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Why MacArthur Park Needs a Reinvention
The east was the side that became overcrowded and property prices dropped quickly. “MacArthur’s Park is melting in the dark” ...
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It's likely being rejoined — but why was LA’s MacArthur Park split apart in the first place?
One of Los Angeles’ oldest green spaces, MacArthur Park, is on its way to being made whole again. A multi-year effort has started to reconnect the 35-acre recreation area that’s currently ...
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Langer’s struggles shine harsh spotlight on MacArthur Park but drug, homeless issues are hardly new
Related: Fentanyl addiction fuels underground shoplifting economy in LA’s MacArthur Park The boom in attention is welcome in the low-income, majority-immigrant neighborhood. Still, mom-and-pop ...
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A Walk Through ‘MacArthur Park’: Jimmy Webb Tells the History of an Odd Pop Classic That Found New Life as the Musical Climax of ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’
I just preferred… I was never much of a dancer. Let’s just leave it at that. So “MacArthur Park” as a disco song piqued my interest, but not necessarily my excitement. I’ll tell you ...
Orange County Register4mon
Jimmy Webb’s ‘MacArthur Park’ is a musical monster that keeps rising from the dead
That’s really all that needs to be said. “When he was doing this movie, I think the image of the monster is appropriate when you apply it to ‘MacArthur Park’ because it is so big and ...
The New York Times8mon
What Is That Song in ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’?
Meet the new “Day-O”: Richard Harris’s 1968 psychedelic pop hit “MacArthur Park,” which Donna Summer remade as a disco anthem. By Sarah Bahr Some spoilers follow. It’s the climactic ...
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It's likely being rejoined — but why was LA’s MacArthur Park split apart in the first place?
Before it was public parkland, today’s MacArthur Park wasn’t a popular place. In the early days of L.A., in the 1800s, it was a marshy wetland that was dismissed as an undesirable swamp ...