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CITIZENS COMMITTEE TO SAVE: ELYSIAN .P:ARIC.1672 Morton t;ve.\ L.A. 90026, MA 5-8427 < \.

NEWS lETTER NO. 10August, 1966.dONVENTION CENTER MAY BY-PASS -PAE! ..

PROSPECTS FOR SAVING Elysian :f>ar:)r from dest:ructi9n fo r a t radeshow and. convent ion center have brightened noticea-p1y during recentweeks as the_ choice seems to be_.narrowihg d:own to tw o other s i t e s - Pico-Fig-qeroa and Bunker Hi.ll. Ely.sian.Park, however, hil's-. not been1-:uled out , We s t i l l have Councilman 'Paul- Lamport to reckon with.He wants the center in' the pa.rk. rn: the e : v ' e m . ~ . - o f a sta lemate , hemay press fo r the park g ' i v e ~ a w a y , We must be i:"eady fo r the maneuver,THE JOINT COMMITTEES. (Recreation- and Parks, Finance) ~ b r u p t l y --approved the 'Pfco-Figueroa _stte . 4 ; . . 2 ~ For: Cass idy/ Lamport, Ferra):'o, S)1epard. Against:- Braude, Holl.arid; A min,or1:t,y' repor t is expected to favor Bunker Hill;. When: the i iecisive City _Council hea!"ingtakes. place , we urge a l l ' f r iendly, organfzations to _have speakers presen t . _l'Te u.rge an .paJ;:'k de-f:et:tder.s :to attend,, \rfe ne.ed your continued,supp.ort. Call the C:l::ty, Clerk, MA 4-5211, Ext . 1705 for date

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F;YJi:N :IF the convention _c-enter i s placed elsewhere, Elysian Pal:kra:ces _another dii ' ' f icult bat t le tol::eep out. the bul ldozers . Plans..a re nearly complete for construct ing a mu;Lti-lane extension of Stadi.um Viay t h r o u ~ : r h the park1,s main t:ecreation area . I t was designed, inpar t , to f ' < ; ~ c i h t a t ! ; l t ra f f i c to . arid from the projected center; butind ica t ions are the ' ci ty wi l l go ahead with the road anyway,

IF CONSTRUCTSD, it would primari ly serve grown-up whiz-kidswho want td get from here to . there in the cjuickest poss:!:b'le t ime. Werecognize the city nrust pr.ovide adeauate t ra f f i c ar t e r i es , but suchprovisi.on can. be. made withoi:Jt sacr i f ic ing other v i t a l needs. Alternate routes c.e:n11:;lJ const:ructed which would keep heavy t ra f f i c out ofthe parl,, where it definite1y ..does not belong,. -lve hav:e suggestedone such poss ib i l i ty . .(See map on_ reverse side of th is _letter .)

' / . - .EXANINATION of' the road plans shows the dest:ruction would beextensive . Another ugly gash, 80 feet wide, would be carved intothe h i l l tha t affords seclusion to the Recreation Lodge. I t wouldwipe out nearly 100 t r ees . Gone would be the forest background created by a stand of 80-year-'old eucalyptus. Destroyed would be themajest ic symmetJ:>y of the twin colonnade of rare palms. The cathedra l - l ike approach to the park v1ould be chopped off . lfuat i s nowone of ' the most pleasing vis tas in the c i ty would become jus tanother through thoroughfare .PlENlE \VRITE Calvin s . Hamilton, director of the City PlanningDept . , and vlilliam Frederickson J!",, general manager of' the Recreat ion and Parks Dept . , urging reconsiderat ion of the proposed plantha t would take more acreage out of the park, cur t a i l i t s use fo rrecreat ion, and 1'\lrther diminish the serenity and t ranqui l i ty tha ta park t s supposed to provide,

POT LUCK PICNIC SUNDAY, AUG. 21Join the Citizens Committee a t a Pot-Luck Picnic in ElysianPark, s i t e No, 6, Sund.ay, Aug. 21, s ta r t ing a t noon. Lunch wi l l beserved a t 1 p.m. Bring ju s t one dish of food - - and enjoy a feas t !The picnic s i t e i s across the road and s l igh t ly nor th of the"stadium Way" legend a t the top of the map,HAZARD PARK, CENTINELA PARK; GRAND CANYONThe Save Hazard Par!{ Committee presented i t s case eloquent lyand effect ively before the Recreation and Parks Committee of theCity Council . This was followed by a highly successful house par ty ,Net proceeds approached $450! The Committee i s buoyed up by the re,sults and plans an a l l -ou t f igh t to keep i t s park from being des- t royed fo r a veterans hospi ta l ,Residents of Inglewood are ba t t l ing fo r preservat ion of t he i rCENTINELA PARK, where 35 of 50 acres are to be turned into a golfcourse. A hearing i s scheduled fo r Aug, 15.GRAND CANYON, one of the "seven wonders of the world," is

threatened by plans to bui ld hydro-e lec t r ic dams in Marble andBridge Canyons, which are not even economically necessary, Writeyour Congressman to vote "NO" on H.R. 4671.JOIN THE CITIZE;NS COMMITTEE. MEMBERSHIP ::fl. OUR EFFORTSHAVE SHO'iffl SOME SUCCESS, WE ~ I D S T KEEP ON UNTIL THE PARK IS SAVSD!

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CITIZENS COMMITTEETO SAVE ELYSIAN PARK si672 Morton Avenue Los Angeles, Calif. 90026SULK RATETHIRD CLASS