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Originally Posted by sopas ej
Great pics of the Carthay Circle Theater and neighborhood, ethereal, and thanks for the link!
I wasn't aware that the neighborhood was the first subdivision to have underground utilities; I thought I remembered reading somewhere that it was Hancock Park or Windsor Square. Carthay Circle is indeed a charming neighborhood.
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Histories of each subdivision make the "first" claim, but it seems that Windsor Square began earlier than Carthay (here a few excellent sites about LA development):
See under "More Subdivision" here:
http://www.laokay.com/halac/RanchoLaBrea.htm
and here:
http://preservation.lacity.org/hpoz/la/carthay-circle
and even seemingly contradictory claims here:
http://www.laconservancy.org/initiat...poz_book07.pdf