Walking Past History

I enjoyed the outstanding “Where Angels Tread” story (by Patt Morrison and Cecilia Rasmussen, Dec. 9) highlighting some of the historic buildings downtown.

Omitted, however, were two key monuments to transportation in Los Angeles: the former Pacific Electric Building at 6th and Main streets and the Subway Terminal Building at 4th and Hill streets.

P.S.: Your writers should not be so modest. The Times Building is considered by many as one of Los Angeles’ finest buildings.

CLIFF DEKTAR

North Hollywood

Just in case your readers were wondering, the building(s) prominently displayed (but not identified) in two of the photos that accompanied your article are those of Angelus Plaza.

While not on the Angels Walk, it should be. First opened in 1980, Angelus Plaza is the largest not-for-profit senior housing complex in the United States. Comprising 1,093 units, it was constructed to house the elderly that were displaced by downtown urban renewal.

Many of our 1,300 residents (average age of 82) lived on Bunker Hill and in other historic parts of downtown as young men and women. Please don’t forget them.

JOAN HOUSER MARKER

Administrator, Angelus Plaza

Los Angeles