Municipal Parks, Recreation, Recreation, and Leisure, 1886-1978
LOS ANGELES CITYWIDE HISTORIC CONTEXT STATEMENT Context: Public and Private Institutional Development, 1850-1980 Sub-Context: Government Infrastructure and Services, 1850-1980 Theme: Municipal Parks, Recreation, and Leisure, 1886-1978 Prepared for: City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning Office of Historic Resources December 2017 SurveyLA Citywide Historic Context Statement Public and Private Institutional Development/Government Infrastructure and Services/ Municipal Parks, Recreation, and Leisure, 1886-1978 TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE 1 CONTRIBUTORS 1 INTRODUCTION 1 HISTORIC CONTEXT 5 The Two Plazas, 1781-1885 6 The Pleasure Ground, 1886-1903 7 The Municipal Park, 1904-1931 11 The Early Playgrounds, 1904-1925 18 Playgrounds and Recreation, 1925-1931 22 Origins of the Recreational Facility during the Great Depression, 1932-1945 25 Early Postwar Recreational Facilities, 1945-1956 29 Late Postwar Recreational Facilities, 1957-1978 36 Postwar Golf Courses, 1945-1978 40 Hard Time during the 1970s 43 CRITERIA FOR MUNICIPAL PARKS, RECREATON, AND LEISURE 47 SUB-THEME: PLEASURE GROUNDS, 1886-1903 47 SUB-THEME: MUNICIPAL PARKS, 1904-1931 50 SUB-THEME: MUNICIPAL RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, 1932-1978 53 SUB-THEME: MUNICIPAL PARK BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, AND FEATURES, 1886-1978 56 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 58 SurveyLA Citywide Historic Context Statement Public and Private Institutional Development/Government Infrastructure and Services/ Municipal Parks, Recreation, and Leisure, 1886-1978 PREFACE This theme of Municipal Parks, Recreation, and Leisure is a component of Los Angeles’s historic context statement, and provides guidance to field surveyors in identifying and evaluating potential historic resources relating to this category. Refer to HistoricPlacesLA.org for information on designated resources associated with this theme as well as those identified through SurveyLA and other surveys.
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