In this aerial view of empty land is from 1922. We’re looking at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and San Vicente Boulevard — Wilshire is the one with the line of trees and San Vicente runs diagonally. (By the way, it was originally the San Vicente line of the Pacific Electric Railway). The line along the bottom is Fairfax Avenue, which was a dirt road at the time. In 4 years’ time, that area to the south of San Vicente at the lower left corner will become Carthay Center, home to the Carthay Circle Theatre.
Although oriented from a different angle, we can see how densely packed all that land is now:
In this aerial view of empty land is from 1922. We’re looking at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and San Vicente Boulevard — Wilshire is the one with the line of trees and San Vicente runs diagonally. (By the way, it was originally the San Vicente line of the Pacific Electric Railway). The line along the bottom is Fairfax Avenue, which was a dirt road at the time. In 4 years’ time, that area to the south of San Vicente at the lower left corner will become Carthay Center, home to the Carthay Circle Theatre.
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