Exposition Park (Los Angeles)
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Exposition Park is located in University Park, Los Angeles, California
, across the street from the University of Southern California
. Exposition Park houses the following:
The park is public-space owned by the state of California, whose major cultural facilities mentioned above are operated by both the state and Los Angeles County. Originally, the 160 acre (0.6474976 km²) site served as an agricultural fairground from 1872 to 1910. (hence its original name Agricultural Park) Farmers sold their harvests on the grounds, while horses, dogs, and even camels competed along a racetrack where the rose garden now blooms today.
In 1880, John Edward, along with Mr.Ozro Childs, and former Governor Downey persuaded the State of California to purchase 160 acre (0.6474976 km²) in Los Angeles to foster agriculture in the Southland.
Soon after USC was built in 1880, the city's most influential families moved into the neighborhood, but did not appreciate the racing and the gambling that came with it. As a result, the rose-garden replaced the racetrack, and the park became what it is now with its grand museums.
Along the northern edge of the park, the Expo Park/USC Station is under construction. When Phase 1 of the Metro Expo Line opens (end of 2011), this station will provide access to the park at Exposition and Trousdale .
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University Park, Los Angeles, California
University Park is a historic neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, a few miles southwest of Downtown Los Angeles. University Park refers to the University of Southern California as well as the neighborhoods immediately surrounding the University, in particular Exposition Park and North...
, across the street from the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
. Exposition Park houses the following:
- Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles Memorial ColiseumThe Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a large outdoor sports stadium in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, at Exposition Park, that is home to the Pacific-12 Conference's University of Southern California Trojans football team...
- Los Angeles Memorial Sports ArenaLos Angeles Memorial Sports ArenaThe Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena is a multi-purpose arena, in the University Park neighborhood, of Los Angeles, California, at Exposition Park. It is located next to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, just south of the campus of the University of Southern California.-History:The Los Angeles...
- Natural History Museum of Los Angeles CountyNatural History Museum of Los Angeles CountyThe Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County opened in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California, USA in 1913 as the Museum of History, Science, and Art. The moving force behind it was a museum association founded in 1910. Its distinctive main building, with fitted marble walls and domed and...
- California Science CenterCalifornia Science CenterThe California Science Center is a state agency and museum located in Exposition Park, Los Angeles. Billed as the West Coast's largest hands-on science center, the California ScienCenter is a public-private partnership between the State and the California Science Center Foundation...
- IMAXIMAXIMAX is a motion picture film format and a set of proprietary cinema projection standards created by the Canadian company IMAX Corporation. IMAX has the capacity to record and display images of far greater size and resolution than conventional film systems...
Theatre at California Science Center
- IMAX
- Exposition Park Rose GardenExposition Park Rose GardenThe Exposition Park Rose Garden is a historic sunken garden located in Exposition Park in Los Angeles, California. It has been called "one of the city's best-kept secrets." It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991....
- California African American Museum
- EXPO Center (includes the LA84 Foundation/John C. Argue Swim StadiumLA84 Foundation/John C. Argue Swim StadiumThe LA84 Foundation/John C. Argue Swim Stadium, called originally the Los Angeles Swimming Stadium is an aquatics venue that was originally constructed for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California...
) - Science Center School and Amgen Center for Science Learning (formerly California National Guard Armory)
- Expo Park Farmers Market, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturdays, South lawn of Natural History Museum
In 1880, John Edward, along with Mr.Ozro Childs, and former Governor Downey persuaded the State of California to purchase 160 acre (0.6474976 km²) in Los Angeles to foster agriculture in the Southland.
Soon after USC was built in 1880, the city's most influential families moved into the neighborhood, but did not appreciate the racing and the gambling that came with it. As a result, the rose-garden replaced the racetrack, and the park became what it is now with its grand museums.
Along the northern edge of the park, the Expo Park/USC Station is under construction. When Phase 1 of the Metro Expo Line opens (end of 2011), this station will provide access to the park at Exposition and Trousdale .
External links
- University Park Family is an online newspaper and social network focused on the neighborhoods around USC, Expo Park and the surrounding areas.
- usc.edu Exposition Park
- Delirious LA Exposition Park - A Case Study
- Leimert Park Beat is a collaborative online community focused nearby Leimert Park: The Soul of Los Angeles and the African American cultural center of the city.
- Expo Center Official Site.
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