In this photo taken in September 1936, we see a Pacific Electric Red Car traverse the everything-coming-in-all-directions intersection of San Vicente Blvd, Olympic Blvd, and Fairfax Ave. I’m not seeing any traffic lights controlling this mayhem, but I assume they’re there. Otherwise negotiating that junction would turn into an every-driver-for-themselves ordeal.
Intersection of San Vicente Blvd, Olympic Blvd, and Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, September 1936
I love this picture. Looks like an accident in waiting on a smoggy day in West L.A., but I’d love return to spend just a week in that era.
And I’d be right there alongside you, Rich!