In these there are no oil furnaces, boilers, or steam engines; only the electric current itself has to be dealt with, so that there is economy on the score both of plant and of labor.

"[3]When the Yellow Cars stopped running in 1963, the building located along the city's old Mexican marketplace, Olvera Street, was converted to other uses.

After receiving the historian's report, the city's Recreation and Parks Commission (with the support of Mayor Tom Bradley) voted 4-1 to demolish the building and replace it with a Mexican market and storage facility.

[5] At that point, Los Angeles Times architecture writer John Pastier published an article titled: "How Do You Make a Historical Monument?

[5] However, even the writers at the Times were divided over preservation of the substation, as another columnist sided with the city and wrote:"Saving the MTA Powerhouse in the Plaza is another debatable project.