3rd & Hill Streets, Los Angeles: Then & Now
Within a span of only two lifetimes, an almost unimaginable transformation...
1895:
1903: (The two-year-old funicular railway "Angels Flight" (left), and the just completed 3rd Street tunnel.)
1905:
1908:
1912:
1918:
1960: (This was Angels Flight as I remember it.)
1970:
Today:
Credits: "1895," "1903" and "1970" from the Los Angeles Public Library photographic collection; "1912" from the USC Digital Library/California Historical Society collection; "Today" from Google Maps Street View.
1895:
1903: (The two-year-old funicular railway "Angels Flight" (left), and the just completed 3rd Street tunnel.)
1905:
1908:
1912:
1918:
1960: (This was Angels Flight as I remember it.)
1970:
Today:
Credits: "1895," "1903" and "1970" from the Los Angeles Public Library photographic collection; "1912" from the USC Digital Library/California Historical Society collection; "Today" from Google Maps Street View.