Why start this?
I don’t go to Griffith Park all that much. I don’t know why it means so much to me, but it does. I grew up in a city that respects and loves its park, and I expected to find that here, but LA ignores its park!
I run there a few times a week. I’ve been a volunteer at meetings of the PROS (Parks, River, and Open Space) Committee for 3 years, because after trying to fix some of the BIG problems there by myself for a while, I was happy to know that in PROS there was a lot more manpower to help me out.
When I haven’t been to the park in a while, or when the 5 freeway is obese, I often take the detour from Burbank to Silver Lake through the park, on Crystal Springs Drive. I open the windows, and it smells so good, especially at night! And it’s a nice ride to the original Baskin-Robbins in Burbank, as well!
I can see the park from my windows, too. It’s all burned now, and I have something to say about that.
Donna Barstow
Griffith Park is the 2nd biggest park in the US, and I'm just the person to investigate it! I've lived here for over 25 years. I was part of the PROS Committee in Griffith Park Neighborhood Council and am on the Housing & Tenants Rights Committee in the Silver Lake NC. I'm in the LA Press Club, and you can find some of my articles in the LA Weekly and the Los Feliz Ledger. I'm a cartoonist for Parade Magazine, The New Yorker, LA Times, Slate, & most major media. Questions and contacts welcome.
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karla
when i going hiking in griffith park, i have seen stone walls, like there use to be something there, i have seen stairs also like it use to lead somewhere, what was there before?