- Title
- Boulevard thru Elysian Park, Los Angeles, California
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- Date
- 1931
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- Description
- A view looking out from one tunnel and through another two tunnels on Figueroa Street. On either side of the road are landscaped grounds with trees.
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- Format Extent
- 1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
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- Subject
- Tunnels--California--Los Angeles; Roads--California--Los Angeles;
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- Note
- Elysian Park is located near downtown Los Angeles, and is the city's oldest public park. Occupying 575-acres, it is the city's second largest park (after Griffith Park). It is home to numerous historic sites, including the Los Angeles Police Academy and Barlow Hospital. Under Spanish rule, the site was used as a rock quarry. When the United States took control of the land in 1849, the government surveyed the area intending to auction the land, but the Rock Quarry Hills were considered unsuitable for building, and remained city property. In 1886, the area was officially dedicated as Elysian Park, and became a popular recreation area, offering ample picnic grounds, an arboretum, zoological garden, and aviary. The Figueroa Street Tunnels are a set of four tunnels that cut through the park, providing passage for the northbound State Route 110 (the Pasadena Freeway)" The tunnels were completed between 1931 and 1935, connecting Figueroa Street with downtown.
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- Collection
- Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection
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- Type
- ["Postcards"]
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- Geographic Location
- Elysian Park (Los Angeles, Calif.); Figueroa Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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- Language
- eng
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