Carousel horses and community gardens: See what’s next for Holyoke’s parks, historic sites

The Holyoke Community Preservation Act Committee will host two Zoom sessions in January for proposals on historic ...
Orange County Register

Griffith Park merry-go-round eyed for purchase by LA City Recreation and Parks

The city of Los Angeles’ Recreation and Parks Department is planning on buying the historic carousel that entertained children and celebrities for nearly a century in Griffith Park. On Thursday, Aug.
KTLA

City of L.A. approves $1M purchase of carousel that inspired Disneyland

The Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks approved a purchase of the Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round for $1 million. The carousel, featuring 68 hand-carved horses, two chariots and a Stinson 165 ...
Orange County Register

City of LA buys mothballed Griffith Park merry-go-round, will work toward restoration

The city of Los Angeles got in touch with its inner child on Thursday, Aug. 21 when its Department of Recreation and Parks approved the purchase of a 99-year-old inoperative merry-go-round at a price ...
Tallahassee Democrat

Take a spin on the carousel of history in 'Aint' No Back to a Merry-Go-Round'

From Emmy-Award winning filmmaker Ilana Trachtman comes a powerful new documentary that serves as a reminder of the recentness of the Jim Crow era, the racial power imbalances and fraught social ...