Parkland lies beyond the Gold Line near Chinatown
in an area of old industry and freight yards known as The Cornfield.
This photographer walked over the old pedestrian overpass nearby in
the mid-1970s, taking pictures of freight cars and multiple tracks
below.
It was before the rebirth of light rail anywhere on the
continent, and certainly long before the L.A. area embraced rail
transit again. He didn't imagine the possibility of a scene
such as this. |