Chavez Ravine and 1952 Without Warning!

1958, A nice view of 11 Freeway and Hill Street from a yard in Chavez Ravine.  Thank you to Jose Sotela for the above image.  Terrific.  Nice find, Jose. 

The movie is the 1952 Without Warning!  The photo above is seen in this movie @ the 15:00 mark.  Enjoy.  

At the 31:18 mark, you'll see Marilee Phlep's car parked underneath the Four-Level Interchange, which was completed in 1949 but didn't fully open until 1953.

This is a photo that looks north from this scene.

1941 – View looking northeast along the Arroyo Seco Parkway (now part of the 110 Freeway) showing 2-way traffic flowing through one of the Figueroa Street Tunnels. On the left, construction is underway for a new parallel extension road designed to alleviate rush hour bottlenecks through the Figueroa Tunnels for traffic between Los Angeles and Pasadena. This new extension of the Arroyo Seco Parkway will serve southbound traffic, while the Figueroa Street Tunnel section will accommodate northbound traffic. In the background, the framing of the new Park Row Bridge, which will straddle the new extension, can be seen. The building on the left is Solano Avenue Elementary School, located in the Elysian Park area of Los Angeles. 

1949, Arroyo Seco Parkway looking south from Bishops Road Bridge into Downtown Los Angeles.  Thanks to Los Angeles Relics. 

1949, Arroyo Seco Parkway looking north from the Bishops Road Bridge seen on the left.  Thank you to LAPL. 

The Arroyo Seco Parkway, also known as the Pasadena Freeway, is the first freeway in the United States. It connects Los Angeles with Pasadena alongside the Arroyo Seco. Before the Parkway was built, cottonwoods filled the Arroyo Seco at Avenue 26. Originally, Indians used the Arroyo as a route to the sea. In 1895, T.D. Allen of Pasadena made the first survey for a highway through the Arroyo; design work began in 1937. The freeway opened in 1940, was renamed in 1954, and the name was reverted in 2010. The length of it spans 8.162 miles. The state legislature designated the original section, north of the Figueroa Street Viaduct as a "California Historic Parkway" in 1993; the American Society of Civil Engineers named it a National Civic Engineering Landmark in 1999; and it became a National Scenic Byway in 2002. Finally, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

View is of the Arroyo Seco Parkway, looking north from the Bishops Road Bridge. The freeway is divided in the center by a small parkway. Each side has 4 wide lanes for traffic--though the southbound portion is no visible due to the parkway.

1954, Heading toward Downtown Los Angeles on the Arroyo Seco Parkway (1954)

In 1954, driving toward downtown on the Arroyo Seco Parkway offered scenic views of Los Angeles’ expanding skyline. As California’s first freeway, it was a significant innovation in urban planning, designed to ease traffic flow and improve travel times. The parkway’s lush, tree-lined route from Pasadena to downtown Los Angeles gave commuters a picturesque introduction to the city, combining natural beauty with a practical new infrastructure.  Thank you to Historic Los Angeles, USA.