3rd & Hill Streets/Angels Flight, Los Angeles: Then & Now

[ashetlandpony]

Within a space of only two lifetimes, an almost unimaginable transformation...

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Comments

[sixtyforty]

Oh, that's so sad. That picture from 1970 just broke my heart! I mean, it was getting progressively worse up until then (especially watching that gorgeous mansion in the background disappear), but that jump from 1960 to 1970 was jarring. Blech.

[kevinblanchard]

agreed. It starts as this neat little area with great houses. Then you see houses starting to disappear and buildings go in. Then more buildings appear and get bigger and bigger than *poof* they tear down almost 100 years of history and its a big ugly hill and pavement. Then you see they building big sky scrapers there. I agree with you. It was sad to see many of the houses and such being torn down up until 1960 but the jump from 1960 to 1970 was heart breaking.

[sixtyforty]

I'll admit I'm totally intrigued by the vegetarian sign in the 1912/1918 pics! It seems so incongruous to me. I didn't realize there was a vegetarian movement before the sixties.

[melydia]

My guess is that a vegetarian was someone who sold vegetables. :)

[thrashbear]

This was absolutely fascinating! Please keep up the good research, looking forward to more.

I agree with the previous comment; the 1970 pic was...unexpected.

[nipper]

Excellent post, thank you! Fascinating to see it change with so many pictures.

[lightning_rose]

I was trying to find out if the St Helena Sanitarium might have been a 7th Day Adventist facility (they encourage vegetarianism), and I found this page:

http://www.ulwaf.com/LA-1900s/PicturePages/AngelsFlight3rdSt.html

[albear]

Awesome set of pictures, but. The 1970 picture sucks!