It’s hard to believe that the always-busy Santa Monica Blvd ever looked like this. Taken circa 1905, this photo shows us the tracks of the Pasadena and Pacific Railroad, which ran streetcars from downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica. This shot was taken east of the area then known as Sherman, but which changed its name to West Hollywood in 1925. It explains why Santa Monica Blvd is wider than most east-west roads—it originally had a railway line running down the middle.