Current Photos of the Albion Site
September 23, 2009 § 2 Comments
Albion Street Entrance to Ross Swiss Dairy
Regarding the city’s acquisition of the Albion Dairy site (and just how many separate blog entries L.A. Creek Freak is capable of squeezing out of a good big story), it seems like a lot of folks read the word “dairy” and get this very pastoral image of cows and rolling grassy hills. So L.A. Creek Freak headed out to Lincoln Heights this morning to bring our readers some photos of the site as it exists today. Don’t let the word dairy fool you. You can see the site is indeed a fully-paved, industrial distribution center. Lots of 18-wheeler trucks, loading docks, basic industrial buildings, cars a-parking… not a blade of grass to be seen.
- More distribution center than dairy
As our readers can see in the photo below, the Los Angeles River in this area is all concrete. Also visible in the photo are the two active railroad tracks that run between the river and the dai… er… distribution center. In the long run, as river-adjacent properties like this one are acquired, possibilities open up for river access above or below the rails, like these possible design renderings (see the four images at the bottom of the link) for the nearby L.A. State Historic Park.
The west fence of the Albion Dairy site, viewed from the North Main Street Bridge - lots of trucks visible behind the fence
L.A. Creek Freak 
Another great aspect of this is that Albion St. Elementary School is right there. This will be a great opportunity for the kids to connect to the River.
Definitely!