LAist: How to Find the Alleged 'Center of Los Angeles'

Endo Verendo

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:09:15 -0800

I ride right by the COLA (Center of LA) plaque on my local mountain bike loop. It's just North of the dirt parking lot next to some old wooden steps, at the base of an oak tree. I always stop to show it to friends who haven't been to Franklyn Cyn. before. I've always thought it was amazing to have a beautiful singletrack trail going through the center of LA!

Donna Lethal

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:36:40 -0800

Yep, I have a tiny cel phone pic but I went back to take new ones. Sqwigeebo, the WODOC classroom is still there and this summer has a resident snake, "Mr. Bones." (If you check my Franklin Cyn Wednesday Workout post you can see more about WODOC.)

bdarwell

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:06:30 -0800

I thought I remembered a brown and white sign on the tree denoting the center. Is that still around? It was probably eight years ago that a friend and I stumbled upon that spot.

benh57

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:42:06 -0800

great spot for a geocache! I was just there last week, now i gotta go back.

PantheonZeus

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:11:00 -0800

HOW TIMELY - especially with the new 3-D "Journey to the Center of the Earth" coming out - but alas no shirtless young Pat Boone in the new flick.

Elise Thompson

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:09:14 -0800

I always suspected that at the heart of LA was a cold block of green cement. Now can you find my keys???

sqwigeebo

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:51:09 -0800

I'm not sure if it's still around, but the William O'Douglas Outdoor Classroom was located in Franklin Canyon. They hosted a lot of field trips for inner city schools to visit the great outdoors and would frequently show "the Center of Los Angeles" to the kids during their hikes.