Retrogasm: Los Angeles in the 1950s

December 29, 2011 at 7:12 pm in LA, Vintage

Found this vintage mid-century motoring gem courtesy Ed Padgett on his Los Angeles Times Pressmens’ Blog.

Anonymous

Sadly, these images make me yearn for what Los Angeles USED to be.
Guest

Where are all the ethnic groups who REALLY are responsible for building up (and developing) the City of Angels?
Anonymous

What a wonderful video of where we’ve been and makes one think about what we have today that will be looked upon as nostalgic in another 50 years. I liked the trolley’s downtown and all the life there, life is returning, personally love the LA Live venues and am anxious for the trolley to return…that is if the funding and right of ways ever get figured out.
Jeremy

It’s sad to see what our city has become when compared to what it was
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Fun footage and the music is perfect. It’s easy to understand why so many people want to live here. Loved seeing unclogged freeways – we won’t see traffic flowing like that ever again on California freeways. They were designed for the number of cars using them back in the day.