These days, it’s virtually impossible to see where the streetcar line used to run down the middle of Santa Monica Boulevard but in this 1933 photograph, we can see how it cut a wide swath down the center of the street in West Hollywood. This was taken at around 8570, which put it approximately opposite where the Ramada Hotel now stands.
In the distance we can see a building on the corner of Santa Monica Blvd and Westbourne Drive that’s still there so I put together a side-by-side comparison:
These days, it’s virtually impossible to see where the streetcar line used to run down the middle of Santa Monica Boulevard but in this 1933 photograph, we can see how it cut a wide swath down the center of the street in West Hollywood. This was taken at around 8570, which put it approximately opposite where the Ramada Hotel now stands.
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