{"id":20471,"date":"2020-07-06T07:07:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T14:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/?p=20471"},"modified":"2020-07-06T07:13:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T14:13:28","slug":"a-streetcar-approaches-to-the-intersection-of-boyle-ave-and-1st-street-boyle-heights-los-angeles-1895-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2020\/07\/06\/a-streetcar-approaches-to-the-intersection-of-boyle-ave-and-1st-street-boyle-heights-los-angeles-1895-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A streetcar approaches to the intersection of Boyle Ave and 1st Street, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, 1895"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20472\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2020\/07\/06\/a-streetcar-approaches-to-the-intersection-of-boyle-ave-and-1st-street-boyle-heights-los-angeles-1895-2\/a-streetcar-approaches-to-the-intersection-of-boyle-ave-and-1st-street-boyle-heights-los-angeles-1895\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A-streetcar-approaches-to-the-intersection-of-Boyle-Ave-and-1st-Street-Boyle-Heights-Los-Angeles-1895.jpeg?fit=548%2C338&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"548,338\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1593701435&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A streetcar approaches to the intersection of Boyle Ave and 1st Street, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, 1895\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A-streetcar-approaches-to-the-intersection-of-Boyle-Ave-and-1st-Street-Boyle-Heights-Los-Angeles-1895.jpeg?fit=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A-streetcar-approaches-to-the-intersection-of-Boyle-Ave-and-1st-Street-Boyle-Heights-Los-Angeles-1895.jpeg?fit=548%2C338&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20472\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A-streetcar-approaches-to-the-intersection-of-Boyle-Ave-and-1st-Street-Boyle-Heights-Los-Angeles-1895.jpeg?resize=548%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A streetcar approaches to the intersection of Boyle Ave and 1st Street, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, 1895\" width=\"548\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A-streetcar-approaches-to-the-intersection-of-Boyle-Ave-and-1st-Street-Boyle-Heights-Los-Angeles-1895.jpeg?w=548&amp;ssl=1 548w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A-streetcar-approaches-to-the-intersection-of-Boyle-Ave-and-1st-Street-Boyle-Heights-Los-Angeles-1895.jpeg?resize=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/>Along with Angelino Heights to the north of downtown L.A., Boyle Heights to the city\u2019s east is one of the places where Los Angeles\u2019s 10-million-people sprawl first began. In this photo from 1895, we see a streetcar approach the intersection of Boyle Ave and 1<sup>st<\/sup> Street. The city is so far away that we can\u2019t see it, which made the 1<sup>st<\/sup> St Streetcar a vital link to the people who lived here (as did the Temple St streetcar did for the residents of Angelino Heights) and allowed Los Angeles to spread further than the confines of downtown.<\/h4>\n<h4>Roughly that same view in April 2019. Miraculously, the building has survived the ravages of 20th century redevelopment:<\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20473\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2020\/07\/06\/a-streetcar-approaches-to-the-intersection-of-boyle-ave-and-1st-street-boyle-heights-los-angeles-1895-2\/apr-19-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/apr-19.png?fit=1944%2C982&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1944,982\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"apr 19\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/apr-19.png?fit=300%2C152&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/apr-19.png?fit=640%2C323&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-20473\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/apr-19.png?resize=640%2C323&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/apr-19.png?resize=1024%2C517&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/apr-19.png?resize=300%2C152&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/apr-19.png?resize=768%2C388&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/apr-19.png?resize=1536%2C776&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/apr-19.png?w=1944&amp;ssl=1 1944w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/apr-19.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Along with Angelino Heights to the north of downtown L.A., Boyle Heights to the city\u2019s east is one of the places where Los Angeles\u2019s 10-million-people sprawl first began. In this photo from 1895, we see a streetcar approach the intersection &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2020\/07\/06\/a-streetcar-approaches-to-the-intersection-of-boyle-ave-and-1st-street-boyle-heights-los-angeles-1895-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[54,147,32],"class_list":["post-20471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-1800s","tag-boyle-heights","tag-streetcars"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5XK3w-5kb","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20471"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20475,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20471\/revisions\/20475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}