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5333 Zoo Dr
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The Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens is a 133acre zoo founded in 1966 and located in Los Angeles, California. The city of Los Angeles owns the entire zoo, its land and facilities, and the animals. Animal care, grounds maintenance, construction, education, public information, and administrative staff are city employees.HistoryThe first zoo, called the Griffith Park Zoo, opened in 1912 and was located about two miles (3.2 km) south of the current zoo site until it was closed in August 1966. Remnants of the original zoo remain. The site of the current zoo was formerly the location of Rodger Young Village, which was itself built on the land which had been used for the Griffith Park Aerodrome.The zoo opened in its present location in November 1966.By the early 1990s, the zoo's infrastructure was deteriorating. In January 1992, a ten-inch water pipe burst, leaving half of the zoo without water. The next day, city officials passed a $300 million master plan that had been recently drafted to deal with the infrastructure problems and inadequate exhibits. The zoo nearly lost its accreditation in 1995 because of deplorable conditions; however it rebounded under a new director.In 1998, the zoo opened Chimpanzees of the Mahale Mountains, followed by Red Ape RainForest in 2000, the Komodo Dragon Exhibit, the Winnick Family Children Zoo in 2001, the Entry Plaza, Children's Discovery Center and Sea Lion Cliffs (now Sea Life Cliffs) in 2005, Campo Gorilla Reserve in November 2007, Elephants of Asia in the winter of 2010, and the LAIR (Living Amphibians, Invertebrates, and Reptiles) in 2012.On Tuesday, June 26, 2012, a chimpanzee infant baby, born to Gracie, a member of a 15-chimpanzee tribe (one of the largest chimpanzee tribes of any North American zoo), was mauled to death by an adult male chimpanzee. The zoo said this event was totally unexpected, although it also stated that acts of aggression by male chimpanzees (toward humans, or toward a rival male chimpanzee over territory or a desired female) are always a possibility—indeed, there have been several well-known cases of male chimpanzee aggression in recent years. Gracie was allowed to keep her baby overnight to grieve, and counseling was being offered to staff (none had witnessed the event), and to the visitors who had seen the event. It is reexamining its policy of how it introduces baby chimpanzees to the tribe.
Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development, Inc. is the research and development arm of The Walt Disney Company, responsible for the creation, design, and construction of Disney theme parks and attractions worldwide. Founded by Walt Disney to oversee the production of Disneyland, it was originally known as Walt Disney Inc. then WED Enterprises, from the initials meaning "Walter Elias Disney", the company co-founder's full name.Imagineering is responsible for designing and building Disney theme parks, resorts, cruise ships, and other entertainment venues at all levels of project development. Imagineers possess a broad range of skills and talents, and thus over 140 different job titles fall under the banner of Imagineering, including illustrators, architects, engineers, lighting designers, show writers, graphic designers, and many more. Most Imagineers work from the company’s headquarters on Grand Central Creative Campus in Glendale, California, but are often deployed to satellite branches within the theme parks for long periods of time.Imagineering also manages various properties held by units with in the Walt Disney Company including Disney's Burbank Studios, New Amsterdam Theater and Times Square Studio Ltd. in New York City. When Disney was in the sports team ownership that included Edison Field and the Mighty Ducks Disney Ice practice rink in Anaheim.TermThe term Imagineering, a portmanteau, was introduced in the 1940s by Alcoa to describe its blending of imagination and engineering, and used by Union Carbide in an in-house magazine in 1957, with an article by Richard F Sailer called BRAINSTORMING IS IMAGINation engINEERing. Disney filed for a copyright for the term in 1967, claiming first use of the term in 1962.
