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Angels Flight by Virginia Comer A history of Bunker Hill's Incline Railway SC
Angels Flight by Virginia L Comer
A history of Bunker Hill's Incline Railway
Soft Cover
158 pages
Copyright 1996
CONTENTS
Chapter OneAscent of Angels1
An incline railway connects residential Bunker Hill to Downtown Los Angeles.
Chapter TwoThe Hill From Barren to Bunker13
Beaudry buys and people come to build dream houses with spectacular views.
Chapter ThreeMansions on the Hill and the Residents21
Palatial homes are built by the Crockers, the Bradburys and Senator Leonard J Rose.
Chapter FourColonel J. Ward Eddy and his Celestial Railway35
At age 69 the lawyer-engineer builds a two-car funicular to conquer the steep promontory of Bunker Hill.
Chapter FiveChain of Title45
Privately owned for most of its run, the railway had been in the hands of men and women with a special feeling for the small incline.
Chapter SixAn Inside-Out Look at the Incline Railway59
Former owner Lester Moreland details the workings of the single-cable railway.
Chapter SevenIn Retrospect71
Vignettes of old Bunker Hill and riders of Angels Flight add to the lore of L. A.'s symbolic landmark.
Chapter EightDemolishing Mansions, Dismantling the Flight85
Reconfiguration of Bunker Hill demolishes rooming-house mansions and dismantles Angels Flight.
Chapter NineRestoration of an Historic Icon109
In storage for more than a quarter of a century, the cable cars, arch and station house are revived.
Chapter TenA Return to Bunker Hill131
Angels Flight returns to link Downtown's Historic Core with Bunker Hill's modern cultural and business center.
ILLUSTRATIONS
Angels Flight, early 19021
Simeon Eddy Gillette in original station house, 19023
Angels Flight, 1907 5
Mt. Lowe's "Railway in the Clouds," 19286
Court Flight at 208 S. Broadway, 1920s9
Angels Flight, 1908 10
1849 map of Ord's original survey of Los Angeles12
Bunker Hill in 186414, 15
Downtown Los Angeles with view of St. Vibiana's, late 1880s18
Bradbury Mansion, circa 188820
Bunker Hill, 1880s, as seen from South Broadway22
Map of Bunker Hill 23
Bradbury Building at Third and Broadway25
Bunker Hill, 1900, view north on Grand Avenue26
Crocker Mansion, front view at 300 S. Olive, 1880s 28
Melrose and Richelieu Hotels, S. Grand Avenue, 192730
Second Street Cable Car Terminus, 188633
Colonel Eddy's promotional brochure, circa 191234, 35
Colonel James Ward Eddy, 1880s36
Angels Flight, 1905 37
Angels Flight, 1912 39
Angels Flight, 1909, with a Carter Car on the tracks 40
Eddy family, four generations, circa 190643
Owner-operators of Angels flight, Eddy, Moore, Moreland44
Angels Flight, camera obscura, 1920s47
Angels Flight, view of Third and Hill, 196849
Mary Emily Foy, commemorative ceremony, November 195252
Drinking fountain with bronze plaque, November 195255
Angels Flight, closing weekend, May 196957
Angels Flight, Olivet interior, 199658
Angels flight, cutaway sketch59
Angels Flight, view of 1910 Beaux Arts design archway61
Angels Flight, interior station house, 1960s62
Angels Flight, interior with engineer, 1960s64
Cable equipment, a 9,000 lb. sheave67
Angels Flight, Olive Street view, spring 196969
Leo Politi's Bunker Hill and Angels Flight70
Bunker Hill Avenue (No. 246), 1950s72
Leo Politi, author-illustrator, 1950s73
Angels Flight and Jimmy Stewart on Bunker Hill, 195374
Angels Flight photo of a painting by Ben Abril, 1930s76
Alta Vista Apartments, Bunker Hill Avenue, 1950s78
Million Dollar Theatre, South Broadway, 191879
Angels Flight with view of Ferguson Building, 1940 80
Bunker Hill-Angels Flight abstract painting83
Sketch of CRA notice posted at Angels Flight, 1969 84
Angels Flight, former site, November 196986
Salt Box House, 339 S. Bunker Hill Avenue, circa 196888
Vacancy at 224 S. Olive Street, 195991
Vestige of Victorian elegance, 1960s92
Richelieu Hotel, before and during demolition, 195794
Bunker Hill's fleet of trucks used for regrading, 196996
D.F. Donegan residence, 1950s and 196997
Richfield Building, 1930s98
Angels Flight, Clay Street, 1950s and 1969100, 101
Angels Flight at Olive Street, May 1969103
Angels Flight and Bunker Hill, May 1969104
Angels Flight, dismantled, September 1969105
Bunker Hill, regrading the northside, 1957107
Angels Flight archway and fountain plaque in storage108
Olivet and Sinai in storage111
Angels Flight archway at restoration site, 1995113
Olivet before restoration, March 15, 1995115
Olivet and Sinai being stripped of old paint, spring, 1995116
Olivet with trumpeters at Ground-breaking, March 1995117
Pieces of archway signage, summer 1995118
Restoration of portion of station house, summer 1995120
Station house during early stage of restoration122
Restoration before removal of car seats, summer 1995125
Construction of 3 levels at the Olive Street Bridge, 1995126
Angels Flight Beaux Arts station house, February 23, 1996129
Bunker Hill and Angels Flight, 1996130
Angels Flight, interior of Sinai as it passes the Olivet, 1996133
Watercourt at California Plaza, 1994135
"Uptown Rocker" sculpture on Bunker Hill136
Mayor Riordan at Re-Dedication Ceremony, February 23, 1996139
Angels Flight's first wheelchair passenger140
Angels Flight Tickets, 1967-1996142
Angels Flight Station House Re-Opening, February 24, 1996143
Angels Flight back on Bunker Hill145
INTRODUCTION
Angels Flight, with its cars the Olivet and Sinai, is famous as the little funicular that connected the neighborhood of Bunker Hill with the Downtown business district of Los Angeles from 1901 to 1969. The history of Angels Flight is tied irrevocably to the history of Bunker Hill.
Virginia L. Comer captures this relationship in Angels Flight: A History of Bunker Hill's Incline Railway. The reader is introduced to a story of urban growth, residential splendor, subsequent urban decline then dramatic renewal on the Hill and Downtown. Keeping pace with the sociological changes are details of the incline railway from its 1901 dedication to its 1996 re-dedication.
Introduced into this history are principal characters who helped to shape the story of Downtown Los Angeles, the Hill and Angels Flight - Lt. Col. Edward O. C. Ord, Prudent Beaudry, Lewis Bradbury, Robert McClay Widney, James Ward Eddy, Robert M. Moore, Lester and Helen Moreland, and Hill resident, author and artist, Leo Politi.
After more than a quarter of a century in storage, the reopening of Angels Flight has come to symbolize the rebirth taking place in the City of the Angels. The meticulous restoration of the Olivet and Sinai, the ornate archway and station house are documented in enlightening detail.
In the history of Angels Flight, Virginia L. Comer has produced a gem, a story reclaimed from the rubble of the past.
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