>>7646862
>>7646856
OK I finally watched the video.
It's interesting, informative, not earth-shaking. Suggestive that if there were a few very popular prohibition-era tunnels under City Hall in L.A., they are likely in many other places under the city.
Exploring the Underground Tunnels of Los Angeles and The King Eddy
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โขJun 3, 2017
by Oddity Odysseys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQGnyxNMXYg
Some quotes from the video.
"Behind the L.A. Hall of Records building, find an old elevator set off by itself and take it down to the 2nd floor then look for a hidden escalator and ride it up one level. The tunnels will be directly ahead."
Sign says: 222 N. Hill
"Tunnels under LA were used during prohibition for people to move and consume prohibited alcohol."
"In the 1960s tunnels were used to move like over a billion dollars of tax revenue."
(I have no idea what he means.) "And there were like machine gun guards and stuff."
"Also used to transport high-profile criminals."
"These old tunnels are now used for Hall of Records and Hall of Administration employees to walk through as well as storage."
Then they go to the corner of 5th St. & Los Angeles Street to a bar called The King Eddy Saloon, established in 1933.
They talk to the owner Chris Kasten to learn if there is a rumored speakeasy in the basement.
"This bar is one of the oldest bars in Los Angeles. They've had a liquor license since 1933 I believe. But before that, they had a speakeasy in the basement. Originally where we are now was a piano shop and the speakeasy was rumored to have had tunnel access to under City Hall and all the bigwigs and cop could go straight from City Hall to their King Eddy Speakeasy."
They go down the creaky old stairs into quite a large space below.
They examine old funky murals on the walls and
"now we're underneath the sidewalk".
They examine a room that was the "ice chest" to keep the beer cold.
"And a lift, that would go up to the sidewalk. You know, those metal doors on sidewalks, that open up, and you'd freight whatever you had to freight down to the basement?" Old gears, wheels, cables. "Virtually untouched since the '20s era."
The tunnels are officially closed to the public.