Mysterious L.A. staircase

Interesting abandoned staircase, right in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, leading up to Bunker Hill. Video, taken the morning of January 7, 2009, also includes scenes of a traffic accident at 5th and Flower which had the street closed off. (UPDATE: Found out that accident on 1/7/09 was a DASH bus which hit a pedestrian - one Gwendolyn Coleman, age 58, of Burbank. Wow - as a pedestrian myself I've seen those buses come way too close for comfort. Deepest sympathies to her friends and family.)

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• staircase
• Los Angeles
• Bunker Hill
• gwendolyn coleman

[stoogeswoman]

FYI - update - I am now WORKING right across the street from the steps, so I see them every day - and two years later, they look exactly the same!

[trufiend138]

wish u would have gotten closer to steps and pick up its leftover- loose material..i can tell alot that way...

[stoogeswoman]

@trufiend138, the stairs themselves weren't crumbling, so there wasn't any loose material (other than grass and dirt) to pick up. (Couple of dead birds at the top, though!)

[soSUBURBIA]

That was the old stairway that led to Arturo Bandini's hotel!

[stoogeswoman]

@soSUBURBIA, really? do you have any more info about that?

[3runAz]

extremely interesting, thanks for the post dude:)

[stoogeswoman]

@3runAz, you're welcome! (but I'm a dudette! :-) )

[gbh1989]

Bunker Hill was originally home to the city’s leading families, as well as the best examples of Victorian Period homes and lofty mansions. By the early 1960s the very Hill itself and its beautiful structures were rapidly torn down. All the buildings were removed as well as 40 feet of the hill. The city got rid of the historic section so we could have a urban core. This was one of the worst travesties of architectural history in California

[ubcphilco]

appears to be left over from a demo and rebuild project. probably not mentioned on the contract drawings so it was left. I work construction and see thid type of thing often. interesting though!

[HOWZZ3]

shut the fuck up and show us

[MsBooda77]

very strange and very cool.........thanks

[alikaalex]

Looks like there's a little gap at the top of the stairs on the left. Did you see where it goes?

[AbsolutPequeno]

It's possible that it belonged to the old Bunker Hill neighborhood pre-Urbanization. I wish they would've been smart enough to keep the old Downtown L.A. intact. So much interesting history.

[poppaluv]

surprised no one thought you were a terrorist.

[MooPotPie]

I remember Bunker Hill in it's last days. What a stunningly UGLY city you have there today. I can hardly wait for the Final Phase of Bunker Hill Redevelopment….the EARTHQUAKE.