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, February 26, 2010. A few days ago, what appears to be an easel for a sign appeared on the already graffiti vandalized historic viaduct footings. (Click on photo to enlarge.)
Photo: Diane Edwardson, February 26, 2010. This morning, I discovered what appears to be wooden pens on the plateau above the viaduct footings. (Click on photo to enlarge.)
3-1-10 UPDATE: A reader suggests the wooden pens are "for all the blasted clueless yuppies that have moved into the area. We needed a place to hold them while we figure out how to return and re-introduce them to their former habitats."
Community Residents’ Association for Parks is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed in 1997 by our Silver Lake neighborhood. We are dedicated to acquisition and preservation of the Corralitas Red Car Property as a park in partnership with the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.
Contact: redcarproperty@gmail.com