Old Los Angeles Zoo

Ever since I first heard about it, I'd been meaning to go to the Old LA Zoo. The original zoo was built in the 1930s, and in the 1960s, it was realized that it wasn't really suitable for the animals, so they closed it, and built a new zoo about 2 miles from it. But the old zoo was just left - it's now an abandoned, derelict zoo. Which is kind of strange.

I'd imagine this was some sort of storage building.




And that these might have contained birds.


Notice how 40+ years of erosion have partially buried this cage.


One cage had a gate that still worked. The boys weren't strong enough to open or close it, which was tempting ...

Random people walking past cages.

This is above the cages. It looks like a chimney - I wonder if there was a heating system.





There was more, but it was getting dark, so we're going to have to make another trip. We also saw two coyotes, which made the dogs very excited.