{"id":13447,"date":"2019-04-12T13:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T12:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/blog\/?p=13447"},"modified":"2019-03-12T13:16:13","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T12:16:13","slug":"the-griffith-observatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/the-griffith-observatory\/","title":{"rendered":"The Griffith Observatory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Griffith Observatory is an icon of Los Angeles, a national leader in public astronomy, a beloved civic gathering place, and one of southern California&#8217;s most popular attractions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Observatory is located on the southern slope of Mount Hollywood in Griffith Park, just above the Los Feliz neighborhood. It is 1,134 feet above sea level and is visible from many parts of the Los Angeles basin. <strong>The Observatory is the best vantage point for observing the world-famous Hollywood Sign.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Griffith Observatory is a <strong>free-admission, public facility owned and operated by the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks in the middle of an urban metropolis of ten million people<\/strong>. The Observatory<strong> is one of the most popular informal education facilities in the United States and the most-visited public observatory in the world (with 1.5 million visitors a year)<\/strong>. Griffith Observatory is a unique hybrid of public observatory, planetarium, and exhibition space. It was constructed with funds from the bequest of Griffith J. Griffith (who donated the land for Griffith Park in 1896), who specified the purpose, features, and location of the building in his 1919 will.<\/p>\n<p>Upon completion of construction<strong> in 1935, the Observatory was given to the City of Los Angeles with the provision that it be operated for the public with no admission charge<\/strong>. When it opened in 1935, it was one of the first institutions in the U.S. dedicated to public science and possessed the third planetarium in the U.S.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13448\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13448\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Griffith-Observatory-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Griffith-Observatory-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Griffith-Observatory-570x406.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Griffith-Observatory-768x546.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Griffith-Observatory-1024x728.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Griffith-Observatory-1536x1093.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Griffith-Observatory-2048x1457.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Griffith-Observatory-370x263.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Griffith-Observatory-270x192.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Griffith-Observatory-740x526.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13448\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Historic Griffith Observatory in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, California.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Griffith Observatory is an icon of Los Angeles, a national leader in public astronomy, a beloved civic gathering place, and one of southern California&#8217;s most popular attractions. 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