Los Angeles - Bunker Hill

Bunker Hill, not far from the present Civic Center, was where the well-to-do Angelenos lived in their Victorian houses at the turn of the century. In 1901 an open cable-railway, modeled on that in San Francisco, was constructed to make it easier for the residents to climb the eastern part of its hill, and which during the brief period of its existence earned the name "Angel's Flight" (now the name of a restaurant in the Hyatt Regency Hotel). In the fifties and sixties all the Victorian houses were demolished.

Today Bunker Hill is a highly developed area with high rises and mix of office buildings, apartments, and public venues.