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: Red Car Property Neighbor, November 6, 2016. Last week, more digging occurred around the huge Coast Live Oak Tree on the Red Car Property, adjacent to the Riverside Drive 14 unit. development. (Click on photos to enlarge.)
Photo: Red Car Property Neighbor, November 6, 2016. Who could have guessed? Graffiti vandals found the fence, visible from the 5 Freeway, irresistible. Neighbors notified CD13 a week ago. The fence was put up by the developer of the 14 unit development under construction on Riverside Drive. It is up to the property owner to remove the graffiti. Spray paint cans litter the site. Neighbors hope this doesn't become another Menlo Property.
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
