Thursday, July 16, 2015

"Historians Demand Angel's Flight Reopen, Again"

LAist:
it operated until 2001 when a crash caused the death of one person and injured seven others.
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Angel's Flight operators were "using a tree branch for months to bypass a safety feature when one of the cable cars derailed [in 2013]."
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"Angel's Flight is one of the great historic attractions of our city, a palpable link between the lost Victorian neighborhood of Bunker Hill and the vibrant new Downtown below."