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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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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.
The Griffith Observatory overlooks Los Angeles, and it is a great place for photos. This was in early January, just after sunset, with beautiful color in the sky. ISO 100, 28mm, f18, 6sec. I set up the tripod and kept shooting hoping that there would be a gap in the crowds leaving before the light completely disappeared. This is as good as it got.
The original owner of the property was industrialist Griffith J. Griffith, who gifted the city of Los Angeles with 3,000 acres of land back in the 1880s. He raised ostriches on the property, and ...
Griffith Park is a large municipal park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains, in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The park includes popular attractions such as the Los Angeles Zoo, the Autry Museum of the American West, the Griffith Observatory, and the Hollywood Sign. Due to its appearance in many films, the ...
The observatory sits at the summit of 5,715-foot Mt. Wilson, accessible only by a serpentine stretch of Angeles Crest Highway. When George Ellery Hale established it in 1904 with funding from what ...
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