Showing posts with label Bunker Hill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bunker Hill. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

The Munster's Go Downtown

As far as I know, the Munsters probably still live at 1313 Mockingbird Lane, somewhere in Universal Studios back lot.

This photo was taken at Bunker Hill, Los Angeles in 1969. Union Bank of California can be seen rising in the background. It was completed in 1965. Can anyone identify the make, model and year of the car?

Some of the old Victorian homes were purchased by historians and or collectors and relocated. A few were rescued and now rest at Heritage Square along the historic Arroyo Seco Freeway--also known as The Pasadena Freeway. That's another story.

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Shortest Railway in the World

There's been talk about LA's only funicular reopening, but there seems to be more important projects to spend money on. I've never been on Angels Flight but it seems to serve a purpose as a piece of history.

The "B.P.O.E." written on the arch stands for the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
It was to commemorate the Elks' national convention held in Los Angeles in 1909. Wouldn't you had loved to be a fly on the wall at that convention?