So, there we were, at Wilshire and Normandie, for the CicLAvia event. That location just happened to have things that I wanted to see...but as we walked it 3 times, I came to a realization. Take a look at both these photos and do you notice something about the road itself? (By the way, the photos are taken on either side of the feature I want you to notice.)
It takes a little dip. Not a huge thing, but enough that after walking it the 2nd time, I noticed it.
I didn't totally make the connection to a post I wrote several years ago, but I did get enough of a "Spidey Sense" tingle, to go and once again Google a post from 2008 from The Militant Angeleno about Sacatela Creek.
If you remember back, I found his post and wrote one of my own, HERE.
Well, let's just say my Spidey Sense was right on. The street with the dip in it is Mariposa Street (which was the historical spot where water would seriously flood out and was the cause of them covering the creek in the first place.) It has quite a few storm drains at the exact place where the dip is (no surprise there) and those storm drains go into the infamous (now covered) Sacatela Creek storm drain system.
I learned a lot more at another cool web site, called the La Creek Freak. He shows on his post that there is actually a small Pocket Park at the location of the Bimini Slough and Bimini Baths, just up Vermont a few blocks. First off, I want to go visit that park! Definitely!
Second, the blog post links to 2 photos of the creek running right next to the former Ambassador Hotel!
Which was the exact sight I wanted to explore that day. Proof once again, that I had found another part of the lost river.
He also goes further then the Militant Angeleno and explains that the creek continued about a mile or so further south and entered the Ballona Creek, at the intersection of present day Arlington Ave and Country Club Drive. Ballona Creek flows westward and empties into the Pacific Ocean at Marina Del Rey.
I am so excited to learn more about something I care about. A great extra, from a day exploring Wilshire.
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