‘Star Trek’ fans rejoice! Holodeck spotted in L.A. park

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The Holodeck has beamed down to Earth.

Who hasn’t dreamed of stepping onto the Holodeck, to be virtually whisked off to wherever your heart desires — whether that be to a Vulcan baseball game or into a thrilling Sherlock Holmes mystery? Now, thanks to the inspired efforts of a “Star Trek” fan, you can (well, kind of.)

Sitting, unassuming, in a city park in Los Angeles, are two Holodeck control panels fit for a Federation Starship. So how did they get there? Short answer: the power of “Star Trek” fans.

Trekkie Arthur Chadwick was running through North Hollywood Park in Los Angeles and spotted two plain, metal pylons that he thought could use a fresh update. “Everyday I run past these pylons. so i fixed them,” Chadwick wrote on Instagram

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