Old LA Zoo Exhibit Area (8)
Description
Although the zoo was shut down in 1965, the grounds are still standing and open to the public for walking and picnics, and the site is often used in film and photo locations. A sign at the old zoo reads as follows:
“The Griffith Park canyon area served as the City’s Zoo from its founding in 1912 to 1965, when the Los Angeles Zoo moved to its current location about two miles north of where you are currently standing. Many of the walls, grottos, and other enclosures you see today were built in the 1930s by County Relief workers and Works Progress Administration (WPA) crews. Once, bears, lions, monkeys, macaws, goats, elephants, reptiles, and turtles, among others, lived here and the sounds of their growls, roars, calls, and clamor filled this canyon. Although these historic enclosures are no longer appropriate for housing animals, they can be home to memories of family visits to the Griffith Park Zoo, as well as an opportunity to better understand developments in the zoological sciences…”
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Old LA Zoo Sign
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Old LA Zoo Exhibit Area (1)
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Old LA Zoo Exhibit Area (2)
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Old LA Zoo Exhibit Area (3)
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Old LA Zoo Exhibit Area (4)
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Old LA Zoo Exhibit Area (5)
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Old LA Zoo Exhibit Area (6)
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Old LA Zoo Exhibit Area (7)
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Source notes
Park sign. https://www.hikespeak.com/trails/old-zoo-griffith-park/ https://laist.com/2012/06/19/photos_exploring_the_eerie_old_la_z.php#photo-1
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Does anyone have pictures with the animals in the old LA Zoo? I remember going there as a child in the 60’s but have never seen any pictures from when the zoo was open.