Grand Hope Park, Los Angeles

Looks like it did in the 1950s when I put in the trees and started new trellis plants. I also put in the trees in Pershing Square and Angel's Flight and the Walt Disney Concert Hall and Dorothy Chandler's Pavillion and the Kenneth Hahn Building and the Civic Center plaza and City Hall and some by the courthouse. All for free. Never could charge for something beautiful.

I'm not a dog owner, but I am a kid owner and this place is pretty great from that perspective! There's plenty of beautiful , clean green grass to run around on, lots of benches with with shade, gorgeous flowering vines. My daughter loves to gather the petals that fall from the flowers there. There are some picnic tables under shade as well. The playground area is really cute and well gated, but it gets pretty hot in the middle of the day because there is absolutely no shade in this area for some reason. I would reccomend avoiding the playground during the hottest part of the day because the slides and other equipment are metal and tend to get hot. Ouch! Other than that, we love this place.