"Dead Man's Curve, 1961"
That's how the following aerial photographs are labeled at USC Digital Archives.
USC
"Air Views of Sunset Boulevard at Groverton Place. 06-29-1961" (
I don't remember seeing that reservoir with the intake tower before)
USC
USC
The curves are still in place. (but most noticeably, the small reservoir has been filled in)
present day aerial
google_earth
The three 1961 photographs I posted are from a set of 12.
You can see the rest here:
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/re...oll44/id/61290
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