{"id":20619,"date":"2020-08-06T07:46:06","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T14:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/?p=20619"},"modified":"2020-08-06T07:46:06","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T14:46:06","slug":"union-station-downtown-los-angeles-circa-1939-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2020\/08\/06\/union-station-downtown-los-angeles-circa-1939-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Station, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1939"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20620\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2020\/08\/06\/union-station-downtown-los-angeles-circa-1939-2\/union-station-downtown-los-angeles-circa-1939\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Union-Station-downtown-Los-Angeles-circa-1939.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Union Station, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1939\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Union-Station-downtown-Los-Angeles-circa-1939.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Union-Station-downtown-Los-Angeles-circa-1939.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-20620\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Union-Station-downtown-Los-Angeles-circa-1939.jpg?resize=640%2C480&ssl=1\" alt=\"Union Station, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1939\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Union-Station-downtown-Los-Angeles-circa-1939.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Union-Station-downtown-Los-Angeles-circa-1939.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Union-Station-downtown-Los-Angeles-circa-1939.jpg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Union-Station-downtown-Los-Angeles-circa-1939.jpg?w=1200&ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>Los Angeles\u2019s Union Station opened in 1939, gathering together under one roof the three main railway services: Union Pacific, Santa Fe, and Southern Pacific Railroads. There was no date on this photo but all the cars in the traffic out front are circa mid 1930s, so I\u2019m guessing this photo was taken in the first year after the opening. These days, there are more trees and greenery, but other than that, the place looks pretty much the same.<\/h4>\n<h4>This is how Union Station looks now:<\/h4>\n<h4><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20621\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2020\/08\/06\/union-station-downtown-los-angeles-circa-1939-2\/screen-shot-2020-08-06-at-7-29-29-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-06-at-7.29.29-AM.png?fit=1166%2C654&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1166,654\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2020-08-06 at 7.29.29 AM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-06-at-7.29.29-AM.png?fit=300%2C168&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-06-at-7.29.29-AM.png?fit=640%2C359&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-20621\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-06-at-7.29.29-AM.png?resize=640%2C359&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-06-at-7.29.29-AM.png?resize=1024%2C574&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-06-at-7.29.29-AM.png?resize=300%2C168&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-06-at-7.29.29-AM.png?resize=768%2C431&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-06-at-7.29.29-AM.png?w=1166&ssl=1 1166w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles\u2019s Union Station opened in 1939, gathering together under one roof the three main railway services: Union Pacific, Santa Fe, and Southern Pacific Railroads. 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