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  2. Los Angeles State Historic Park - Wikipedia

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    Los Angeles State Historic Park, also known as LA Historic Park and the Cornfield, is a California State Park located near the Chinatown and Elysian Park neighborhoods of Los Angeles. The former rail yard and brownfield consists of a long open space between Spring Street and the tracks of the Los Angeles Metro A Line. [1]

  3. Venice Canal Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Initially the deep water plan had received City of Los Angeles approval. Assessments were sent to the property owners, and Mayor Thomas Bradley did a news photo with local residents of the first shovel. This project was to include access by large boats from Marina Del Rey into the Venice Canals.

  4. List of maritime museums in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Museum of Missouri River History: Nebraska: Omaha: Freedom Park Navy Museum: New Hampshire: Portsmouth, New Hampshire: USS Albacore (AGSS-569) New Hampshire: Wolfeboro: New Hampshire Boat Museum: New Jersey: Beach Haven: Museum of New Jersey Maritime History: New Jersey: Camden: Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial: New Jersey: Greenwich ...

  5. List of parks in Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Orcutt Ranch Horticulture Center - Wikipedia

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    Those 24 acres (10 ha) were purchased by the City of Los Angeles in 1966 for $400,000. [5] The city-owned property includes a Spanish-style adobe residence, extensive gardens, oak trees hundreds of years old, Dayton Creek, nature trails, fruit orchards, rose gardens, community garden plots, picnic tables and a multitude of exotic trees, plants ...

  7. Mesmer family of California - Wikipedia

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    Mesmer’s obituary noted that he was a “great supporter of the Owens River project, the great aqueduct that brought water to a thirsty valley.” [7] Described as a “one-man planning commission,” he was a member of the Los Angeles City Parks Commission (including one term as park commissioner [17]), Los Angeles City Planning Commission ...

  8. Chutes Park - Wikipedia

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    Chutes Park in Los Angeles, California began as a trolley park in 1887. It was a 35-acre (140,000 m 2 ) amusement park bounded by Grand Avenue on the west, Main Street on the east, Washington Boulevard on the north and 21st Street on the south.

  9. San Pedro Municipal Ferry Building - Wikipedia

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    It was designed in the Streamline Moderne style by architect Derwood Lydell Irvin of the Los Angeles Harbor Department. [6] It has a five-story octagonal clock tower . [ 3 ] Its "sister ferry terminal" was across the main channel at Berth 234, also Irvin designed in the Streamline Moderne and built by the WPA in 1941.