My favorite zoo of all.... EMPTY! a nice place to stretch while you're getting ready for your hike and good place for the picnic.. Unexpected wildlife, like deer and coyotes.... It's urban and natural. Lots of shade on a hot day.....I love it .. people come from all over to see the graffiti art in the hidden stairwells they even shot a episode of America's next top model in them .... keep in mind the mostly young artist risk their criminal records to share and exhibit their art .... We ran into a 5 kids with backpacks and skateboards in their teens being given citations .... I was sadden cause I was just admiring the art they left behind.... But chuckled at the diversity of the crew... They appeared to be a UN of artist Asian, Hispanic and Jewish kids. I knew this because I heard the park ranger mocking them ... I'm not for graffiti in any other areas of the park other then the hidden stairwells and think if the young artist were given the opportunity to burn a stairwell by random selection Los Angeles , the young artist, the visitors and the community could coexist in a time when the arts have been taken from the American classroom.