ON THE COVER: SEASONS GREETINGS FROM LARCHMONT MERCHANTS, 1955. This picturesque view of Larchmont Boulevard looks north, with Hollywood and the Santa Monica Mountains in the distance. Holiday decorations hang from the railway lines of the Los Angeles Railway. LARY 3 Line cars operated along Third Street and Larchmont Boulevard. Starting in 1948, rail service was gradually phased out in the neighborhoods around Larchmont. A new 3 Line trolley coach replaced rail service west of Larchmont Boulevard, operating as the S Line shown in this photograph. (Courtesy of the Larchmont Chronicle.)