does anyone have info: LA in/abt 1943, was there a place called 100 stairs or angeles flight?

Question

this is for a book, story of my mom & dad who lived in la after he got out of navy; she told a story about her and a friend climbing these stairs and the friend fell down one flight and broke her leg. she said it was 10 flights/10 steps each. i plan to do physical research on her stay there and need historically correct info. to plan the logistics of my trip to la. any info. would be a help. thanks!

Answer 1

I don't know about the 100 stairs, but Angels Flight was a trolley track that ran on the east side of Bunker hill between the upscale neighborhood there and the shopping and financial distirct around Broadway. It was built in 1901 and operated privately until the '60s. The city currently owns it and was running it as a tourist trolley until an accident forced a shutdown in 2001. It is scheduled to reopen next year.

Answer 2

there is a place in Santa Monica, (north of San Vicente)
but there is this staircase that has a 100 steps, it goes
from from upper San Vicente area into the Santa Monica
canyon (I forget the street name but I belive its starts with an "A:
called An something)
a lot of joggers and people getting in shape for the LA Marathon
uses these steps constantly which sometimes gets the neighboor into a uproar

Answer 3

Yes, it was/is in the Bunker Hill section of downtown Los Angeles. It stopped operating years ago, but it still runs occassionally for historical value.

Answer 4

Try copying and pasting this address into your search bar:
http://www.usc.edu/libraries/archives/la/historic/angels_flight.html

It was called Angels Flight.