Mike Eberts’ book Griffith Park: A Centennial History opens with a 1935 map of the Park, created by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Look closely — in the northeast quadrant is a small field that features a small biplane, hanger and runway referenced as...
The year is 1775. In October, forty soldiers and 240 civilians under the command of Captain Juan Bautista de Anza set out from the presidio at Tubac, AZ to colonize present-day San Jose. In January 1776, they pass through the future pueblo of Los Angeles and...
Looking at a Southern California Automobile Club map of the Los Angeles Freeway system from a few years back, it’s easy to see how freeways have affected the Los Angeles community, and not in a good way. Granted – these roads have made our commute faster – or have...
California has more horse-flesh and more horse people than any place in the country outside of Kentucky… And the holy ground, the mystic Mecca, the sanctified gathering place for the initiate is out Griffith Park way, north of Los Feliz Blvd., along the banks of that...
For more than a decade, Friends of Griffith Park (FoGP) has sponsored the testing of raptors and mammals found dead in and around the Park for exposure to anticoagulant rodenticides. These results, in combination with studies across California, have demonstrated that...
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