Once out of the Golden Line Metro heading down the dark stair case, the noise starts to increase and a busy walkway opens before our eyes. The clacking of women’s heels, the hushed conversations of business men, the different languages being spokes, suite cases being rolled on the tiled ground, and people embracing each other for the first times in years, make up Union Station. Being one of Los Angeles’ central points, it unites people and takes them on new adventures daily. Now on its 75th anniversary, Union Station is looking into the future planning on expanding and growing, by still keeping its old time charm. Liz Swanson’s article “Architecture, Experience and Meaning” analyzes how space is created to make people feel a certain way. Union
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Union Station, is considered “the last of the great train stations” (Union Station, Metro). When it first opened its doors in 1939, it was “designed in a unique blend of Spanish Colonial, Mission Revival and Art Deco styles” (Union Station, Metro), and the station’s originality still shines through as they incorporate its grand old fashion waiting area with the modern aspect of the city surrounding it, using art. Similarly, the article “Reading and Writing about Public and Private Space” by Silverman, helps pull together the aspects of Union Station. When people enter Union Station many times from a late night or long flight, they are greeted by big leather seating couches making the place seem familiar and comfortable for one to relax in. Allowing people to be able to sit down on the worn out leather seats and not simply keep it closed using the excuse “its too historic”, embarks people to feel as if they entered an old fashion movie with all the glitz and glamour of the 1940’s. When reaching L.A. many people what to feel as a star, they arrive to the vibrant city dreaming of all the possibilities, therefor the creators of Union Station fabricated it, “to suggest something beyond mere function” (Silverman) they incorporated the glamour one expects of L.A. As the chandeliers hang high below the hand painted celling, people feel a air of importance just by …show more content…
In the article “Metro’s Union Station Master Plan a Significant Shift” by Christopher Hawthorne, he explains the new plans and the advantages of incorporating the local community within them. In doing so the community of Boyle Hight's will gain more attention.The new “changes acknowledge not just the river behind the station, but the whole of [Boyle Heights] ”, in doing so Metro branches out to new people and cultures from Boyle Heights. Hawthorne also talks about the additional space that would be added within the station which include new cafes, restaurants, and a renovated walk way with a sunroof creating a more open feel. These changes “will soften the edges of the station” bring in more locals. These new plans not only help incorporate parts of L.A. but offer tourist the opportunity to explore the future park area new the river and to explore the surrounding towns within the city. Tourist would be able to have more accommodations when visiting and arriving at the station. They would quickly feel the L.A. vibe with the new sunroofs and old waiting area that will not be changed. One of the most import aspects of the new renovations is that for the fist time in many years Metro is incorporating a community that is racially diverse having different aspects from races and cutlers around the world ranging from Japanese to Mexican , to Jewish. This
Union Station, is considered “the last of the great train stations” (Union Station, Metro). When it first opened its doors in 1939, it was “designed in a unique blend of Spanish Colonial, Mission Revival and Art Deco styles” (Union Station, Metro), and the station’s originality still shines through as they incorporate its grand old fashion waiting area with the modern aspect of the city surrounding it, using art. Similarly, the article “Reading and Writing about Public and Private Space” by Silverman, helps pull together the aspects of Union Station. When people enter Union Station many times from a late night or long flight, they are greeted by big leather seating couches making the place seem familiar and comfortable for one to relax in. Allowing people to be able to sit down on the worn out leather seats and not simply keep it closed using the excuse “its too historic”, embarks people to feel as if they entered an old fashion movie with all the glitz and glamour of the 1940’s. When reaching L.A. many people what to feel as a star, they arrive to the vibrant city dreaming of all the possibilities, therefor the creators of Union Station fabricated it, “to suggest something beyond mere function” (Silverman) they incorporated the glamour one expects of L.A. As the chandeliers hang high below the hand painted celling, people feel a air of importance just by …show more content…
In the article “Metro’s Union Station Master Plan a Significant Shift” by Christopher Hawthorne, he explains the new plans and the advantages of incorporating the local community within them. In doing so the community of Boyle Hight's will gain more attention.The new “changes acknowledge not just the river behind the station, but the whole of [Boyle Heights] ”, in doing so Metro branches out to new people and cultures from Boyle Heights. Hawthorne also talks about the additional space that would be added within the station which include new cafes, restaurants, and a renovated walk way with a sunroof creating a more open feel. These changes “will soften the edges of the station” bring in more locals. These new plans not only help incorporate parts of L.A. but offer tourist the opportunity to explore the future park area new the river and to explore the surrounding towns within the city. Tourist would be able to have more accommodations when visiting and arriving at the station. They would quickly feel the L.A. vibe with the new sunroofs and old waiting area that will not be changed. One of the most import aspects of the new renovations is that for the fist time in many years Metro is incorporating a community that is racially diverse having different aspects from races and cutlers around the world ranging from Japanese to Mexican , to Jewish. This