Streetcar along Sunset Blvd out front of the Beverly Hills Hotel, circa 1912

Posted on April 22, 2016 by

Streetcar along Sunset Blvd out front of the Beverly Hills Hotel, circa 1912Here’s a bit of an LA mystery. Here we have a very early photo of the Beverly Hills Hotel, apparently from 1912, which is the year it opened. It’s interesting to see the venerated place with its lush gardens still so young and bare. But what stumps me is that streetcar rattling along out front. Since when did Sunset have a streetcar line?

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2 responses to “Streetcar along Sunset Blvd out front of the Beverly Hills Hotel, circa 1912”

  1. Jean Hunter says:
    April 22, 2016 at 8:27 am

    Hi Martin – Here’s a link with a lot of info and pics of the old streetcar lines in Hollywood. Looks like there is a small stretch of Sunset Blvd. where the cars ran.

    http://www.uncanny.net/~wetzel/hbline.htm

    Here’s another pic of the BH Hotel with its own streetcar station with Sunset Blvd. in the foreground:

    http://waterandpower.org/7%20Historic%20Photos%207/Beverly_Hills_Hotel_ca1918.jpg

    And another pic, much later in time, with a couple of horseback riders passing the old streetcar station there on Sunset Blvd. in front of the hotel:

    http://www.pacificelectric.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/RC-PE-Waiting-Shelter-Beverly-Hills-Hotel-1932.jpg

    Pretty interesting, huh?

    Jean

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  2. Al Donnelly says:
    May 8, 2022 at 9:18 pm

    Loop connected to Santa Monica line. Did not last long. PE never ran on the western parts of Sunset besides this little oddball section and only crossed the roadway at points on Western Ave. and cutting down to Sherman.

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