CHILDREN'S MUSEUM COMING TO THE VALLEY.Byline: Rick Orlov Staff Writer The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. abandoned plans for Children's
Museum Children's museums are institutions that provide exhibits and programs that stimulate informal learning experiences for children. In contrast with traditional museums that typically have a hands-off policy regarding exhibits, children's museums feature interactive exhibits that are facilities in Little Tokyo because of fund-raising problems and
chose Hansen Dam Hansen Dam in Los Angeles County, California was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District in 1939 and 1940. The project is located near the northern edge of the San Fernando Valley on Tujunga Wash, about one mile below the confluence of the Big Tujunga Wash in Lake View Terrace as the only site.
City Council President Alex Padilla Alex Padilla is a politician in California. He was elected as the State Senator for the 20th District of California in November 2006 and was inaugurated in early December. In order to enter the Senate he had to resign as Councilman for the 7th District on the Los Angeles City , who represents the area, played a key role in the council choosing Hansen Dam over Little Tokyo as the site for what would be the first public museum in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . ``This is an important step for the San Fernando Valley and the entire region to have a world-class facility such as this located in Lake View Terrace,'' Padilla said. Plans for the two museums evolved from a recognition that the original Children's Museum downtown was inadequate and that a facility in the Valley was as important as one south of the Santa Monica Mountains The Santa Monica Mountains are a low transverse range in southern California in the United States. Geography They run for approximately 40 mi (64 km) east-west from the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles to Point Mugu in Ventura County. . But difficulty in raising the more than $100 million needed to finance the two facilities forced city officials to rethink the plan. ``We felt the Valley has long been overlooked, and this site is ideal for a museum,'' said Bruce Corwin, co-chairman and founding president of the Children's Museum. Corwin said it was proving more difficult than expected to raise the money needed. ``We decided it was better to concentrate on the Valley site and get that going,'' Corwin said. Children's Museum officials said they had raised $4.65 million of their initial $6 million goal. The total cost of the 52,000-square-foot Valley museum is estimated at $52 million, which will include the use of voter- approved city funds. As a result of the council's 14-0 action Tuesday, the downtown site is no longer in the plans, and the financing rules are being changed to allow the Valley site to receive all of the available city funds. Under preliminary plans developed by architect Edwin Schlossberg, husband of Caroline Kennedy This article is about the daughter of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. For the late wife of President Kennedy's son, see Carolyn Bessette Kennedy. Caroline Bouvier Kennedy (born November 27, 1957) is the daughter and only surviving child of U.S. Schlossberg and a renowned designer of museums, a one-acre site near Foothill Boulevard The following streets are named Foothill Boulevard:
It is expected to include 250 interactive exhibits in a V-shape structure designed to evoke the image of a spaceship. Groundbreaking on the project is expected in July 2005, with opening tentatively scheduled for 2007, Corwin said. Rick Orlov, (213) 978-0390 rick.orlov(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): map Map: Proposed children's museum site Daily News |
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