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The Griffith Park Observatory is a functioning observatory and popular tourist attraction located in Los Angeles' Griffith Park.
The observatory features the Samuel Oschin Planetarium, The Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon, high-quality public telescopes, exhibit areas, a gift and book store and cafe operated by Wolfgang Puck.
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- Located 1,134 feet above sea level on Mount Hollywood in L.A.'s Griffith Park
- Named after Col. Griffith J. Griffith
- Conceptualized by Russell W. Porter
- Architect: John C. Austin
- Construction began June 20, 1933
- Opened to the public May 14, 1935
- Director: Dr. E. C. Krupp (1974-present)
- 2002: Closed for renovations
- 2006: Reopened
- 2007: Wildfire came close to damaging the observatory CNN: Firefighters get L.A. blaze under control (May 10, 2007)
- Was featured prominently in the James Dean film Rebel Without a Cause
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