Railways, Waterways, and Walkways
Historical photographs and maps related to our Saturday, May 19, walk from the Glendale Transportation Center to L.A. State Historic Park
Railways, Waterways, and Walkways
Historical photographs and maps related to our Saturday, May 19, walk from the Glendale Transportation Center to L.A. State Historic Park
1. Topographic relief map of Los Angeles showing the narrow passage (bottom right) that connects the San Fernando Valley and the L.A. basin, 1912
2. Map showing Tropico at a crossroads of rail, both local and national, 1903
3. Farmland along the Los Angeles River, somewhere near Tropico
4. Tropico was famous for its strawberries, called “Tropico Beauties”
5. Farm workers on a Tropico strawberry field, ca. 1900
Rafael Escamilla, City
Rafael Escamilla, A Dream
6. Plan of Taylor Yard, 1920
7. Detail of plan of Taylor Yard, 1920
8. Dayton Avenue signal tower elevation, 1930
9. Dayton Avenue signal tower move
10. Roundhouse Platform’s Infrastructural Imaginary exhibit at 2426ww
11. Taming the Los Angeles River, Glendale Narrows, 1896
12. Aerial view looking up river just after Interstate 5 construction, 1962
13. Pigeon Farm, ca. 1900
14. Postcard showing the view of pigeon farm from the train
15. The Pigeon Farm was a tourist attraction, 1911
16. View showing the precarious location of the Pigeon Farm
17. Newspaper coverage of the Pigeon Farm’s demise, 1914
18. Aerial view of the “incredible moving mountain” the morning after its collapse, 1937
19. Spectators of the “incredible moving mountain” on Riverside Dr., 1937
20. Constructing a bridge that would become part of the Arroyo Seco Parkway (the 110), 1937
21. L.A. Times photo of the 1903 Dayton Avenue Bridge being demolished, June 17th, 1927
22. Dayton Avenue Bridge, 1928
23. Riverside Drive Bridge, viewed from inside the Los Angeles River, 2011
24. Flood damage south of the confluence, 1885
25. The new Arroyo Seco Parkway, walkway still under construction, 1944
26. Freeway development in Elysian Park, 1940
27. Removing a mountain for the Arroyo Seco Parkway, 1941
28. Park Row Dr. Bridge under construction, 1941
29. Buena Vista Reservoir, 1876
30. Waterworks in Elysian Park, 1937
31. View up the unchannelized River from the North Broadway Bridge, 1915
32. Traffic on the North Broadway Bridge, 1924
33. View of River Station from near what is now the North Broadway Bridge, 1900
34. View of River Station from the North Broadway Bridge, 1953
35. View of River Station from the North Broadway Bridge, 1987
36. View of River Station site from the North Broadway Bridge, 2000
37. The Naked Lady, a sculpture by Kate Millet, stands proudly atop the Woman’s Building, 1980
38. 1983
39. Cheri Gaulke’s Water Street: River of Dreams at Lincoln/Cypress Gold Line station, 2003
40. Cheri Gaulke’s Water Street: River of Dreams at Lincoln/Cypress Gold Line station, 2003
41. Hotel at River Station, 1876
42. The roundhouse at River Station, ca. 1880s
43. Section of the Pierce Map showing the River Station area, 1894
44. Southern Pacific’s River Station Depot, looking towards the North Broadway Bridge, 1918
45. A Daylight locomotive at River Station Depot, adjacent to North Spring Street, 1937
46. Painting of perspective from pedestrian bridge over River Station, 1947
47. Pedestrian bridge over River Station
Pedestrian bridge over River Station