NoHo Depot Restoration Moving Right Along

The long-sought renovation of the century-old Southern Pacific train depot in North Hollywood is a few weeks from completing its first phase, the Daily News reports. Environmental cleanup of the site, located near the nexus of the Red and Orange lines at Lankershim and Chandler, wraps at the end of the month--after that, bids go out for the actual restoration, which will take a year. What the new train depot will become remains a mystery. "Once the transition is completed, I think it can be a really vibrant, happening place, whether it becomes a park or just a business of its own," Kirk Jaffe, president of the Universal City and North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, tells the newspaper. [LADN]