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Originally Posted by Handsome Stranger
This may be of no interest to anyone but myself, but I'll pass it along anyway.
I was saddened to see recently that the last little bit of streetcar tracks still visible in Hollywood (on Santa Monica Blvd, just west of the gas station at Highland Avenue) has now been paved over.
Here's what it used to look like:
[source: GSV]
Not much to look at, I know, but I always enjoyed the fact that there was some little bit of visual evidence remaining of the Pacific Electric streetcars after all these years. Alas, it is no more. |
Count me in with yourself and tovangar2, Handsome Stranger. Looking for abandoned rail lines and related structures got me hooked on the general subject of Urban Archeology long ago. "Can't stop, won't stop..!"
Thanks for sharing the news, however sad.