Something must have been happening the day this photo was taken looking north up Broadway from 7th St in downtown Los Angeles, circa 1925 – you don’t often see gridlock like this in the 1920s. Those poor people on the streetcar weren’t going anywhere any time soon. I’ve seen a similar photo to this taken around the same time showing a Shriner convention so maybe this was part of that. But it’s striking to see how similar all the cars were back then. Or maybe Shriners tended to favor the same model of automobile. Also, looked how packed the sidewalk is. It was a busy day in downtown L.A. that day!
Roughly the same view in February 2021
Slow moving streetcars were the cause of their own demise. Imagine trying to run a streetcar down any street today and not get yelled at or worse.