For decades, children have come from all over to ride the Griffith Park carousel. What often kept them coming back was the friendly man with the big smile who operated the nearly 100-year-old merry-go ...

The Griffith Park merry-go-round is in need of repairs but is one of the only four-across merry-go-rounds of its type still in existence. (Solomon O. Smith / For The Times) The Griffith Park carousel ...

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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 ...

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.

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA)-- Julio Gosdinski was a common and friendly face at the Griffith Park carousel and now a community is in mourning over his sudden death. The 49-year-old has worked at the Merry Go ...

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 ...