The Littlest Railway.....

It has already been established on Modern Day Bullfight that walking is a free activity here in Los Angeles. And since Free is my current hobby, walking has been a daily activity. These walks have led me up and down stairs, to libraries, parks, downtown and back and forth on Sunset more times than I can count. Last week however, I decided to venture back downtown and add a couple of free (and extremely low cost) visits on my already free walk.

The Bradbury Building is one that I have been wanting to check out for quite some time. Having been featured on the big screen in "Blade Runner" the building has achieved an iconic status of sorts here in L.A. And guess what? There is no entry fee and patrons on the first floor are there to answer and questions AND to ensure that you don't leave the first floor. Sorry....no old school elevator rides for you.......

After the trip inside, we headed out across the street, through the Grand Central Market and out to the Angels Flight. The Angels Flight is a small funicular railroad that take passengers up and down Angels Bluff. Basically from the bottom of Hill to the bottom of Grand. For 25 cents (wait...is there really no cents icon on a Mac these days?) you can ride the funicular one way. David and I, despite talking out loud about an accident with the cars a few years back in which a man was killed, decided that the train was safe and hopped on. After waiting 2 or 3 minutes, we began our ascent. The trolly rides safely and slowly on a short track next to a staircase......which is honestly, the faster yet not as historically satisfying to get from the bottom to top. After the ride was through, we paid our fee to the operator who was waiting at the top and began our walk back home.