City Terrace Park

City Terrace Park was originally developed in 1933 by crews of the depression era’s Works Progress Administration (WPA). The park occupied three and a half acres of terrace that were hacked from a rugged and barren hill. Since the initial development in the early 1930’s, it remained unchanged for 20 years. In 1957, 600,000 cubic yards of soil removed from the construction of the L.A. City Civic Center were transported to the park and used to fill a ravine that bordered the park, tripling the park’s acreage.