Looking west along Wilshire Blvd from around Figueroa St, Los Angeles, circa 1946

Looking west along Wilshire Blvd from around Figueroa St, Los Angeles, circa 1946As an Angeleno who often finds himself stuck in traffic, I take a measure of satisfaction knowing that my fellow Angelenos from yesteryear had to deal with much the same thing. These poor drivers were stuck in a traffic jam in around 1946 as they were on Wilshire Blvd (note the Wilshire Special streetlights.) The white building on the right is the Rex Arms apartments, which I suspect means we’re looking west down Wilshire from around Figueroa St and the cars were heading into downtown LA. It looks like those drivers turning onto a side street had had enough!

Assuming I’m right about looking west along Wilshire, this is roughly how that view looked in June 2024.

 

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