Video of Union Station's 75th! (And she's as beautiful as ever)
The celebration is wrapping up for the day but here’s a quick video of the Official Ceremony this morning. Lots of speakers. Lots of spectators. Lots of fun.
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Cool, new interactive Metro Information Tower debuts at Union Station
If you’re visiting Union Station on Saturday for the 75th anniversary festivities, please check out the new Metro Information Tower that looks a little like the monolith in “2001: A Space Odyssey” but doesn’t leave you guessing about its purpose in life. The 17-foot tall interactive kiosk in the Union Station [continue reading]
Union Station: Forget private planes. Private rail is the way to go
This is the seventh in a series of posts on the history of Union Station that we are running this month. The station celebrates its 75th anniversary on May 3. Tucked in a low-profile corner of the Union Station complex are a half dozen or so glittery antique rail cars [continue reading]
Return with us to 1939 … on Union Station's Track 15
This morning at Track 15 Metro hosted a Union Station 75th Anniversary preview of events scheduled for this Saturday, May 3. Metro Board Chair Diane DuBois and Metro CEO Art Leahy spoke from the back of a vintage rail car, as did Metro Board members Jacqueline Dupont-Walker and Ara Najarian, [continue reading]
Metro and The Academy release only known film of 1939 Union Station opening parade shot by famed animator who created Jiminy Cricket
In honor of Union Station’s 75th Anniversary, Metro and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, in cooperation with the family of Ward Kimball, have restored the only known footage of the historic opening. The parade, documented in the home movie, drew half a million spectators to downtown Los [continue reading]
In the dead of the night, Union Station a popular location for music videos
This is the sixth in a series of posts on the history of Union Station that we are running this month. The station celebrates its 75th anniversary on May 3. Just as the movies, television and commercials frequently shoot in Union Station, the music industry often uses the building as a location for [continue reading]
Union Station: A classic on both big screen and small
This is the fifth of a series of posts on the history of Union Station that we are running this month. The station celebrates its 75th anniversary on May 3. With its dramatic angles and dark corners, Union Station is a black-and-white noir fantasy. Yet like a character actor who is aging [continue reading]
Union Station: A man worthy of respect
This is the fourth of a series of posts on the history of Union Station that we are running this month. The station celebrates its 75th anniversary on May 3. He’s an Amtrak conductor based at Union Station and has been since 1974. But among his fondest memories is his time as [continue reading]
Officials and a dinosaur teach drivers: How to spend less on gas
With pump prices more than $4 a gallon again and more than 50 cents a gallon higher than they were in January, Metro and the Automobile Club of Southern California today joined forces to help teach drivers how to spend less on gas. They were joined by representatives from the Natural [continue reading]
Union Station: Here's how Harvey House restaurants helped change the West
This is the third of a series of posts on the history of Union Station that we are running this month. The station celebrates its 75th anniversary on May 3. When English immigrant Fred Harvey opened the first of more than 80 restaurants serving rail stops from the Midwest to California, he [continue reading]