Posted by An Curse you, Cloverleaf Industries!!! --Previous Message--
on 7/24/2005, 6:21 pm, in reply to "Too Little Too Late"
24.205.37.198
Hells yeah. It kills me to think that such a great system of public transit is largely gone. I learned about the subway at Griffith Park and I'm fascinated. (I'm also very curious about the subway terminal and what it's being used for today...?) It's a tragedy that it had to disappear.
: Each day I drive past the old P.E. Tunnel
: portal on my way to work. Until recently,
: I'd often wondered for what the tunnel had
: been used. After researching the matter, I
: believe the start of the end of the tunnel
: happened back in the 60s when the tunnel was
: cut-off under Figueroa for the Bonaventure.
: Once all that concrete and foundation work
: was complete, the tunnel became--for all
: practical purposes--unusable.
:
: In fact, as one who engages in spelunking of
: caves and old mines, I am shocked that the
: remant of the tunnel was left open so long
: after the Bonaventure foundation was
: complete. Usually such tunnels are quickly
: closed off and destroyed. And, contrary to
: what many seem to believe, the
: "art" of Toluca Yard only served
: to seal its fate, for this "art"
: is seen by city leaders and developers as
: inner-city blight, not something to save.
:
: It is sad that this tunnel is gone, but the
: fault lies in Los Angelinos taking too
: little action far too late. The move to
: rapid transit accomplished by New York,
: London, Paris, and even Washington, D.C.,
: was quashed in Los Angeles by shortsided
: leaders and lethargic citizens beginning in
: the late 1950s and continuing, strongly,
: even today. The tunnel's demise, and the
: purpose for which it was intended and should
: still be used, is the fault of each of us.
: May we learn for our mistakes and join the
: rest of the world's major cities in getting
: out of our cars and into the subways.
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