It’s hard to imagine now how Melrose Avenue could ever have been this tree-lined idyll that was a favorite street for Angelenos to take horse and buggy rides on Sundays. But those thick and leafy branches would have provided cool shade on long summer afternoons. But for how long? This photo was taken in 1910 where Western Ave met Melrose and we can see a house on the left and curbs on either side of the street. Civilization was starting to encroach!
The same view in July 2017 (assuming we’re looking in the same direction – it’s hard to know for sure…)
It’s hard to imagine now how Melrose Avenue could ever have been this tree-lined idyll that was a favorite street for Angelenos to take horse and buggy rides on Sundays. But those thick and leafy branches would have provided cool shade on long summer afternoons. But for how long? This photo was taken in 1910 where Western Ave met Melrose and we can see a house on the left and curbs on either side of the street. Civilization was starting to encroach!
In a 109 years things haven’t improved any. As that song says, “they paved paradise and put up a parking lot”.