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Union Station and downtown L.A. under construction in 1939.
Union Station in downtown L.A. under construction in 1939. It opened in May of 1939 bringing all three major transcontinental railway lines into Los Angeles under one roof. I’m happy to say that it still looks pretty much the same … Continue reading
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Site of new Union railway station Terminal (enclosed by lines)
I’ve come across plenty of photos of what downtown looked like after Union railway station was built but photos of the area before the land was scraped clean are much rarer. This photograph was taken in 1934. The caption … Continue reading
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Union Station under construction, downtown Los Angeles, 1938
Union Station at the edge of downtown L.A. was the last of the great railways stations to be built prior to WWII at what was then the peak of transcontinental rail trail. After WWII, air travel would quickly surpass the … Continue reading
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Pacific Electric Railway’s Subway Terminal Building, downtown Los Angeles
Built by the Pacific Electric Railway, the Subway Terminal Building opened in 1925 and functioned as the terminus for the Hollywood-Glendale-Valley Subway line, which closed in the 1950s. Note the market, proving people shopped downtown for groceries back then. Although … Continue reading