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  2. Griffith Park - Wikipedia

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    Griffith Park & Southern Railroad; Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round [27] [28] Griffith Park Zoo - closed in 1966 and now used as a hiking and picnicking area; Heritage tree: a pine tree in memory of Beatle George Harrison was planted in 2004 near the observatory. It died after a beetle infestation, and as of 2014, plans have been made to replace it ...

  3. Roundabout (play) - Wikipedia

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    A merry-go-round at a park in New Jersey. A roundabout (British English), merry-go-round (American English), or carousel (Australian English), is a piece of playground equipment, a flat disk, frequently about 2 to 3 metres (6 ft 7 in to 9 ft 10 in) in diameter, with bars on it that act as both hand-holds and something to lean against while riding.

  4. Tilden Park Merry-Go-Round - Wikipedia

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    In 1947, East Bay Regional Park District General Manager Richard Walpole visited Griffith Park and was impressed with their revenue producing concessions, including the Merry-Go-Round. The Merry-Go-Round operators in Griffith Park, the Davis family, were convinced by Walpole to move the ride that had been in storage and open it in Tilden Park ...

  5. Hollywood Secrets: Griffith Park is home to some of the most ...

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    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 ...

  6. Bronson Canyon - Wikipedia

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    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]

  7. Column: With friends in tow at Griffith Park, Pete Teti walks ...

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    Teti, three days away from his 100th birthday, met up with his usual cohort of friends near the Griffith Observatory and began the climb toward Mt. Hollywood, a roughly two-mile round trip.

  8. Griffith Park is named for a guy who shot his wife — and ...

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    These five acres have been a city park since 1866, and over the decades, the park has shed its different names like a slow-mo stripper: St. Vincent’s Park, 6th Street Park, Los Angeles Park ...

  9. Greek Theatre (Los Angeles) - Wikipedia

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    The idea for the Greek Theatre originated with wealthy landowner Griffith J. Griffith, who donated 3,000 acres (1,200 ha) of land to the city of Los Angeles in 1896 to create Griffith Park. [2] In his will he left money for the construction of a Greek theatre. A canyon site was chosen because of its good acoustics.

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