The pattern on Coulters is truly impressive.
The shadows suggest these images are from the late afternoon and that this might have been the start of the evening commute. Surprising that in '39 this area was so prone to rush hour congestion that it warranted traffic redirection. The far left eastbound lane is being used for westbound traffic. Were there that many motorists who commuted from West LA and Santa Monica to Downtown? What's next, bus only and hov lanes?
Source notes refer to this as "Suicide lane." Noticed this in other Wilshire photos at Western.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=9133 I wonder if this was a Wilshire phenomenon or whether other main streets (without Streetcars) had traffic lanes that changed direction at different times of the day.
No parking meters and so few street parking signs!
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