March is all about femmes on the move and Metro Art is delighted to share the work of artist, Genevieve Gaignard as part of the Metro Art Photo Lightbox Series, a [continue reading]
A new photo exhibit called Forward Motion is on display at Union Station featuring the powerful and imaginative work of artist Michele Asselin. The artwork will be on display for [continue reading]
A new exhibition of three artists’ work is on display inside Union Station illuminating the passageway walls connecting Union Station East and West. Organized by Metro Art, the display consists [continue reading]
Here are a few photos from the JazzMob that took place Wednesday afternoon at Union Station — coinciding with International Jazz Day. It was nice to hear some jazz gracing the station’s waiting room and hopefully spruced up rush hour for commuters. The event was organized by the Jazz Education Network [continue reading]
Our latest installment in our Then & Now series takes us to the intersection of 8th & Vermont in Los Angeles. The top photo was taken Sept. 2, 1950. I took the bottom photo last month, so roughly 63 years later. What’s changed? The Bank of America building is there [continue reading]
If you happened to be in downtown Sierra Madre on Friday afternoon and wondered who the idiot was stumbling around in the street juggling an iPad and Nikon DSLR, look no further. The idiot was me. But I was there to serve a larger purpose: to try to update Alan [continue reading]
photo by Chris Walters, via Flickr Cool photo of the Sydney Harbor Bridge taken with the Hipstamatic app for the iPhone. The filters used were the John S lens and the BlacKeys b&w film. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email [continue reading]
photo by Evan Leeson, via Flickr creative commons A little something different today — this birds-eye view of the runways at Vancouver’s airport. How did the photographer get this shot? He was riding in a commuter helicopter that on this day was routed over the airport. The photo was taken [continue reading]
photo by Jason Allies, via Flickr A well composed and colorful — especially for a rainy day — shot of a streetcar in Toronto. To submit a photo or photos of something transportation-related, post them to Metro’s Flickr group or email them to sourcemetro@gmail.com. The photos we’ve featured can be seen [continue reading]
One million hits can’t be wrong. The Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library’s Flickr photostream can take you anywhere you want to go visually in the transportation history of the Los Angeles region. With no bells and whistles, the one-millionth hit on the photostream crept past the counter this morning at [continue reading]
