The Griffith Park Teahouse survives another day

A boy plays Wednesday at the Griffith Park Teahouse, which was installed surreptitiously by a group of artists late Monday night.

A boy plays Wednesday at the Griffith Park Teahouse, which was installed surreptitiously by a group of artists late Monday night.

  (Carolina A. Miranda / Los Angeles Times)

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Monday night, a crew of anonymous artists slipped into Griffith Park and installed a teahouse on an abandoned foundation on Mt. Bell. Wednesday morning, it was attracting a steady stream of visitors and unsuspecting passersby.

Griffith Park Teahouse

On Day 2, the view east from the teahouse showed a yellowish haze over Glendale — air you can chew.

  (Carolina A. Miranda / Los Angeles Times)

A wish for Los Angeles

The exterior of the teahouse features rows of detachable wooden slats on which people can write down their thoughts. Claire Aguilar of Burbank leaves a meditative note, taken from a book she happened to be carrying.

  (Carolina A. Miranda / Los Angeles Times)

A wish for rain

The wishes left behind in the teahouse run the gamut from statements to requests for specific favors. One visitor left behind a plea for needed rain.

  (Carolina A. Miranda / Los Angeles Times)

Messages for the city

A visitor named “JK” leaves a message of love for Los Angeles.

  (Carolina A. Miranda / Los Angeles Times)

Pleas of love

A plea for a lifetime of love. The “P-22” inside a circle stamped on the wood is in honor of the mountain lion that inhabits the area.

  (Carolina A. Miranda / Los Angeles Times)

Picture windows all around

The teahouse, built on an abandoned foundation on the ridge, frames views of mountains, valleys and trees, including this vew north.

  (Carolina A. Miranda / Los Angeles Times)

Morning at the teahouse

A couple of Griffith Park regulars departed from their normal route to explore the teahouse. (This image was snapped with my new fisheye lens!)

  (Carolina A. Miranda / Los Angeles Times)