Contrary to popular belief, Los Angeles is home to pockets of deep wilderness hidden amongst the metropolitan sprawl of Southern California's most densely populated county. These greenbelts exist in the city like an oasis in the desert, a momentary natural reprieve from concrete that gives the willing adventurer a slice of the natural world. Many of LA's greenbelts were initially intended to be linked by a now long abandoned railway. The 1925 Pacific Railway aimed to turn LA into a public transit city, but the plans were fought and defeated by heavies from the auto industry. Fortunately for the public, much of the infrastructure intended for use on the now-defunct railway still stands today. Various pedestrian walkways and staircases connect LA's green belts and serve as an urban trail for a team of riders from Fixed Manufacturing. In Slay LA Part I, our riders traveled from Laguna Beach to LA by train and then navigated to Silverlake by way of Union Station, Olvera Street, Chinatown, Elysian Park, and Echo Park.
If you missed Part 1 -
• SLAY LA || A Ride thru...
Learn more about the fate of LA's first railways -
laist.com/news/laistory-the-19
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8 май 2024
