
Ridgeline overlook with sweeping views across the San Fernando Valley and city skyline below.
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This guide to Mulholland Scenic Overlook in Los Angeles follows William Mulholland, the engineer whose aqueduct carried water two hundred miles to a thirsty valley and turned a dusty town into a metropolis almost overnight. It traces the triumphant 1913 opening, the five words he spoke to a cheering crowd, and the ridge road built in his honor soon after, in 1924. Best taken in slowly, looking out over the same valley lights he once helped bring to life.
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