DreamWorks Pictures is an American film production label of Amblin Partners. It was formerly distributing its own and third-party films by itself. It has produced or distributed more than ten films with box-office grosses of more than $100 million each. As of October 2016, DreamWorks' films are marketed and distributed by Universal Pictures.DreamWorks began in 1994 as an attempt by media moguls Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen to create a new Hollywood studio of which they owned 72%. Currently, DreamWorks operates out of offices at Universal Studios.In December 2005, the founders agreed to sell the studio to Viacom, parent of Paramount Pictures. The sale was completed in February 2006.In 2008, DreamWorks announced its intention to end its partnership with Paramount and signed a $1.5 billion deal to produce films with India's Reliance ADA Group. Reliance provided $325M of equity to fund recreating DreamWorks SKG into DreamWorks Studios, an independent entity. Clark Hallren, former Managing Director of the Entertainment Industries group of J. P. Morgan Securities, and Alan J. Levine of J. P. Morgan Entertainment Advisors, led the Reliance team in restructuring the company. The following year, DreamWorks entered into a distribution agreement with Walt Disney Studios, wherein Disney would distribute DreamWorks films through Touchstone Pictures; the deal continued until 2016. After the formation of Amblin Partners in 2015, the studio entered into a distribution agreement with Universal Pictures.
Since opening our doors in August, 2010, The Bridge Recording has hosted over 400 television shows, over 300 films, and hundreds of music, video game, trailer music, and media library music recording sessions.
Griffith Park Zoo was a city-owned zoo in Los Angeles, California that opened in 1912 and closed in 1966 with the opening of the Los Angeles Zoo. The abandoned site of the Griffith Park Zoo, complete with the ruins of animal enclosures, is now a picnic area and hiking trail in Griffith Park.HistoryThe first zoo in Los Angeles was the Eastlake Zoo in East Los Angeles, which opened in 1885. The Griffith Park Zoo opened in 1912 with a grand total of 15 animals. The new zoo was built on the site of Griffith J. Griffith's defunct ostrich farm. In the mid 1920s, film producer William Nicholas Selig donated many of the animals from his studios, which he had attempted to convert into an animal theme park, to the new zoo.It was expanded in the 1930s by work crews from the Works Progress Administration. Most of the enclosures were built in the caves-with-iron-bars style which was then standard for zoos.As Los Angeles grew, the small Griffith Park Zoo was increasingly criticized as an "inadequate, ugly, poorly designed and under-financed collection of beat-up cages", despite drawing more than 2 million visitors a year. In 1958 the city passed a $8 million bond measure to create a brand new zoo. Griffith Park Zoo closed in August 1966 and its animals were transferred to the new Los Angeles Zoo 2 miles away, which opened in November 1966. The animal enclosures, with the bars removed, were left as ruins; picnic benches or tables were installed in some of them.
THE PUBLIC ART PROJECTS: Concept and design by Ketti Kupper represent the past, present and future of “The River’s Embrace.” Phase 1 Art at the Spillway and the "The Circle of Reflection" opens fall 2012. PHASE 1 – PUBLIC ART PROJECTS CREDITS~ ARTIST'S TEAM: Ketti Kupper and Robert Rossoff PROJECT OVERSIGHT: Theresa Rossoff. Designer & Arborist with North East Trees; Executive Director for the Phase 1 Public Art. PROJECT CONCEPT & DESIGN: Ketti Kupper, MFA, Artist and Architectural Landscape Designer DESIGN SUPPORT: 3D computer models (pre-vis renderings) of the designs: Robert Rossoff Finished 3D illustrations: Elizabeth Duer CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT & CONSTRUCTION ART DIRECTION: Robert Rossoff, MFA, Artist and 3D computer artist for the film industry DESIGN REFINEMENTS OF BENCH & SPILLWAY PLATEAU: Ketti Kupper, Robert Rossoff, North East Trees, Glendale Riverwalk Art Committee PROJECT PLANNING & PRODUCT SOURCING: Ketti Kupper with Robert Rossoff ARTIFACT WALL: Design: Ketti Kupper Artifact Placement and Construction: Robert Rossoff and assistants SPILLWAY WINGS ART: “EGRET’S FLIGHT”: Design Concept: Beth Elliott Design Elements and Layout: Robert Rossoff and Ketti Kupper Line Art Illustrations: Robert Rossoff Water Jet Construction Planning and Preparation: Robert Rossoff CONSTRUCTION OF THE PHASE 1 SPILLWAY ART PROJECT: Richard Charles Ramirez Builders The Phase 1 park includes areas for hikers, bicyclists, equestrians, walking and picnicking, and educational and interpretive