Persh. Sq. Term. LA Times 1923 on Flickr.
Subway plan below Pershing Square for the Pacific Electric Railway Company as reported by the Los Angeles Times.
Persh. Sq. Term. LA Times 1923 on Flickr.
Subway plan below Pershing Square for the Pacific Electric Railway Company as reported by the Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles 2020. Since my last map of Los Angeles was posted, LA Mayor Villaraigosa and the Los Angeles MTA have decided to accelerate their subway construction timetable. A lot. For comparison, this is what the system looks like now. By 2020, LA should have the second-largest subway system in the U.S., after New York.
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