page_title: Chutes Park
hierarchical_section_title: Chutes Park
caption_attribution_description: English: Color postcard of a water ride called "The Chutes."
context_page_description: Chutes Park in Los Angeles, California began as a trolley park in 1887. It was a 35-acre amusement park bounded by Grand Avenue on the west, Main Street on the east, Washington Boulevard on the north and 21st Street on the south. At various times it included rides, animal exhibits, a theater and a baseball park. In 1910 the park was sold to new owners and reopened as Luna Park. The amusement park closed in 1914.
  The name Chutes Park was also applied to the baseball park which opened around 1900 and was the original home of the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League.
context_section_description: Chutes Park in Los Angeles, California began as a trolley park in 1887. It was a 35-acre (140,000 m²) amusement park bounded by Grand Avenue on the west, Main Street on the east, Washington Boulevard on the north and 21st Street on the south. At various times it included rides, animal exhibits, a theater and a baseball park. In 1910 the park was sold to new owners (including Frederick Ingersoll) and reopened as Luna Park. The amusement park closed in 1914.
  The name Chutes Park was also applied to the baseball park which opened around 1900 and was the original home of the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League.
caption: Postcard, c.1906
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