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Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug
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Without looking it up, I think that the City of L.A. initiated its downtown one-way street plan in August or September of 1947. The video begins with the cars traveling eastbound on E. 6th St., and we can make out (barely) an LATL trolley coach on the 3 Line between the two cars. LATL brought the trolley coaches in a rerouting of some lines in part to adjust to the newly-one-way streets.
After the camera turns the corner onto S. San Pedro St., we pass the entrance to the PE elevated tracks. The rails and overhead wire to/from northbound San Pedro St. appear to be in service, which means this footage likely was shot before October of 1951.
You really hit this one out of the park,
CBD! Perfect era and neighborhood for Peak Noir!