'IT WILL RISE AGAIN' MORE AREAS ARE OPENED TO PUBLIC AT GRIFFITH PARK.Byline: DANA BARTHOLOMEW Staff Writer Parts of Griffith Park Griffith Park is a large public park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains. It is situated in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The park covers 4,210 acres (17 km²) of land, making it one of the largest urban parks in North America. were reopened Friday as city officials reiterated plans to spend $50 million to restore the park after a brush fire this month that burned 900 acres. While the Los Angeles Zoo The Los Angeles Zoo founded in 1966, is a large zoo located in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Zoo, located in Los Angeles' Griffith Park, is home to 1,200 animals from around the world. and other unburned areas opened soon after the May 8 blaze, park officials announced the reopening of more popular attractions. The historic merry go round, Mineral Wells Mineral Wells, city (1990 pop. 14,870), Palo Pinto and Parker counties, N Tex.; inc. 1882. Aluminum products, bottled mineral water, clothing, and pharmaceuticals are produced, and there is gas processing. and Park Center picnic areas, Shane's Inspiration, Trail's Cafe and Upper Ferndell Area are now open to visitors. All burn areas, including hiking and equestrian trails, remain closed, and smoking and fires are prohibited in the park. City officials have already embarked on a $5 million plan to clear debris and control erosion by July. "I think it's important that the people of this city who cherish this park will see this crown jewel Crown jewel A particularly profitable or otherwise particularly valuable corporate unit or asset of a firm. Often used in risk arbitrage. The most desirable entities within a diversified corporation as measured by asset value, earning power, and business prospects; in takeover : Griffith Park will be restored," said Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. during a two-hour media tour atop blackened black·en v. black·ened, black·en·ing, black·ens v.tr. 1. To make black. 2. To sully or defame: a scandal that blackened the mayor's name. 3. Mount Hollywood. "It's the people's park and it will rise again." The Griffith Park fire, the largest the park has experienced in 46 years, destroyed 20 percent of the nation's largest urban park as firefighters worked overnight to save such landmarks as the newly refurbished Griffith Observatory and the L.A. Zoo. The three-year, $50 million plan to stabilize slopes, repair facilities and replant re·plant v. To reattach an organ, limb, or other body part surgically to the original site. n. An organ, limb, or body part that has been replanted. native vegetation will be assisted by state and federal agencies. After the first phase of the cleanup, city officials plan to spend an additional $20 million stabilizing slopes and repairing flood control systems by December. By 2010, the city expects to spend $25 million more to plant trees, repair trails, build roads, restore natural habitats and rebuild such panoramic lookouts as Dante's View and Captain's Roost. "This is a good plan that will cost us a lot of money, but it'll restore the beauty and majesty of this park," said Jon Mukri, general manager of the Department of Recreation and Parks. "The plan is to make the park better than it was before." dana.bartholomew(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3730 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) The Griffith Observatory is framed by charred brush as Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa tours the burn area of Griffith Park on Friday afternoon. (2) At a news conference Friday, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa promised that the city will restore the burned areas of Griffith Park. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer |
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