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Griffith Observatory

The free telescope on this hill was paid for by a man the city had reason not to thank.

Collection: Los Angeles · USA · Open in OpenStreetMap

Griffith Observatory from the air, Mount Hollywood slope
Griffith Observatory from the air, Mount Hollywood slope · Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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How the story begins

"Get your prayer book and kneel down, and cover your eyes." Griffith J. Griffith said that to his wife, Tina, in a Santa Monica hotel suite in 1903. Seven years earlier he had given Los Angeles the land under your feet, more than three thousand acres of it. He drank in secret. He told people the Catholics were after him. He asked her whether she had ever tried to poison him. She said no.

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Visiting

2800 East Observatory Road. Open Tuesday to Friday from noon to 10 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., closed Monday. The grounds and roads are open every day from 5 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Entry to the building is free. Parking close to the building is paid.

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