The Market Court
Avenida de Hill,
adjacent to Grand Central Market

The Market Court is a place to rest one's weary feet and take in the view across the street of the comings and goings of Angels Flight. This vest-pocket park also provides a view of some engaging trompe l'oeil of windows adorning the upper floors of the Subway Terminal Building at the southwest corner of Hill and Fourth streets. Try to pick out which windows are real and which are fake - window washers included. Built in 1925, the Subway Terminal Building served as one of the center points of the largest electric interurban railway system in the world: the Pacific Electric, which ran some 7,000 trains per day, the famous "Red Cars." It was the P. E., not the freeways, which was responsible for L. A.'s sprawl. More than 90,000 commuters walked in and out of this building each day. With a backdrop of either the windows or Angels Flight, The Market Court provides several excellent photo opportunities.

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