Thursday, December 21, 2006

Life without the 101 and other holiday tips

I wish I could remember life without the 101. Here's the heart of LA 97 years ago:


Think of the traffic flow - no one would ever imagine ATSAC. And Traffic Officers from LADOT (not LAPD) at 55 intersections - probably not even a glimmer in the eye of the 1909 Christmas shopping season (which was probably mostly done by catalogue - not too far off from what we do with our online purchases today!). It's interesting: the Mayor announced these officers at the 55 intersections around malls, yet for years, the malls have been paying for them to be out there without the Mayor ever announcing it.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Where are the City Nerd Awards????

WTF??