, that stately Art Deco landmark poised atop the southern slope of Mount Hollywood in Los Angeles' Griffith Park, and the grand old lady has never been more popular, especially when seen in
Thanks to Griffith Jenkins Griffith, a Welsh immigrant who came to America as a teenager in the 1860 to claim his future in Mexican silver mines and California real estate, the City of Los Angeles was blessed by his generous donation of 3,015 acres in 1896 for the creation of a splendid park for his newly adopted hometown. "It must be made a place of rest and relaxation for the masses, a resort for the rank and file, for the plain people," Griffith stated during the Dec.
The ambitious $400K project broke ground June 20, 1933 in the midst of the Great Depression and its small army of Cal Tech consultants, Mount Wilson engineers, talented sculptors, masons and construction workers were able to complete their monumental task within two years.
It's been a longstanding backdrop for more sci-fi fare like"Crash of the Moons" ,"Tobor the Great" ,"The Cosmic Man" ."Back to the Future II" ,"Transformers" , and"Moonfall" .
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