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, July 30, 2009. Piles of trash at 2562 Corralitas Drive have been there since July 11, 2009. The site has not changed since these photos were taken two weeks ago. (click on photo to enlarge.)
Photo: Diane Edwardson, July 30, 2009. There's also a big pile of trash in the garage. So much for that Building & Safety rule about keeping trash in an enclosed container on construction sites. The fence isn't secure either. Neighbors report people rooting around the construction site on weekends, but no actual work seems to take place. (Click on photo to enlarge.)
Photo: Diane Edwardson, July 11, 2009. After a year of inactivity since the owner/developer died, neighbors were hopeful when the site was cleaned up in April; scaffolding went up in late June; a layer of stucco applied in early July. However, there has been no new activity on the site since July 11, 2009. (Click on photo to enlarge.)
Developers wonder why neighbors get hostile. They broke ground in February 2007.
10 AM Update: Neighbors report a worker on site who seems to be prepping the exterior for paint.
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