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Watch the only extant footage of Union Station’s 1939 opening
Incredibly, color footage of the fanfare still exists.
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25 secret gardens hidden around LA
From small rooftop parks to large open spaces crisscrossed by trails.
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The 20 most iconic buildings in Los Angeles, mapped
From the Walt Disney Concert Hall to the Watts Towers, these are the buildings that give you that "back-home" feeling when you return from vacation.
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LA’s jaw-dropping wedding venues
From breathtaking public parks to Lloyd Wright’s all-glass chapel, these are 25 of the most stunning places to tie the knot.
Take a look at the pedestrian-friendly changes planned for Union Station
The entrance to the historic station will be outfitted with a new plaza, while an esplanade for bicyclists and pedestrians will be installed along Alameda Street.
See the glassy above-ground passenger concourse proposed for Union Station
It would be a flashy addition to the Art Deco-style transit hub.
Checking in on Metro’s Union Station bike hub
When complete in fall 2017, the hub will have 24-hour storage for members and offer bike repair services, too.
Restoring the last piece of Union Station’s grand Fred Harvey Room
We toured the meticulously restored Art Deco mezzanine of an old restaurant that was once a popular waystation for WWII soldiers.
WWII-era Rhythm Room will be resurrected in old DTLA hotel
New owners are preserving some of the building’s original 1920 details, including a marble staircase. They’re also bringing back an old dance floor.
Metro moves forward with plan to bring more trains in and out of Union Station
New run-through tracks could accommodate up to 278 trains per day, and would ready the station for high-speed rail.
Construction is finally starting on pedestrian bridge at Union Station
Once the project is finished, bus riders who take the Metro Silver and Foothill Transit lines will walk across a 500-foot-long pedestrian bridge to get to Patsaourus Plaza.
Metro wins grant to speed up Red, Purple line service
CalSTA awards money to two Metro projects aimed at lowering greenhouse emissions. One of those projects would speed up service at Union Station, allowing Red and Purple Line trains to arrive every four minutes.
Union Station now has a Metro bike share station
The first hub in Metro's bike share was installed Monday at Union Station. There are 64 more hubs coming to the Downtown area. The bike share program launches July 7, so we're going see more of these stations pop up.
