Thursday, July 30, 2009
Red Car Property: Mattress Above Viaduct Footings
Photo: Diane Edwardson, July 23, 2009. During the extreme heat, a homeless person dragged a mattress upslope from behind the Arco Station. (Click on photo to enlarge.)
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.