Los Angeles Railway
62 on Route D at 5th Street & Beaudry
July 29, 1947
Outside the downtown area, these were some of the very few raised safety zone platforms.  As has been so evident in these photos, safety zones (that's what they were called) were usually just painted on the street, and drivers had enough sense to avoid driving through them.

5th and 6th used to come together differently in the old days.  That whole area was decimated by the freeway construction, new bridges built, and the destruction of otherwise decent buildings.  The car has come off 6th St. eastbound and turned north on Beaudry, where it went to 5th and then turned east again.  The photographer is looking south.

Now look out.  It has been about 42 years since I've even been there, but I have a fairly decent memory for these things, so I always admit that I might be wrong.  I made a mistake once in 1967, after all <g>.
Caption comments from Ken Harrison
Robert McVay photo
Joe Testagrose collection

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