City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks
December 18, 2023
The City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks operates and maintains Los Angeles City parks, playgrounds, swimming pools, golf courses, skateparks, and recreation centers; as well as, providing recreational programming.[1][2]
City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks
In 1904, Los Angeles Recreation and Park Commission founded the first city-run Playground and Recreation Department in the United States, with the first playground opening the following year.[3] In 1947, the Los Angeles city government combined the Department of Parks and the Department of Playgrounds and Recreation into the Department of Recreation and Parks, combining the two organizations.[3]
Griffith Observatoryedit
Since opening in 1935, Griffith Observatory has been owned and operated by the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks.[3]
city, angeles, department, recreation, parks, operates, maintains, angeles, city, parks, playgrounds, swimming, pools, golf, courses, skateparks, recreation, centers, well, providing, recreational, programming, department, overviewformed1947, 1947, preceding, . The City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks operates and maintains Los Angeles City parks playgrounds swimming pools golf courses skateparks and recreation centers as well as providing recreational programming 1 2 City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and ParksDepartment overviewFormed1947 1947 Preceding agenciesDepartment of ParksThe Department of Playgrounds and RecreationJurisdictionCity of Los AngelesHeadquartersLos Angeles 90012Department executiveMichael A Shull General ManagerWebsitewww wbr laparks wbr org Contents 1 History 2 Griffith Observatory 3 List of parks in Los Angeles 4 See also 5 ReferencesHistory editIn 1904 Los Angeles Recreation and Park Commission founded the first city run Playground and Recreation Department in the United States with the first playground opening the following year 3 In 1947 the Los Angeles city government combined the Department of Parks and the Department of Playgrounds and Recreation into the Department of Recreation and Parks combining the two organizations 3 Griffith Observatory editSince opening in 1935 Griffith Observatory has been owned and operated by the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks 3 List of parks in Los Angeles editMain article List of parks in Los AngelesSee also editLos Angeles Recreation and Park CommissionReferences edit City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks archive la2050 org Archived from the original on 2021 10 16 Retrieved 2020 04 29 LOS ANGELES COUNTYWIDE COMPREHENSIVE PARKS amp RECREATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT PDF we all need PARKS 2016 a b c Griffith Observatory City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks www griffithobservatory org Retrieved 2020 04 29 nbsp This Los Angeles related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks amp oldid 1189262561, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
