With an increasing focus on flying above the city’s problems, a new idea took hold: building an aerial tramway over Griffith Park, the 4,000-acre refuge set in the middle of the city. The 1960s-era ...

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To get a sense of what Griffith J. Griffith achieved for Los Angeles, all you have to do is hike up to the summit of Mount Hollywood, the second-highest point in the 4,210-acre urban wilderness park ...