taste of L.A.'s Historic
Core and a memorable
old-school throwback
to Los Angeles' past,
take a 50-Cent-ride on
the historic Angel's
Flight.
Tucked away in
Downtown Los
Angeles is the world's
shortest incorporated
railway and historical landmark that provides an iconic and functional
connection between Downtown Los Angeles' Historic Core and Bunker Hill.
Originally built in 1901, this vintage gem and piece of railway history
gives you a glimpse of what life was like with the trolley system in the city
of angels. This 100+ year-old railway spared pedestrians and prominent
Bunker Hill citizens the grueling climb and ferried them up and down
between Grand Central Market and California Plaza.
Today, this vintage train ride entails a bumpy, rusty, rickety, and noisy
journey in orange-and-black wooden cable railway cars, during which
patrons endure jolting and loud commotions of wood and metal for
about 2 minutes while being cabled up a 298-foot incline.
With wooden benches, vertical hand rails and a bell on the front,
passengers are not only being transported up the Bunker Hill but also
thrown back to old times – you can literally feel the wheels roll along the
track beneath you.
Getting off on Olive, right where Grand Performance is dished up on
regular basis, this breezy fountain-filled Watercourt at California Plaza
is a picture-taking hot spot and The-Place-To-Be in Downtown L.A. Dine
and shop here with a complimentary stellar view amid a stunning futuristic
architecture – an acropolis of skyscrapers.
FYI: A funicular, aka a cliff railway, is a cable railway in which a cable
attached to a pair of tram-like vehicles on rails moves them up and down
a steep slope.
attached to a pair of tram-like vehicles on rails moves them up and down
a steep slope.
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