Parks Commissioners OK Plan for Barnsdall Park
The Los Angeles Board of Recreation and Parks Commissioners voted Friday to allow a portion of Barnsdall Park in Hollywood to be used as an excavation site for the Metro Rail subway system.
The commission accepted in principle the offer of the Metro Rail builder, Rail Construction Corp., to pay the city millions of dollars for improvements to the cultural center, but exact terms have yet to be determined. The firm also plans to buy a carwash adjoining the park and give the land to the city upon completion of the project in about three years.
Though City Councilman Michael Woo and other officials have proposed building an art library in the park, the commission made no mention of how the land and money would be used. The work is scheduled to begin next summer.
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