MacArthur Park (formerly Westlake Park) is a park in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, named after General Douglas MacArthur and designated City of Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #100.
Geography
The park is divided in two by Wilshire Boulevard. The southern portion primarily consists of a lake, while the northern half includes an amphitheatre, bandshell, soccer fields, and children's playground, along with a recreation center operated by the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks. The bandshell was once home to many organizations and events, such as Jugaremos en Familia (a live event hosted by Memo Flores for the Hispanic community). MacArthur Park's bandshell has been recently renovated as the Levitt Pavilion and is once again the host of jazz, big band, salsa music, beat music, and world music concerts. Since reopening, it hosts at least 50 free concerts each summer between June and September.
The lake in MacArthur Park is fed by natural springs (although an artificial bottom to the lake was laid during the construction of the Metro Red Line, opened in 1993). In the past, a fountain with a reflecting pool on the northern end was also fed by the springs. The Westlake/MacArthur Park Red Line station sits across the street.
"MacArthur Park" is a song which Jimmy Webb originally wrote and composed as part of an intended cantata. Webb initially brought the entire cantata to The Association, but the group rejected it.Richard Harris was the first to record the song in 1968 and his version peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "MacArthur Park" was subsequently covered by numerous artists, including a hit version in 1969 by country music singer Waylon Jennings. Among the best-known covers is Donna Summer's disco arrangement from 1978 which topped the Billboard Hot 100.
Although it was a commercially successful song multiple times after it was released, "MacArthur Park" used flowery lyrics and metaphors (most famously, lost love being likened to a cake left out in the rain) that were considered by media such as the Los Angeles Times to be "polarizing" and "loopy."
Jimmy Webb
Composition
"MacArthur Park" was written and composed by Jimmy Webb in the summer and fall of 1967. The inspiration for the song was his relationship and breakup with Susie Horton, who later married Robert Ronstadt, a cousin of singer Linda Ronstadt. MacArthur Park, in Los Angeles, California, was where the two occasionally met for lunch and spent their most enjoyable times together. At that time (the middle of 1965), Horton worked for a life insurance company whose offices were located just across the street from the park. In an interview with Newsday in October 2014, Webb explained:
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MacArthur Park · Donna Summer
Summer: The Original Hits
℗ A Mercury Records Release; ℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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Producer: Giorgio Moroder
Producer: Pete Bellotte
Associated Performer, Vocals: Donna Summer
Composer Lyricist: Jimmy Webb
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Official audio for "MacArthur Park" performed by Ricahrd Harris, from the album A Tramp Shining. Featured in the film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024).
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℗ A Mercury Records Release; ℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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Composer Lyricist: Jimmy Webb
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℗ A Mercury Records Release; ℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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Composer Lyricist: Jimmy Webb
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℗ A Mercury Records Release; ℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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Producer: Pete Bellotte
Associated Performer, Vocals: Donna Summer
Composer Lyricist: Jimmy Webb
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MacArthur Park (formerly Westlake Park) is a park in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, named after General Douglas MacArthur and designated City of Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #100.
Geography
The park is divided in two by Wilshire Boulevard. The southern portion primarily consists of a lake, while the northern half includes an amphitheatre, bandshell, soccer fields, and children's playground, along with a recreation center operated by the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks. The bandshell was once home to many organizations and events, such as Jugaremos en Familia (a live event hosted by Memo Flores for the Hispanic community). MacArthur Park's bandshell has been recently renovated as the Levitt Pavilion and is once again the host of jazz, big band, salsa music, beat music, and world music concerts. Since reopening, it hosts at least 50 free concerts each summer between June and September.
The lake in MacArthur Park is fed by natural springs (although an artificial bottom to the lake was laid during the construction of the Metro Red Line, opened in 1993). In the past, a fountain with a reflecting pool on the northern end was also fed by the springs. The Westlake/MacArthur Park Red Line station sits across the street.
Spring was never waiting for us, girl It ran one step ahead As we followed in the dance Between the parted pages and were pressed In love's hot, fevered iron Like a striped pair of pants MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark All the sweet, green icing flowing down Someone left the cake out in the rain I don't think that I can take it 'Cause it took so long to bake it And I'll never have that recipe again Oh, no! I recall the yellow cotton dress Foaming like a wave On the ground around your knees The birds, like tender babies in your hands And the old men playing checkers by the trees MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark All the sweet, green icing flowing down Someone left the cake out in the rain I don't think that I can take it 'Cause it took so long to bake it And I'll never have that recipe again Oh, no! [break] There will be another song for me For I will sing it There will be another dream for me Someone will bring it I will drink the wine while it is warm And never let you catch me looking at the sun And after all the loves of my life After all the loves of my life You'll still be the one I will take my life into my hands and I will use it I will win the worship in their eyes and I will lose it I will have the things that I desire And my passion flow like rivers through the sky And after all the loves of my life After all the loves of my life I'll be thinking of you And wondering why [extended break] MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark All the sweet, green icing flowing down Someone left the cake out in the rain I don't think that I can take it 'Cause it took so long to bake it And I'll never have that recipe again Oh, no! Oh, no No, no
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Show Caption. 1 of 3 ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... Arts, Parks, Libraries, and Community Enrichment; Economic Development and Jobs; Housing and Homelessness; and Planning and Land Use Management ... Can key politicians in Los Angeles help MacArthur Park? They’re going to try ... .
I couldn’t help but cry while reading Steve Lopez's latest column on the intractability of the addiction and homelessness around MacArthur Park...L.A.'s MacArthur Park needs a champion now,' column, Dec.
To the editor. Steve Lopez has written another fine column on drug addiction and homelessness around MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. From my perspective, addicts who refuse treatment deserve no sympathy ... He said, 'People don't want to get clean.
MacArthur Park needs a champion and defender — right now.Tensions brew over trans athletes at Riverside high school, as conservative protests grow.Plans to transform an iconic San Francisco highway ...
They were walking on Bonnie BraeStreet, a couple blocks east of MacArthur Park, where it’s not uncommon to see people who are either asleep or passed out, with syringes and needles scattered about ... This is one of the sad realities of MacArthur Park.
On Thursday, Hernandez announced an influx of new services to address safety and cleanliness in MacArthur Park, which has been plagued by drug addiction, fatal overdoses and crime ... in the park.
In LA’s fentanyl epidemic, MacArthur Park community bears the heavy burden Fentanyl addiction fuels underground shoplifting economy in LA’s MacArthur Park Mired in overdose crisis, MacArthur Park ...
LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles officials announced new initiatives Thursday to enhance safety, cleanliness and health services for residents near MacArthur Park in downtown Los Angeles.