De Neve Square Park
| De Neve Square Park | |
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  De Neve Square Park  De Neve Square Park  De Neve Square Park | |
| Type | Municipal |
| Location | Holmby Hills, Los Angeles |
| Coordinates | 34°05′05″N 118°26′05″W / 34.0847°N 118.4348°W |
| Open | From dawn to dusk |
De Neve Square Park is an urban pocket park located in the neighborhood of Holmby Hills in West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.[1][2] It is located at the northern terminus of Mapleton Drive where it meets Saint Pierre Road at Beverly Glen Boulevard, where Holmby Hills borders East Gate Bel Air to the west. The trapezoidal (rather than square) park is ringed by mature sycamore trees as well as English-style street lamps from the 1920s (created exclusively for Holmby Hills).[1] De Neve Square Park is one of two parks in Holmby Hills (the other being Holmby Park).
History
De Neve Square Park is dedicated to the memory of Felipe de Neve, regarded as the founder of Los Angeles in 1781.
De Neve Square Park has a very prominent history as the location of Elvis Presley's regular organized touch-football games during the 1950s and 60s when he was residing in Los Angeles making films.[3][4]
See also
References
- ^ a b "A grander scale of life left intact," Los Angeles Times, Sep. 5, 2004
- ^ "City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks"
- ^ "Elvis Presley: 75 Things You Didn't Know About The King Archived 2010-09-12 at the Wayback Machine"
- ^ "Elvis Presley’s Hollywood"