Ryan
Court Jester
I came across this thread from another side, and it's consumed every minute of my "free" time for the last few days. It's an absolute treasure trove of pictures of LA, some dating back to the late 1800's. As most folks know, the plaza directly across from LAUS is where the city was first established, so many of the buildings will look familiar to those who have visited.
In addition to cool pictures like this one of the station under construction:
And the area known as "Old Chinatown" that was destroyed to make room for it:
There are also many pictures of Angel's Flight and the other funiculars, and many, many streetcar pictures. Some of the posters have gone out and taken "now" pictures to pair up with some of the photos from the archive, and outside of the transportation side of things, it's really amazing to see the evolution of the city (there's also a bunch of vintage crime scene photos that are rather cool).
The whole thread is over 200 pages long and I'm only 25 pages in: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=170279
In addition to cool pictures like this one of the station under construction:
And the area known as "Old Chinatown" that was destroyed to make room for it:
There are also many pictures of Angel's Flight and the other funiculars, and many, many streetcar pictures. Some of the posters have gone out and taken "now" pictures to pair up with some of the photos from the archive, and outside of the transportation side of things, it's really amazing to see the evolution of the city (there's also a bunch of vintage crime scene photos that are rather cool).
The whole thread is over 200 pages long and I'm only 25 pages in: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=170279