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, April 8, 2011, 7:13 PM. Last night while shooting the spectacular clouds, I heard two hawks screaming at each other, just below the log cabins on Corralitas Drive. (Click on photos to enlarge.) Photo: Diane Edwardson, April 8, 2011, 7:17 PM. Two Red Tail Hawks were squabbling over prey atop a telephone pole. Corra, the larger of the two, won. Corra's partner flew across the 2 Freeway, to a tree on Allesandro & Rosebud. It was too dark to get a decent shot, but with binoculars, we could see a large bird moving around in the nest.Photo: Diane Edwardson, April 9, 2011. This is the view from the base of the previous photo's telephone pole, looking toward the nest at the corner of Allesandro & Rosebud. The tree is across Allesandro from the Semi Tropic Spiritualists' Tract lots, destined for development. (Click on photo to enlarge.)
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
Photo: Diane Edwardson, April 8, 2011, 7:13 PM. Last night while shooting the spectacular clouds, I heard two hawks screaming at each other, just below the log cabins on Corralitas Drive. (Click on photos to enlarge.) 
Photo: Diane Edwardson, April 8, 2011, 7:17 PM. Two Red Tail Hawks were squabbling over prey atop a telephone pole. Corra, the larger of the two, won. Corra's partner flew across the 2 Freeway, to a tree on Allesandro & Rosebud. It was too dark to get a decent shot, but with binoculars, we could see a large bird moving around in the nest. 
Photo: Diane Edwardson, April 9, 2011. This is the view from the base of the previous photo's telephone pole, looking toward the nest at the corner of Allesandro & Rosebud. The tree is across Allesandro from the Semi Tropic Spiritualists' Tract lots, destined for development. (Click on photo to enlarge.)
