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Griffith Park & Around
Top Sights
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Griffith Observatory
E3
Activities, Courses & Tours
5
Warner Bros Studios
C2
Entertainment
8
Greek Theatre
E3
Twenty years ago, when Swingers mania tore through LA like a proto-hipster storm, Los
Feliz, (mis-) pronounced Fee-lez by the hordes, emerged as LA's next great neighborhood,
not least because of the wonderful Griffith Park. A gift to the city in 1896 by mining
mogul Griffith J Griffith, and five times the size of New York's Central Park,
Griffith
Springs Dr; 5am-10:30pm, trails sunrise-sunset; )
is one of the country's largest urban
green spaces. There you'll find a major outdoor theater, the city zoo, two museums, golf
courses, playgrounds, 53 miles of
hiking trails
, Batman's caves and the Hollywood sign.
www.griffithobservatory.org
; 2800 E Observatory Rd; admission free, planetarium shows adult/child
$7/3;
noon-10pm Tue-Fri, from 10am Sat & Sun;
)
, a first-class planetarium and wonder-
ful Instagram photo-op. Don't miss it.
