SOMETHING TO DO SUNDAY! Union Station’s 75th Anniversary No - TopicsExpress

SOMETHING TO DO SUNDAY! Union Station’s 75th Anniversary No Further West: The Story of Los Angeles Union Station Richard J. Riordan Central Library 630 West 5th Street Los Angeles 213 228 7000 lapl.org Celebrate the world’s greatest train station. It’s the 75th anniversary of Union Station. Learn about the sweeping, chandelier-clad, walnut wood-trimmed interiors of the Mission Revival style train station at the new exhibition at the Central Library. The iconic institution opened in 1939 serving as the primary gateway to Southern California for decades. The Los Angeles Conservancy says the facility has been effectively unaltered. The exhibition also investigates the controversy that trailed the nearly 30 years it took to plan and construct the station, featuring architectural drawings, sketches and never-before-seen archival photographs. The exhibit is free and open to the public during regular library hours.