As Los Angeles officials ponder ways to cut down on traffic in and around Griffith Park, an engineering firm hired by the city is analyzing the pros and cons of installing a gondola or similar aerial transit system that could ferry riders in and out of the park. [...]
City leaders ordered the study last year, after reviewing a list of 29 recommendations from an outside consultant brought in to analyze traffic issues in the communities surrounding the 4,511-acre park.
— Curbed LA
There's no shortage of aerial tramway schemes in Los Angeles these days. Pitched as possible measures to alleviate specific traffic hot spots, proposals for gondolas running between Dodger Stadium and Union Station, or up to the Hollywood Sign, and now along a number of potential routes in Griffith Park will, if ever realized, leave a lasting impact on the city's urban and natural landscape.
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LA's first gondolas, ca. 1910. And like all the other versions, intended for packing with tourists.
At first I thought the caption read “One of the Shit Water Canals.”
I know, I saw that, too. In the '80s, that descriptor would've fit perfectly.
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