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Former names: Griffith: General information; Architectural style: Greco-Roman and Art Deco: Location: Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, United States: Coordinates: 1]: Elevation: 1,135 ft (346 m): Construction started: June 20, 1933 (): Inaugurated: May 14, 1935 (): Client: Griffith Trust: Design and construction; Architect(s): John C. Austin Frederick M. Ashley: Website; GriffithObservatory ...
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John Corneby Wilson Austin (February 13, 1870 – September 3, 1963) was an architect and civic leader who participated in the design of several landmark buildings in Southern California, including the Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles City Hall, and the Shrine Auditorium.
Educational observatory This is a partial list of astronomical observatories ordered by name, along with initial dates of operation (where an accurate date is available) and location. The list also includes a final year of operation for many observatories that are no longer in operation.
Ed Krupp with an Albert Einstein statue at Griffith Observatory. As early as 1978 Krupp was aware that the observatory would need a future restoration and that there was a need to update equipment and exhibits. So he and Harold and Debra Griffith [c] co-founded the Friends of the Observatory (FOTO). [21]
In 1935, he took a leave from the University of Kansas and became director of the Griffith Observatory. A year later he resigned his professorship to remain director at the observatory. He also served as a research associate at Caltech in Pasadena during the same period. [2]
Griffith donated over half of the ranch to the city of Los Angeles. This ranch became one of the largest city-owned parks in the country, Griffith Park. In 1882, Colonel Griffith acquired 4,071 acres (16 km 2) of Rancho Los Feliz. The Lick estate still owned the southwest portion of the rancho and there developed the Lick Tract, which later ...
The Astronomers Monument in front of Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, California is a New Deal artwork created under the auspices of the Public Works of Art Project. The large outdoor concrete sculpture honors the work of six great astronomers and is a Griffith Park landmark in its own right.