The Corralitas Red Car Property was a private right-of-way through Silver Lake (Los Angeles) for the Pacific Electric interurban streetcar. The “Big Red Cars” ran until 1955 when the Glendale Line was decommissioned for freeway construction. For more than 40 years, a series of developers tried and failed to develop the Corralitas Red Car Property.
It's not a park, it just looks like one.
Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 20, 2010. The bike path definitely flooded this week: tree trunks block the path, hinges worked on the fencing. Check out the high water line halfway up the bank. (Click on photos to enlarge.)
Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 22, 2009. The river was much calmer and the arundo more dense. 
