With Black History month now underway, we wanted to focus on Paul Revere Williams (Feb. 18, 1894 – Jan. 23, 1980), a leading practitioner of mid-century modern design in Southern California and the first Black architect to become a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in 1923. Metro’s [continue reading]
From the Twitterverse: https://twitter.com/41Strange/status/1204844153730826245 Train Lines in the United States Views, Ranked: 1) LA Gold Line 2) CTA Green Line 3) NYC M / Q Train 4) San Diego Blue Trolley 5) Cleveland Subway https://t.co/UuJNkcyGod — Hunter Owens (@hunter_owens) December 11, 2019 Concur. Cleveland? Haven’t ridden that one but as [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! The freeway is the perfect place to protest Ferguson (Zocalo Public Square) So says UCLA professor Eric Avila, citing the segregation caused by freeways dividing [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. The rush hour crowd captured by @wudlm #MetroBlueLine #MetroExpoLine #MetroRail #GoMetro #commuterlife A photo posted by Metro Los Angeles (@metrolosangeles) on Nov 11, 2014 at 6:53am PST L.A. begins the [continue reading]
The Metro Board this month will consider recommendations for finalizing and implementing the ambitious Union Station Master Plan. That process begins Wednesday at the Board’s Planning Committee meeting at 2:30 p.m., with the full Board scheduled to vote on the issue at its Oct. 2 meeting. Here is the latest Metro staff report. [continue reading]
Progress continues on finalizing the Union Station Master Plan. As you may recall, the Metro Board of Directors last fall approved a basic concept for the station that included a greatly expanded concourse to run under the existing train platforms and both relocating and consolidating the bus plaza to the west side [continue reading]
Special tours are offered this month in celebration of Union Station’s 75th anniversary. Led by trained Metro Art Docents, the tours cover historic Union Station architecture and spaces not generally open to the public, including the old ticket concourse and former “Fred Harvey” restaurant, which operated 1939-67. Additionally, the tours [continue reading]
