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Well Griffith Park and Observatory are named after someone who shot his wife in the face and spent less than two years in San Quentin. LA was the wild west not
by almost_usual 3y ago
Well Griffith Park and Observatory are named after someone who shot his wife in the face and spent less than two years in San Quentin. LA was the wild west not that long ago.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffith_J._Griffith https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffith_J._Griffith
- jjtheblunt 3y agoLA named it Griffith Park years before the shooting, which was from his wife and him donating the land. but curiously it seems the theater and observatory were named for him years after the shooting. Strange world
- Rebelgecko 3y agoIIRC, they refused when he was alive. But his will left a good chunk of his fortune to the city under the condition they build on the land in his name. The construction also lined up with Griffith's son becoming president of the city's parks commission. Not sure what kind of relationship he had with his parents.
- asdff 3y agoThe Griffith family also went on to sue the city when they violated their land deals building the Toyon landfill.
- eloisant 3y agoThat's why you don't name places after living people.
- kibwen 3y agoAnd then ideally wait a hundred years for all the dirt to come out.
- lazide 3y agoAin’t nobody have time for that.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoCould just not name things after people.
- lazide 3y agoI vote for abstract geometric concepts.
- autoexec 3y agoOr we accept that all people do good things and bad things, and that a very good thing someone does might inspire others to name a thing after them without any implied endorsement of other bad things that same person has done or will do.
- bannedbybros 3y ago[flagged]
- sgt 3y agoWhat a terrible person. The way he treated his wife and his son. Hope at least his son got a good education.