Under your souls on 3rd Street in downtown Los Angeles

Jan 14, 2010 by Lisa Newton

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If you’re walking on the 3^rd Street, on the Grand Central Market side of the street, take a look down at the sidewalk.

Why?

Because you might learn a few new facts about the city you live in.

Here’s what I learned today:

“UNDER YOUR SOULS – 5,000 miles of storm drain channels * The distance from LA to NY & back again. Shoveled in the 1920s & 1930s by workers paid a dollar a day.”

38,753 streets

“Under your souls * 38,753 streets * LOS ANGELES COUNTY”

42,803 MILES of POWER and COMMUNICATON CABLES

“under Hill Street Avenida * 42,803 MILES of POWER and COMMUNICATON CABLES

Enough cable to circle Mars 10 times”

Not surprisingly, I love taking walks in downtown LA.

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Culture, Downtown, Los Angeles, SoCal

Jim says:

January 15, 2010 at 7:28 am

Great shots and very interesting information. Take a blower vac, or at least a Chinese type fan, next time and blow off the leaf litter before you capture your images.