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Krupp and Debra and Harold Griffith (Harold was Griffith J. Griffith鈥檚 grandson). Planning for the renovation and expansion project began in 1990 with development and approval of a Master Plan. Throughout the 1990s, FOTO worked with the City to secure the baseline public funding needed to get the project underway, though a substantial amount of the total funding for the project ended up coming from private contributions to FOTO. With architects hired in 1997, the City and FOTO established a unique public-private partnership focused on four primary goals: renovation; expansion, planetarium; and exhibits. The Governor of California, Mayor of Los Angeles, and other public officials broke ground for the project on October 30, 2002, and construction started soon thereafter. Theater and exhibit installation took place mostly in 2004-2006. The building reopened to the public on November 3, 2006.</p> </div> <div class="padding--top--50 flex--row flex--start flex--align-center mobile-flex--column mobile-flex--align-start"> <a href="https://griffithobservatory.org/about/observatory-history/renovation-and-expansion/renovation-and-expansion-timeline/" target="_self" class="link ">Timeline</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="width--40 landscape-width--35 mobile-width--100 flex--shrink--0 order--2 mobile-order--2 mobile-padding--bottom--400"> <div class="image--day fill"> <img src="https://griffithobservatory.org/wp-content/themes/griffith/images/accents/accent_hori.png" class="fit" data-object-fit /> </div> <div class="image--night fill"> <img src="https://griffithobservatory.org/wp-content/themes/griffith/images/accents/accent_hori--white.png" class="fit" data-object-fit /> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="cards padding--horizontal--25"> <div class="padding--horizontal--50"> <div class="flex--row flex--start flex--align-stretch flex--wrap mobile-flex--column mobile-flex--start"> <div class="card_container flex--basis--2 flex--column flex--start flex--align-stretch padding--25 mobile-width--100"> <div class="flex--grow flex--column flex--start flex--align-stretch card card--light"> <a href="https://griffithobservatory.org/about/observatory-history/renovation-and-expansion/renovation/" target="_self" class="card__image bkg--accent margin--bottom--10"> <div class="fill"> <img src="https://griffithobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/website_renovation_003-1000x750.jpg" alt="" class="fit" loading="lazy" data-object-fit /> </div> </a> <div class="card__content content flex--grow flex--column flex--start flex--align-stretch padding--top--25 padding--horizontal--50 padding--bottom--50"> <div class="flex--grow"> <h4 class="text--card--headline"><a href="https://griffithobservatory.org/about/observatory-history/renovation-and-expansion/renovation/">Renovation</a></h4> <div class="margin--top--10 text--card--copy"> <p>After nearly 67 years of continuous use and 70 million visitors, Griffith Observatory was nearly loved to death by the very public it served. When the building closed in January 2002, it was very much in need of renewal. As part of the renovation and expansion project, all elements of the building were restored to their original grandeur and improved for the modern level of public use.</p> </div> </div> <div class="padding--top--50 text--card--link"> <a href="https://griffithobservatory.org/about/observatory-history/renovation-and-expansion/renovation/" target="_self" class="link">Learn More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card_container flex--basis--2 flex--column flex--start flex--align-stretch padding--25 mobile-width--100"> <div class="flex--grow flex--column flex--start flex--align-stretch card card--light"> <a href="https://griffithobservatory.org/about/observatory-history/renovation-and-expansion/expansion/" target="_self" class="card__image bkg--accent margin--bottom--10"> <div class="fill"> <img src="https://griffithobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/GO_Expansion_Excavation_13-20031120-1000x750.jpg" alt="" class="fit" loading="lazy" data-object-fit /> </div> </a> <div class="card__content content flex--grow flex--column flex--start flex--align-stretch padding--top--25 padding--horizontal--50 padding--bottom--50"> <div class="flex--grow"> <h4 class="text--card--headline"><a href="https://griffithobservatory.org/about/observatory-history/renovation-and-expansion/expansion/">Expansion</a></h4> <div class="margin--top--10 text--card--copy"> <p>Nearly 40,000 square feet of public space have been added to the existing building primarily by excavating under the front lawn and west terrace. 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Even with 20,000 square feet of exhibition space in the expanded building, this meant an exhaustive exploration of astronomy was neither practical nor desirable.</p> </div> </div> <div class="padding--top--50 text--card--link"> <a href="https://griffithobservatory.org/about/observatory-history/renovation-and-expansion/exhibit-program-approach/" target="_self" class="link">Learn More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="content edge padding--horizontal--25"> <div class="padding--100 mobile-padding--75 bkg--day--white bkg--night--black border--top--1 border--bottom--1 border--day--black border--night--white"> <div class="column padding--vertical--25 mobile-padding--vertical--0 text--day--black text--night--white"> <p>Griffith Observatory was originally conceived by some of the finest scientific minds of the 1930s and built with the finest materials of the day. The City of Los Angeles and Friends Of The Observatory were committed to that spirit of excellence in every aspect of the renovation and expansion project. The ambitious $93-million project renewed the Observatory’s world-class standing and restored and enhanced the Observatory’s ability to pursue its public astronomy mission, all driven by a commitment to excellence and enabled by a successful public-private partnership.</p> <h3>Project Budget</h3> <p>The total cost of the renovation and expansion project was $93 million. Roughly 70 percent of this total ($66.5 million) went toward construction-related costs, which include architectural design and drawings. The balance was for exhibit development ($14.8 million), planetarium equipment and show production ($8.5 million), and other expenses (3.2 million). Both public ($67.4 million) and private ($25.6) sources provided funds for the project. Friends Of The Observatory (FOTO) directly raised nearly a third (over $30 million) of the required funds and also participated actively in securing much of the other funding for the project.</p> <h3>Public-Private Partnership</h3> <p>The renovation and expansion of Griffith Observatory was a singularly successful public-private partnership between the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, which owns and operates the facility, and Friends Of The Observatory (FOTO), the Observatory’s non-profit support organization. Major participants (and primary roles) in the renovation and expansion project include:</p> <ul> <li>Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks (project management, building operation).</li> <li>Los Angeles Department of Public Works (construction management), through its Bureau of Engineering.</li> <li>Pfeiffer Partners, Inc. (principal architect), Levin & Associates Architects (associate architect), and S. J. Amoroso Construction (building construction general contractor) were the major contractors for the building and construction project.</li> <li>Friends Of The Observatory (FOTO) (fundraising, specialized equipment acquisition, exhibit program management and acquisition).</li> <li>C&G Partners LLC (exhibit designers), Maltbie, Inc. (exhibit general contractor), Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH (star projector), Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation (digital projectors), and Spitz, Inc. 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