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    Which Way, L.A.?

    The Fight to Get Angels Flight Moving Once Again

    Angel's Flight is the two-car funicular railroad in downtown LA. Built in 1901, it has carried millions of riders up and down Bunker Hill. But, for two years, it's been shut down, and now there's a move to get it started again, as we hear from Eddie Kim, who reports for the Los Angeles Downtown News . Photo: ©  Dietmar Rabich

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    By Warren Olney • Jul 27, 2015 • 7m Listen

    Angel's Flight is the two-car funicular railroad in downtown LA. Built in 1901, it has carried millions of riders up and down Bunker Hill. But, for two years, it's been shut down, and now there's a move to get it started again, as we hear from Eddie Kim, who reports for the Los Angeles Downtown News.

    Dietmar Rabich

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Jenny Hamel

      KCRW

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      Paul von Zielbauer

      Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times

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      Eddie Kim

      Los Angeles Downtown News

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    The Much Needed Repairs of LA Roads and California Freeways
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    2. 17:11The Fight to Get Angels Flight Moving Once AgainYou’re reading this
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