Starting in 1909, these tunnels underneath Los Angeles allowed streetcars and trains to go straight through the area’s notoriously hilly terrain — but by the 1920s, with Prohibition in full swing, the tunnels were repurposed for alcohol smuggling.
A network of underground tunnels once used by streetcars, bootleggers, and corrupt businessmen sits right beneath Los Angeles. This so-called “forgotten underground city” may no longer be quite so forgotten, thanks to a recent video bringing renewed attention to it.
In a video with more than 2.3 million views, @shashabao3 presents images meant to depict the underground city beneath Los Angeles — “SubTropolis,” he calls it.
But while “SubTropolis” is just as real as the tunnels below Los Angeles, @shashabao3 has a few of his wires crossed…