Community Corner

The Red Car Property (Through Photographs)

Neighborhood activist Diane Edwardson takes Patch on a walk through the still undeveloped stretch of Silver Lake, a former right-of-way for streetcars.

The Corralitas Red Car Property in Silver Lake is currently listed for sale.

Today, the shaded ribbon of land overlooking Riverside Drive dead ends at Fletcher Avenue.

It's a popular trail and urban getaway.

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But 60 years ago, it helped the Pacific Electric streetcars . 

In the above gallery, Diana Edwardson, a neighborhood activist, takes Patch on a walk through the Red Car Property.

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Scroll through to learn lots about the property, which Edwardson has chronicled in her blog Corralitas Red Car Property since 2007. 

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