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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 .
Bronson Canyon is located in the southwest section of Griffith Park near the north end of Canyon Drive, which is an extension of Bronson Avenue. In 1903, the Union Rock Company founded a quarry, originally named Brush Canyon, for excavation of crushed rock used in the construction of city streets–carried out of the quarry by electric train on the Brush Canyon Line. [1]
Formerly Marsh Park. Along Los Angeles River Greenway. Los Angeles River Center & Gardens: 570 West Avenue 26 Cypress Park: Along Los Angeles River Greenway. Sepulveda Basin LA River Recreation Zone Encino / Lake Balboa: One of two Los Angeles River Recreation Zones. Marvin Braude Mulholland Gateway Park: 3600 Reseda Boulevard Tarzana: Milton ...
The first zoo in Los Angeles was the Eastlake Zoo in East Los Angeles, which opened in 1885. [ 2 ] : 37 The Griffith Park Zoo opened in 1912 with a grand total of 15 animals. The new zoo was built on the site of Griffith J. Griffith 's defunct ostrich farm .
LALSRM Railroad Museum signage in Griffith Park. The Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum (LALSRM) is a non-profit public-benefit corporation founded in 1956 by live steam enthusiasts for the purpose of educating the public about railroad history and lore, and to promote live steam and scale model railroad technology.
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 ...
Los Angeles' Griffith Park closed one of its main roads to traffic, the latest city to open a car-free zone for cyclists and pedestrians. Los Angeles' Griffith Park closed one of its main roads to ...
These include the Mt. Hollywood Trail, which can be accessed from the Griffith Observatory parking lot off Vermont Canyon Road or from Vermont Canyon Road just past the Greek Theater, the Bronson Canyon / Brush Canyon Trail (3200 Canyon Drive, Los Angeles, CA), [4] and a number of trailheads that begin near the Griffith Park Visitors Center off ...