'Discovering Griffith Park,' a history-rich guidebook by Casey Schreiner, gives one of the country's largest, greatest city parks its due.
Julio Gosdinski, dead age 49, had worked at the carousel since he was a teenager. He loved it so much, the owner made him co-owner.“When people say the land was stolen, I say, ‘It’s not stolen — our responsibility to the land was taken,’” says Julia Bogany, a cultural consultant for the Tongva who wrote a land acknowledgment that opens Schreiner’s book. “Griffith Park is definitely a powerful place. It also has trauma there.
For some, the job of protecting the land is full time. “The park is completely vulnerable,” notes Gerry Hans, president of the nonprofit Friends of Griffith Park. Hans says there are few legal protections against incremental development, such as thecurrently being considered for shuttling visitors directly to the Hollywood sign. “What happens is you get this slippery slope on every little thing that comes into the park,” he says. “There’s always a new battle.
Schreiner is not very fond of the gondola idea. “I think it’s one of the dumbest things I’ve ever seen pitched for the park,” he says, laughing, before advocating for more community involvement. “There’s a lot of ways to make noise. A lot happens here, and no one really knows about it.” But out on the Oak Canyon Loop, he’s not worrying about any of that. Looking out past the zoo, over Burbank and into the mountains beyond, Schreiner is enjoying his day away from the strains of the city, the pandemic and the computer. “We’ve seen one person on this trail so far,” he points out, “and it’s totally quiet — no one’s around.” Just us, the animals and the earth. Oh, and over to the northwest, “North America’s largest IKEA.
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