Save The Peak

De Crevecoeur spends a significant amount of time, during Letters To An American Farmer, considering the landscape, because afterall, he is documenting his discovery of this new world.
In the introduction (introduction page8)  American identity is described as "...the largeness and fertility  of the land are celebrated, as is personal determination and freedom from institutional oppression."


I am choosing to focus on the "celebration" of the lands, which De Crevecoeur again demonstrates in chapters four and six with the description of Nantucket and The Island of Martha's Vineyard.

I believe that this enthusiasm for surroundings in an aesthetically pleasing way as well as a historical way, is still prevalent in America.
For example...http://www.hollywoodsign.org/savethepeak.html  is a website, on which people are protesting against the land around the famed Los Angelino landmark being used to build housing on. This would result in the famed sign being torn down.
However, in 2010 Hugh Hefner (the famed playboy) along with Tiffany & Co, Aileen Getty and other contributors including Hollywood leaders, and fans around the world, the view that people flock to the Hollwood Hills to see, will now be classed as a cultural landmark and is therefore protected.

Govenor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke at the celebrity-attended press conference held on the Cahuenga Peak, and thanked Hugh Hefner and all other contributors for their help to "carry our efforts across the finish line".

According to www.hollywoodsign.com/savethepeak ;
The Sign now stands at: 

H	45 ft. high by 33 ft. 6 inches wide
O	45 ft. high by 33 ft. wide
L	45 ft. high by 31 ft. wide
L	45 ft. high by 31 ft. wide
Y	45 ft. high by 35 ft. wide
W	45 ft. high by 39 ft. 9 inches wide
O	45 ft. high by 33 ft. wide
O	45 ft. high by 33 ft. wide
D	45 ft. high by 33 ft. wide