A series of articles on mapping the history and geographies of Los Angeles and its environs
Originally called Altadena Park in the early 1930s, the park was renamed Farnsworth Park in 1934 after General Charles Farnsworth, an Army officer who lived in Altadena in the 1930s during his retirement. (“Park to be Named for Gen. Farnsworth,” Los Angeles Times, July 7, 1934, p. A1). The park’s historical two-story cultural center is built in the arts and…
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In the triangle-shaped neighborhood between the Silver Lake Reservoir, the Glendale Freeway, and the I-5 Freeway is a little piece of Los Angeles history that is lost, but not forgotten. The Corralitas Trail is a little-know urban hike that follows an abandoned Pacific Electric streetcar line that used to run between downtown Los Angeles and the city of Glendale. Before…
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