Los Angeles State Historic Park

The grand opening of the Los Angeles State Historic Park at the Cornfield on September 23, 2006. The site couuld have been warehouses. Instead, it’s a park. The park is the result of an epic struggle by the community to create the state park and stop a proposal by the city and a wealthy developer for 32 acres of warehouses. The Los Angeles Times called the victory “a heroic monument” and “a symbol of hope.” Learn more about the struggle for the Park. Los Angeles City Cultural Historical Landmark 82 is located at the site.

The Cornfield State Park Advisory Committee recommended that “a park at the Cornfield should be connected to the struggles, the histories, and the cultures of the rich and diverse communities that have surrounded it since the site was settled.” Many racial and ethnic groups have entered the Los Angeles Region through the site, including Native Americans, Spanish missionaries and soldiers, Mexicans, African-Americans, Anglos, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, and French. The Zanja Madre that took water from the Los Angeles River to El Pueblo de Los Angeles and beyond runs through the Park.

The Los Angeles Times picked as a flickr favorite The City Project’s iconic image of the grand opening of the Los Angeles State Historic Park.

Learn more about Monuments, Diversity and Democracy.

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