Get out your checkbooks, folks: The mountaintop property located just above the "H" in the iconic "Hollywood" sign is now for sale. The asking price? A sweet $22 million.

Two years ago, Los Angeles officials and conservationists tried to purchase the land atop the 1,820-foot Cahuenga Peak to create a city park, but were unable to raise the funds.

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No matter what is constructed there — homes, additional words (I see an advertising opportunity, Planet Hollywood!) — one of the city’s most famous views could be forever altered.

So what would you put up there?

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I’m thinking wind turbines.