Pedestrian View Of Los Angeles: 9/23/07

Pedestrian View Of Los Angeles

This blog focuses on rail lines in LA country that exist, are under construction or under consideration. The Californian high-speed rail project and southern CA to Vegas project will also be covered. Since most of the relevant developments in the news, rail websites and blogosphere take place on weekdays, this blog will be updated primarily Monday through Friday and occasionally on the weekends. Your comments, criticism and suggestions are encouraged. Miscellaneous stuff will also appear here.

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Photos around North Hollywood Station

These are some photos I took around the North Hollywood station with an older photo from the red car. Also, there are some explanations for the names of streets.

What remains of Old Van Nuys

If you click on this link, you'll see a representation of old Van Nuys Blvd. From what I have read on local blogs and in books, Van Nuys' heyday was from the '40s to the mid '80s. With the advent of the regional malls (roughly in the '60s), shoppers stopped going to Van Nuys Blvd for shopping. When I was a kid, most of this still remained. In retrospect, I saw the tail-end of Van Nuys being in this state. Today, I found a few of the old remnants from that time.

The book store survives because the owner of the book store also owns the property, so there is no rent. Thus, he can operate on a smaller margin. Bargain books address is: 14426 Friar St, Van Nuys, CA 91401. Phone number is:(818) 782-2782. I have no clue about the elks club next store. Does anyone?

http://www.vannuys66.com/vnhs66-blvd.html
(for some reason, tonight it won't let me put in a hyperlink, so instead please copy and paste this link.)

Rail Lines: Existing, Under Construction and Under Consideration

RAIL LINES: EXISTING, UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND UNDER CONSIDERATION

Existing:
1) Blue Line
2) Red Line
3) Purple Line
4) Green Line
5) GoldLine to Pasadena
6) Goldline Extension to East LA

Under Construction:
1) Expo Line

Under Consideration:
1) Regional Connector
2) Greenline extension to LAX
3)Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project on Wilshire Boulevard
4) Subway/Purple Line extention/Westside extension to the Sea
5) Downtown L.A. Streetcar Proposal
6) New Extension of Gold Line Eastside Extension

Under Consideration, Approved, but not yet under Construction:
1) Crenshaw Corridor Line
2) Harbor Subdivision Line

If a line is missing, please send me the missing line(s). Thanks.