De Neve Square Park is an urban
pocket park located in the neighborhood of
Holmby Hills
Holmby Hills is a neighborhood on the Westside of Los Angeles, California, United States.
The neighborhood was developed in the early twentieth century by the Janss Investment Company, which developed the rest of Westwood as well as other Los Ang ...
in
West Los Angeles, Los Angeles,
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
.
[A grander scale of life left intact]
" ''Los Angeles Times
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'', Sep. 5, 2004[City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks]
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
A quadrilateral with at least one pair of parallel sides is called a trapezoid () in American and Canadian English. In British and other forms of English, it is called a trapezium ().
A trapezoid is necessarily a convex quadrilateral in Eucli ...
(rather than
square
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) park is ringed by mature sycamore trees as well as English-style street lamps from the 1920s (created exclusively for Holmby Hills).
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
Felipe de Neve y Padilla (1724 – 3 November 1784) was a Spanish soldier who served as the 4th Governor of the Californias, from 1775 to 1782. Neve is considered one of the founders of Los Angeles and was instrumental in the foundation of San ...
, 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.
[Elvis Presley: 75 Things You Didn't Know About The King]
"[Elvis Presley’s Hollywood]
See also
*
List of parks in Los Angeles
There are numerous parks in the city of Los Angeles, California
This list does not include parks in the enclaves of
* city of Beverly Hills
* city of Culver City
* Ladera Heights (unincorporated Los Angeles County)
* Marina del Ray (unincorporat ...
References
{{Holmby Hills, Los Angeles
Municipal parks in California
Urban public parks
Parks in Los Angeles
Holmby Hills, Los Angeles