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Photos of Los Angeles Union Station & train trip to San Diego
Opened in May
1939 Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS) is the main railway station in Los
Angeles, California, and the largest passenger terminal in the Western
United States. Union Station became known as the "Last of the Great
Railway Stations" built in the United States. It was placed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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Architecture
Designed by
John Parkinson and Donald B. Parkinson who had also designed Los
Angeles City Hall, they were assisted by a group of supporting architects,
including Jan van der Linden. The structure combines
Art Deco,
Mission Revival, and
Streamline Moderne style.
Enclosed garden patios are on either side of the waiting room. The lower
parts of the interior walls are covered in travertine marble; the upper
parts have an early form of acoustical tile. The floor in the large rooms
is terra cotta with a central strip of inlaid marble in the pattern of a
Navajo blanket. The ceiling in the waiting room has the appearance of
wood, but is actually made of steel. Attached to the main building
to the south is the station restaurant designed by the famed Southwestern
architect Mary Colter. It was the last of the "Harvey
House" restaurants to be constructed as a part of a passenger
terminal. The original ticket concourse has 62-foot high ceilings
and a 110-foot counter.
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