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- Construction of the underground tunnels started in the early 19th century. The first tunnels were built underneath the Bunker and Hill Street Area but in the following years, the network of underground tunnels in Los Angeles increased greatly.
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Jun 1, 2022 · W alk around Los Angeles and you might notice a remnant of the early days of the automobile: a set of stairs, typically fenced off and locked, leading down to a tunnel below a busy road. Dozens...
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Construction of the underground tunnels started in the early 19th century. The first tunnels were built underneath the Bunker and Hill Street Area but in the following years, the network of underground tunnels in Los Angeles increased greatly.
Jan 22, 2014 · George Warren Shufelt did it first. glen creason. Jan 22, 2014. Above: Underground Tunnels of the Lizard People, G. Warren Shufelt, 1933. One of the more colorful urban legends of L.A. is...
- Glen Creason
Jun 1, 2022 · About 100 years ago, L.A. tried to solve its traffic death issue with underground pedestrian tunnels. Imagine…little kids walking to school through scary, dark and dank passages just to...
- Aaricka Washington
- Associate Editor, How To L.A.
Downtown LA has tunnels for cars at Second and Third streets that are both well-known and well-traveled, but a series of smaller, underground, pedestrian tunnels under Civic Center—below city...
Sep 30, 2021 · The underground tunnels of Los Angeles bring Prohibition-era life alive for visitors willing to venture down an elevator shaft. Want to know more about the secrets of the 1920s? Let’s dive in and explore this underground tunnel system!
Jul 16, 2020 · Did you know that deep beneath Los Angeles lies a system of secret tunnels? Beginning in 1901, workers dug under the Bunker and Hill Street area, creating subterranean roads to help mitigate traffic on downtown’s congested streets.