Terrace Park – Los Angeles CA

City:
Los Angeles, CA

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Paths and Trails

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Started:
1936

Completed:
1936

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Marked:
No

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

President of the City Council Pomeroy Powers, persuaded the city in 1904 to construct a park along Alvarado Terrace. Originally called Summerland Park, the park was soon renamed Terrace Park. The park included a fish pond, rosebeds, an underground tool shed, and a full-time gardener. The park was later remodeled with only grass and trees. There is a small strip of brick-paved street at the north end of the park known as “Powers Place” that holds the distinction as the “shortest street in Los Angeles.” The park and brick-paved street were declared a Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM #210) in February 1979. By 1983, Terrace Park was suffering from neglect and was described as “so bare it’s hardly recognizable as a park.”

In 1936, the WPA was involved in constructing new walks and curbs.

Source notes

Board of Park Commissioners 1936-37 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvarado_Terrace_Historic_District#Terrace_Park_and_Powers_Place

Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on January 9, 2016.

Location Info


Los Angeles, CA 90006
Los Angeles County

Coordinates: 34.044814, -118.281143

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