exhibits. Its features are funded by grants from the California River Parkways program and the Los Angeles County Regional Park and Open Space District. North East Trees is the design-build consultant on the project. Phase II and all of Phase III are under way as the result of a Community-Based Planning grant from Caltrans. AECOM Technical Services is the consultant for this Master Planning effort which will include linking Phases I and II, as well as exploring the potential for a bridge across the Verdugo Wash. Phase III will feature a multi-user bridge across the Los Angeles River from the Riverwalk to the Los Angeles Bike Path and on to Griffith Park, specifically for non-motorized travel between these recreational facilities. (source: http://www.ci.glendale.ca.us/parks/GlendaleNarrowsRiverwalk.aspx
The Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens is a 133acre zoo founded in 1966 and located in Los Angeles, California. The city of Los Angeles owns the entire zoo, its land and facilities, and the animals. Animal care, grounds maintenance, construction, education, public information, and administrative staff are city employees.HistoryThe first zoo, called the Griffith Park Zoo, opened in 1912 and was located about two miles (3.2 km) south of the current zoo site until it was closed in August 1966. Remnants of the original zoo remain. The site of the current zoo was formerly the location of Rodger Young Village, which was itself built on the land which had been used for the Griffith Park Aerodrome.The zoo opened in its present location in November 1966.By the early 1990s, the zoo's infrastructure was deteriorating. In January 1992, a ten-inch water pipe burst, leaving half of the zoo without water. The next day, city officials passed a $300 million master plan that had been recently drafted to deal with the infrastructure problems and inadequate exhibits. The zoo nearly lost its accreditation in 1995 because of deplorable conditions; however it rebounded under a new director.In 1998, the zoo opened Chimpanzees of the Mahale Mountains, followed by Red Ape RainForest in 2000, the Komodo Dragon Exhibit, the Winnick Family Children Zoo in 2001, the Entry Plaza, Children's Discovery Center and Sea Lion Cliffs (now Sea Life Cliffs) in 2005, Campo Gorilla Reserve in November 2007, Elephants of Asia in the winter of 2010, and the LAIR (Living Amphibians, Invertebrates, and Reptiles) in 2012.On Tuesday, June 26, 2012, a chimpanzee infant baby, born to Gracie, a member of a 15-chimpanzee tribe (one of the largest chimpanzee tribes of any North American zoo), was mauled to death by an adult male chimpanzee. The zoo said this event was totally unexpected, although it also stated that acts of aggression by male chimpanzees (toward humans, or toward a rival male chimpanzee over territory or a desired female) are always a possibility—indeed, there have been several well-known cases of male chimpanzee aggression in recent years. Gracie was allowed to keep her baby overnight to grieve, and counseling was being offered to staff (none had witnessed the event), and to the visitors who had seen the event. It is reexamining its policy of how it introduces baby chimpanzees to the tribe.
Native Voices at the Autry is the only Equity theatre company in the United States that is devoted exclusively to developing and producing new works for the stage by Native American, Alaska Native, and First Nations playwrights. Founded in 1994 by Producing Artistic Director Randy Reinholz (Choctaw) and Producing Executive Director Jean Bruce Scott, Native Voices became the resident theatre company at the Autry National Center of the American West in 1999. The 2014–2015 season celebrated the company’s 15th year at the Autry and its 20th anniversary advancing Native theatre. In August 2014 the company established the Native Voices Artists Ensemble to more fully support and engage the extraordinary talents of its Native actors, writers, musicians, and directors. The Ensemble is devoted to developing new work in a collaborative process and supports Native Voices’ ongoing focus on the work of individual playwrights. Native Voices at the Autry and La Jolla Playhouse have partnered on Native Voices Annual Festival of New Plays since 2008 and began a three-year Native Theater Initiative for San Diego County in 2016 which will include new play festivals, acting and writing workshops and productions unique to La Jolla Playhouse. Native Voices at the Autry is a member of Actors’ Equity Association, The LA Large Theatre League, LA Stage Alliance, and the Dramatists Guild, and is a Constituent Theatre of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre. Visit TheAutry.org/NativeVoices for more information.