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Originally Posted by alki
From the photos, it doesn't look like LA ever was a walking city.
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Well, my point was to convey how what's been considered LA's "downtown area" has actually expanded in area over time. That intersection of 7th and Figueroa was actually a quiet residential section on the edge of town in 1900. In the 1920s and 1930s, LA's main commercial, business and financial districts were still mainly east of this intersection; much of south Figueroa at this point apparently was all warehouses and car dealerships, so, there wouldn't have been much pedestrian activity in this area back then anyway. When you think about it, the car dealerships and old warehouse-type buildings that exist today further south on Figueroa are vestiges of what used to exist along more of Figueroa.
If you look at old photos of what used to exist in the area of where the Convention Center is now, you'd see that there were lots of old 2-story brick apartment buildings that used to exist there, mixed in among warehouses. People lived in that area, but back then, it wasn't considered downtown; they wouldn't have been considered downtown residents. I remember when the Convention Center expansion was built--- whole blocks and streets were obliterated to build the expansion, as well as Staples Center.
It's funny to me that some people now are considering the USC area as part of downtown.
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