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Underpass downtown la12/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Fashion shows and parties in a tunnel built to alleviate traffic problems… But then LA seems to close roads at the drop of a hat. Chances are you and everyone you know have seen one or more of them without having a clue of where it was filmed.Īnd there are the fashion shows and parties that have been held in the tunnel. That’s an average of more than two a month. Why is the tunnel so famous and un-famous at the same time? Well, for starters 73 car ads were filmed in the tunnel from 2006 to 2008. It was built to help ease congestion at the 3rd Street Tunnel to the north (Yes, LA suffered from traffic congestion 100 years ago too!) ![]() It runs under Bunker Hill from Figueroa Street on the West to Hill Street on the East. ![]() The white tiles came from Germany which was unpopular at the time due to the Anti-German sentiment at the start of world War I. I don’t know that I would call it a tourist attraction even though I posted it in this category, but it has certainly starred in a lot of movies! The famous 2nd Street Tunnel under Bunker Hill in Los Angeles.Ĭonstruction began on the tunnel in 1916 and it was finally completed in 1924. Thus it has become the most widely filmed and photographed tunnel in Los Angeles. The 1500 foot long tunnel is lined with glossy white-glazed tiles that act like a photographic light box while also providing distorted reflections of things placed in the tunnel. The model known as Housing First, which promotes placing people into housing without prerequisites, has helped cities like Houston and Denver drastically reduce the number of people living without shelter.The Second Street Tunnel in Los Angeles was destined to be one of the most famous movie locations (even if no one outside of LA has ever heard of it) from the start. It means putting housing first and health care and other supportive services right after.” Fudge said the funding should create the resources for local agencies to “scale up coordinated efforts to humanely and effectively move people from encampments into homes by linking homeless outreach with health care, treatment and housing.” In a statement, HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge said “Solving unsheltered homelessness means delivering help to the people who need it the most, but who have the hardest time reaching it. According to an article by Sarah Holder in Bloomberg CityLab, the package “includes $43 million worth of housing choice vouchers, which provide recipients with permanent subsidized housing, and $322 million in Continuum of Care homelessness grants.”Īnd it’s not a coincidence that this week’s funding announcement comes at a time when some statehouses are advancing legislation that would ban camping in public right-of-ways, and law enforcement officers in places like Los Angeles and New York have doubled down on conducting sweeps of encampments - a sometimes violent practice that advocates warn does little to get people off the streets long term and can lead to harmful cycles between jail and the streets. The federal government hopes to ease the nationwide homelessness crisis with a new package of funding announced by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
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