Comments on: Los Angeles City Hall Sidewalk, 1959 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2005/02/2005-02-24/ God Bless Americana! -- Books, Slide Shows, & Field Trip Tours Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:56:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave Lessig http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2005/02/2005-02-24/comment-page-1/#comment-180342 Dave Lessig Sat, 11 Sep 2010 03:09:26 +0000 /?p=109#comment-180342 You're not kidding about the school bus! It's a Crown, built in Los Angeles, and many its age are still being used 'cause they're built so well! You’re not kidding about the school bus! It’s a Crown, built in Los Angeles, and many its age are still being used ’cause they’re built so well!

]]> By: Diane http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2005/02/2005-02-24/comment-page-1/#comment-179400 Diane Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:00:28 +0000 /?p=109#comment-179400 This photo of American students in Los Angeles show how diverse we really were. And certain groups say we need diversity? We had real diversity back then. This photo of American students in Los Angeles show how diverse we really were.
And certain groups say we need diversity?

We had real diversity back then.

]]> By: Scott Mercer http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2005/02/2005-02-24/comment-page-1/#comment-17278 Scott Mercer Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:23:33 +0000 /?p=109#comment-17278 Waaaaay off in the background, that is probably a PCC streetcar on the most popular line of what used to be the Los Angeles Railway/Los Angeles Transit Lines: the "P" line, that traversed East L.A. to Mid-City, mainly on First Street and Pico Blvd., ending its trip at the streetcar loop at Pico/Rimpau (that's why there's a bus transfer station there to this day, known disapprovingly to some as the "Crackton Turnaround.") In spite of its assumption by the first Los Angeles MTA in 1958, the streetcar still sports its LATL "fruit salad" paint scheme of pastel green, yellow and white. It probably will be repainted in the MTA paint scheme of dark green, mint green and white sometime soon, but, shamefully, it will run in service for only 4 more years after that, when streetcar service ends in 1963. Waaaaay off in the background, that is probably a PCC streetcar on the most popular line of what used to be the Los Angeles Railway/Los Angeles Transit Lines: the “P” line, that traversed East L.A. to Mid-City, mainly on First Street and Pico Blvd., ending its trip at the streetcar loop at Pico/Rimpau (that’s why there’s a bus transfer station there to this day, known disapprovingly to some as the “Crackton Turnaround.”)
In spite of its assumption by the first Los Angeles MTA in 1958, the streetcar still sports its LATL “fruit salad” paint scheme of pastel green, yellow and white. It probably will be repainted in the MTA paint scheme of dark green, mint green and white sometime soon, but, shamefully, it will run in service for only 4 more years after that, when streetcar service ends in 1963.

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