Hardrock69
11-04-2006, 12:25 AM
Anyone who goes to L.A. to live or vacation should go here. ESPECIALLY at night.
The view is fucking awesome.
It is perched in the Hollywood Hills overlooking Hollywood, and you can see straight south for at least 10 or 15 miles. So L.A. is spread out in front of you.
When I lived there, they had the little 25-cent telescopes on the balcony......
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061103/2006_11_03t152908_450x341_us_life_observatory.jpg? x=380&y=288&sig=CLccX6K15rhUOgPZAAjsdg--
LA icon, Griffith Observatory reopens, after makeover
Fri Nov 3, 4:54 PM ET
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Griffith Observatory, home for stargazers and a famous backdrop for such stars as James Dean and
Arnold Schwarzenegger, reopened on Friday after a four-year, $93 million makeover.
Known by many as the setting for key scenes in such movies as the 1955 Dean classic "Rebel Without A Cause" and
Arnold Schwarzenegger's 1984 film "The Terminator," the observatory and planetarium atop the Hollywood Hills has been a Los Angeles fixture for more than 70 years.
Opened in 1935, the Griffith Observatory was the dream of landowner and keen amateur astronomer Griffith Jenkins Griffith, who had a vision of making astronomy and observation accessible to everyone.
The renovation, the first in the observatory's history, has doubled the size of the facilities, although most of the extra space is underground so as not to change the familiar skyline.
The three-domed building, visible for miles and offering a bird's eye view of Los Angeles, the second-largest U.S. city.
Griffith Observatory also had a backdrop role in movies and TV shows including "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" and "The Simpsons." Much of "Rebel Without a Cause" was shot there and a bust of the late James Dean -- who died in a car crash before the film was released -- stands on the grounds.
The observatory now boasts a state-of-the-art planetarium, new exhibition galleries and a 200-seat theater. The renovation was financed by the city and Friends of the Observatory.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061103/media_nm/life_observatory_dc
Here is a link to a sooper high resolution panorama of the night view of L.A. from Griffith Observatory:
http://k43.pbase.com/u4/jmaxima/upload/716285.panorama2.jpg
It is a large file, so for you 56k peeps, you must suffer to see it.
The view is fucking awesome.
It is perched in the Hollywood Hills overlooking Hollywood, and you can see straight south for at least 10 or 15 miles. So L.A. is spread out in front of you.
When I lived there, they had the little 25-cent telescopes on the balcony......
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061103/2006_11_03t152908_450x341_us_life_observatory.jpg? x=380&y=288&sig=CLccX6K15rhUOgPZAAjsdg--
LA icon, Griffith Observatory reopens, after makeover
Fri Nov 3, 4:54 PM ET
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Griffith Observatory, home for stargazers and a famous backdrop for such stars as James Dean and
Arnold Schwarzenegger, reopened on Friday after a four-year, $93 million makeover.
Known by many as the setting for key scenes in such movies as the 1955 Dean classic "Rebel Without A Cause" and
Arnold Schwarzenegger's 1984 film "The Terminator," the observatory and planetarium atop the Hollywood Hills has been a Los Angeles fixture for more than 70 years.
Opened in 1935, the Griffith Observatory was the dream of landowner and keen amateur astronomer Griffith Jenkins Griffith, who had a vision of making astronomy and observation accessible to everyone.
The renovation, the first in the observatory's history, has doubled the size of the facilities, although most of the extra space is underground so as not to change the familiar skyline.
The three-domed building, visible for miles and offering a bird's eye view of Los Angeles, the second-largest U.S. city.
Griffith Observatory also had a backdrop role in movies and TV shows including "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" and "The Simpsons." Much of "Rebel Without a Cause" was shot there and a bust of the late James Dean -- who died in a car crash before the film was released -- stands on the grounds.
The observatory now boasts a state-of-the-art planetarium, new exhibition galleries and a 200-seat theater. The renovation was financed by the city and Friends of the Observatory.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061103/media_nm/life_observatory_dc
Here is a link to a sooper high resolution panorama of the night view of L.A. from Griffith Observatory:
http://k43.pbase.com/u4/jmaxima/upload/716285.panorama2.jpg
It is a large file, so for you 56k peeps, you must suffer to see it.