Train Ride to the Beach?

Blue car on Riverside Drive

Back in the day, a Pacific Electric red car atop a steel bridge above Fletcher Drive in Atwater Village, Los Angeles, California. More on Atwater Village Newbie.

CREDIT: Transportation photographer and prolific publisher Donald Duke, courtesy Metro Transportation Library and Archive Collection.

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Wildbell says:

Just... WOW!
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

Atwater Village Newbie says:

Seriously!
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

Wildbell says:

I couldn't help it AVN, I had to blog about it. It's just too awesome not to crow about.

blogging.la/archives/2007/03/red_car_realized .phtml
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

Atwater Village Newbie says:

Cool - thanks for the link!
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

n6uru says:

Ah the days! It's not visible in this pic, but does anyone remember the "Mile High" Curries' Ice Cream Shop just beyond the bridge, on the left? It was at the southwest corner of Riverside/Fletcher, and a good location from which to see - and hear - the passing Red Cars.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

-WHITEFIELD- says:

nice.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

edhiker says:

As a kid, I sold newspapers exactly where the Blue car on Riverside Drive is. Quit the job because the older kids got the outgoing traffic side. I have a secret story to maybe tell about these red cars.
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

magi48sm says:

This is a nice piece on American History. If you don't mind, can I turn this in to painting?
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

Marckymarc says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Vintage Los Angeles, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

sollyla says:

so near my house of many years, yet never knew. thanks for this.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

da90027 says:

Yes I live here now and the Chevron Station is still a Chevron and the Richfield Station on that corner is still an ARCO (Atlantic Richfield Co) amazing those two gas stations are still there. The cement posts for the bridge supports aare still in the ground too. But it is not nearly as pretty as this. What a shame they got rid of the bridge in 1955.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

martinae says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called travel on the train, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

skyduster4 says:

The city lost part of its identity and soul when the Big Red was taken away. Thanks for posting this gem of urbanity.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

train think travel says:

Yes. What a delightful gestault of our past! The wonder of urban life is just so well revealed; way back when. The PCC technology, so ubiquitous, so rider-friendly, so vulnerable to evil manipulators. Great colour and composition: and the photographer is still alive and clicking: I assume????
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

webstriker says:

so hott!!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Zeetz Jones says:

Wow, it's like going back in time!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

danjenkins99 says:

what a great photo. I remember my grandmother taking me downtown to the old Crocker-Citizens Bank Bldg on Hill ( I think) taking the stairs down to the trolley station and coming out at the tunnel of Beverly Blvd and Glendale. At the corner of Fletcher and Riverside was the really great Curries ice cream with the best pistachio ice cream in both green and pink!. I'ved lived in Atwater since 1962.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Isbjørn44 says:

Oh, this is fantastic. All the icons are there.
My God. Am I really that old??!!
I guess so.
Posted 4 weeks ago. ( permalink )

CP68-73 says:

Thank You brings back so many great memories. Curries, Van de Kamp’s, Dodger Games, Vince's Market, Helms Bakery. The Good Old Days.
Posted 4 weeks ago. ( permalink )

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