The Hill Street Tunnels, looking north on Hill Street from First
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1954-2014 Like many of the city's early public works projects, the Hill Street Tunnels provided a solution to one of Los Angeles' greatest topographic obstacles to regional mobility, the hills at Downtown's northwestern edge. While of most of them had been covered by the street grid by the turn of the 20th century, their steep…
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Hill Street Tunnel at Temple - Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection - Tessa: Photos and Digital Collections
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The lost tunnels buried deep beneath the UK
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271 St Gothard Tunnel Stock Photos, High-Res Pictures, and Images - Getty Images
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Given the time travel theme, BACK TO THE FUTURE is always a great film to showcase THEN & NOW on the ScenePast…
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L.A. funicular railways beyond Angels Flight - Los Angeles Times
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view looking north west towards the intersection of hope street and 1st street 1955 and now
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Los angeles history
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Mumbai News: Mumbai Coastal Road Project To Have India's First Underwater Twin Tunnels Below Arabian Sea
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Hill Street Tunnels looking south from Temple St, 1954. They were demolished a year later : r/LosAngeles
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Hill Street Tunnel, Single Bore – Bunker Hill, Los Angeles
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Southeast corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Rampart Boulevard, 1957-2013 Los angeles california photography, Los angeles history, California photography