Griffith Observatory - Los Angeles - Jan 30, 2008

Griffith Park and Observatory

What a view! Downtown L.A. - Hollywood Sign - Mountains. This is a must-see .

The land on which Griffith Observatory sits was once a part of a Spanish settlement known as Rancho Los Felis. The Spanish Governor of California bequeathed it to Corporal Vincente Felis in the 1770s. The land stayed in the Felis family for over a century, being subdivided through generations, until Griffith, a wealthy mining speculator, purchased what remained of the rancho in 1882. http://www.griffithobs.org/