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]
On Thursday The Radio City Music Hall Rockettes were in L.A. to promote the 2010 Radio City Christmas Spectacular at Nokia Theatre. They dropped by the Metro Pico/Chick Hearn Station – just a five-minute walk from the Nokia at L.A. Live – to publicize the 20% ticket discount available to [continue reading]
This photo that was recently added to the Metro Flickr group and I think it perfectly captures the Hollywood vibe. It also makes me wonder why more celebrities – who typically love to get behind a good cause once they’ve made it – don’t throw some support to L.A.’s transit [continue reading]
Gary Leonard photographs Los Angeles. You’ve seen his photos. Was it Gorbachev in front of Los Angeles City Hall? His book-length study in black and white of the construction of Disney Hall? (It was a book, actually.) Audrey Hepburn at the airport? The vacant doorstep (left vacant by The Doors) [continue reading]
