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The Department of Recreation and Parks is an agency of the government of the City of Los Angeles and is organized and governed according to the City Charter. It is charged with establishing, constructing, maintaining, operating, and controlling parks and recreational facilities in its jurisdiction, as well as managing concessions or privileges for the purpose of public recreation in its ...
Pages in category "Parks in Los Angeles County, California" The following 122 pages are in this category, out of 122 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Municipal parks come under the administration of the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks. The overseeing body is the Department of Recreation and Park Board of Commissioners. [5] The first parks date back to 1889 under the City's first Freeholder Charter. [6]
Recreation Park in Long Beach, California. Recreation Park bandshell Recreation Park Golf Course Clubhouse. Recreation Park in Long Beach, California is a large 210.9-acre (0.853 km 2) recreation center in the southeast section of the city. The park has a lawn bowling green, dog park, casting pond, and playground.
The Los Angeles Department of Parks was organized in 1889. [3] The Los Angeles Playground Commission was organized by the city council in 1904 as an unpaid five-person commission; the commissioners had authority to hire a superintendent and staff. [4] Arabella Page Rodman served as president from the time of its organization. [5]
Circa 1975, when the city of Los Angeles handed over management of the “lifeguards, maintenance, parking and concessions” at their beaches to the county, the department oversaw 73 mi (117 km) of the 76.5 mi (123.1 km) of beaches in the county, including 38 mi (61 km) miles of “improved beaches.” [8]
The park is managed by the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation. [1] As one of the largest urban parks and regional open spaces in the Greater Los Angeles Area, many have called it "L.A.'s Central Park". [2] The 401-acre (1.62 km 2) park was established in 1984. [3]
Del Rey Lagoon Park is a 14-acre (57,000 m 2) municipal park in the Playa Del Rey neighborhood of Los Angeles, United States, with a lagoon that is part of the greater Ballona Creek watershed. [1] The park features lighted baseball fields, lighted basketball courts and a children’s playground. [2] There is a dedicated parking lot just off ...