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Description
Identifier
clloy_133
Title
Cahuenga
Freeway
,
Gateway
to
Hollywood
,
California
Creator
Unknown
Date Published
1947
Subject (Topic)
Express
highways--California--Los
Angeles--Design
and
construction
;
Traffic
engineering--California--Los
Angeles
;
Subject (Place)
Los
Angeles
(Calif.)
;
Hollywood
(Los
Angeles
,
Calif.)
;
Cahuenga
Freeway
(Los
Angeles
,
Calif.)
;
Type
image
Form/Genre
Postcards
Physical Description
1
postcard
:
Color
;
9
x
14
cm
.
Institution
Department
of
Archives
and
Special
Collections
,
William
H
.
Hannon
Library
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Country of Creation
US
Copyright Status
public
domain
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher
Western
Publishing
&
Novelty
Co
.
Place of Publication
Los
Angeles
,
Calif
.
Language
eng
Description
A
view
of
Cahuenga
Boulevard
Parkway
with the
bridge
at
Mulholland
Drive
,
looking
south
,
surrounded
by the
Santa
Monica
Mountains
.
Railroad
tracks
run
down
the
middle
of the
Parkway
, and
pass
roads
are on
either
side
.
Historical Background
Since
the
late
1700s
, the
Cahuenga
Pass
has been a
major
travel
route
from the
Los
Angeles
Basin
to the
San
Fernando
Valley
. In
1926
, the
route
,
known
as
Cahuenga
Boulevard
, was
widened
to
four
lanes
, but by
1930
this was not
meeting
the
needs
of the
growing
community
.
Los
Angeles
City
engineer
Lloyd
Aldrich
designed
the
new
Cahuenga
Parkway
with
four
lanes
in
each
direction
,
separated
by the
tracks
for the
Pacific
Electric
Railroad
.
Funding
for the
project
was
approved
in
1938
, and the
first
segment
was
finished
in
1940
. By
1944
the
Railroad
stopped
running
and the
tracks
were
removed
to
accommodate
another
lane
of
traffic
.
Three
bridges
connecting
service
roads
would be
built
at the
Pilgrimage
Theater
(now
the
John
Anson
Ford
Theater)
,
Mulholland
Drive
and
Barham
Boulevard
. In
1954
, the
final
segment
of the
Hollywood
Freeway
through
the
original
Cahuenga
Pass
connected
to the
Arroyo
Seco
Parkway
(later
renamed
the
Pasadena
Freeway)
.
Publisher's Identifier
Publisher's serial number: 7B-H2072; Series number: 822
Additional Notes
Date
from
publisher's
serial
number
;
Printed
using
the
C.T
.
Art-Colortone
process
;
Printed
on
linen-textured
paper
.
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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