L.A.'s Parks

DaveofCali · #1 Posted **Feb 7, 2009, 10:31 PM**

It often seems to be misunderstood that L.A. has few parks. L.A. does have few parks, but it does have significant ones, just not that many urban ones. Here are some of L.A.'s parks:

Elysian Park, near downtown L.A.:

by La Citta Vita

by The City Project

by Jared1989

Griffith Park

by Bill Cunningham

by patrickpark

Kenneth Hahn State Park

by -sb

by Film Scout

by Say Llama

Macarthur Park

by Matt (mistergoleta)

by me

Runyon Canyon Park

by dierdre chambers

Lincoln Park

by Floyd B. Bariscale

by Floyd B. Bariscale

Echo Park

by susan catherine

by La Citta Vita

ethereal_reality · #2 Posted **Feb 8, 2009, 9:45 PM**

Great thread DaveofCali.
I lived in L.A. for 5 years and wasn't aware of a couple of the parks.

Whenever I see photographs of Echo Park
I get a "film noir' type of feeling/ennui/vibe.
I'm not even sure why.
(One reason might be the rowboat scene in the movie Chinatown)
I believe that was filmed in Echo Park. I could be mistaken.

Again, thanks for posting the photographs.

LosAngelesSportsFan · #3 Posted **Feb 8, 2009, 11:09 PM**

great job! it really is a big misconception. we have huge parks, just not a lot of neighborhood parks. thankfully that is changing.

dktshb · #4 Posted **Feb 9, 2009, 3:41 AM**

Thanks for posting... we have beautiful huge parks, but I know individual neighborhoods are lacking a little bit.

Jibba · #5 Posted **Feb 9, 2009, 4:32 AM**

Cool to see some of LA's natural side; I certainly don't see it too often on here, if ever.