"Los Angeles is notoriously skimpy on public parkland. Just last year, the Trust for Public Land scored the city way down at 90th out of 100 cities, the kind of mortifying ranking usually occupied in other categories by Mississippi."
"If it weren't for the long-ago gift of some 3,000 gorgeous sylvan acres from a cranky jailbird with a civic conscience and a large and very taxable real estate portfolio, we wouldn't have Griffith Park."
"Several years before the Welsh-born tycoon Griffith J. Griffith was marched off to San Quentin for shooting out his wife's left eye in a sodden, paranoid fury, he had donated 3,000 of Griffith Park's eventual 4,300 acres to the city of L.A."
Los Angeles faces a significant lack of public parkland, ranking poorly among major cities. The Trust for Public Land placed it at 90th out of 100. The city's limited open spaces become more apparent as warmer weather encourages outdoor activities. Griffith Park, a major green space, was established thanks to a donation from Griffith J. Griffith, who contributed 3,000 acres to the city. His complex legacy includes both his philanthropic act and a troubled personal history.
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