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MacArthur Park is one of LA’s deadliest places. Inside the fight to reclaim it

MacArthur Park is one of LA’s deadliest places. Inside the fight to reclaim it
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A man in a knit cap uses garbage to burn a fire in MacArthur Park, in the Westlake neighborhood of L.A., on Feb. 11, 2026. (Jordan Rynning / LAist) Few places in Los Angeles hold as much beauty and desperation as MacArthur Park, 35 disheveled acres in one of the West Coast’s most densely populate...

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