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Old Posted Mar 5, 2010, 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire View Post
There's our old wet-blanket friend the WCTU at Broadway & Temple (upper center), and the Broadway Tunnel beyond that. But I'm blanking out on the tunnel at the upper left. Anyone?

I've never heard a name for that tunnel, but I think it's another trolley tunnel that's just north of the Hill Street trolley tunnel (the one on the left in this view):





I like this photo from 1908 showing where Hill stopped at First Street, and before First was extended up First Street Hill:





And check out the sign for the Highland Villa (a grand old building):

"Furnished rooms/$2.00 per week & up."

Last edited by Los Angeles Past; Dec 25, 2017 at 6:06 AM. Reason: Repaired broken image links
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