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: Loren Ayers, June 19, 1955. The Ayers family rode the Big Red Car Trolley across the Fletcher Viaduct on the last day of service in 1955. (Click on photo to enlarge.)
Photo: Diane Edwardson, October 2004. In 2003, the City declared the Pacific Electric Viaduct Footings at Fletcher, cultural historic landmark #770. (Click on photo to enlarge.)
Red Car Historian Paul Ayers shared some of his family archives with us. Ayers will give a free presentation featuring hundreds of historic photos combined with current views of the Pacific Electric Red Car Trolley's Glendale Line, Thursday, May 12. Click here for more information.
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