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Topic: Griffith Observatory (California)
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Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 02-04-2006 02:22 PM
   
Looks like the Griffith Observatory got some major 'maintenace' works. |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 10-15-2006 08:30 AM
Official re-opening Friday 3rd November 2006. |
music_space
Member Posts: 1179
From: Canada
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 10-16-2006 12:46 PM
Coincidentally, I just watched for the first time "Rebel Without a Cause", which features the Observatory. |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3161
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 10-16-2006 01:19 PM
If you ever visit the observatory, they have a James Dean statue out front. |
goldbera
Member Posts: 25
From: Melbourne, FL
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 10-16-2006 03:32 PM
It's sad (and it shows my age) but the first time I ever heard or saw the observatory was in Dragnet. The movie, not the TV show. Starring Dan Akroyd. |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2476
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 07-25-2009 01:31 PM
A work colleague was visiting the Griffith Observatory in the LA area and sent me this. They went to the Griffith Observatory on Sunday, they had a tribute to Apollo 11 and the Moon landing. These are photos of the projector and the actual chair they used to train the crew at the Griffith in celestial navigation. Said they pulled it out of storage just for this, the 40th anniversary.  
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Rob Joyner
Member Posts: 1308
From: GA, USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 07-25-2009 05:37 PM
quote:
Originally posted by FFrench:
If you ever visit the observatory, they have a James Dean statue out front.
If it hasn't been moved the statue, a bust of Dean, is located off to the right as you approach the observatory entrance. A highlight of my visit there in '89 was checking out the area around back where the famous 'Rebel' knife fight scene took place. |
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