June 28, 2015 /

Union Station – where the stars arrived in Los Angeles

Spanish, Deco, Streamline Moderne — Union Station in Los Angeles was opened in 1939 and was designed by the brothers who also served as architects on City Hall, Donald Parkinson and John Parkinson.

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TagsCity Hall Deco Donald Parkinson John Parkinson Los Angeles Old Hollywood replaced the old Central Station Spanish Streamline Moderne Union Station

10 Comments

  1. le0pard13
    September 27, 2012

    One of the great, historic, and beautiful structures of this city, Vickie.

    • Vickie Lester
      September 27, 2012

      It’s a wonderful place — is Traxx still open? It was fun to have a restaurant down there, even though it wasn’t as huge as the Harvey House 😉

  3. pinkagendist
    June 28, 2015

    Do you think Greece is going to go bust? If it does we should get together and buy an island, or the Acropolis- or at least a beachside town!

    • Vickie Lester
      June 28, 2015

      I guess the Elgin Marbles will be staying at the British Museum for a few more years… Did you know the Finance Minister has a blog? http://yanisvaroufakis.eu/ xoxo, V

      • pinkagendist
        June 28, 2015

        But don’t tell him we want to buy something or they’ll put the price up!

      • Vickie Lester
        June 28, 2015

        It’s going to be a nail biting week, banks closed Monday, talk of limiting withdrawals to 50 euros in the days after — the referendum coming a week from now — ΎΔÎșÎŹÏÎ±! (thank you Google translator 😉 ) You will have to keep me posted, I don’t understand any of it, except for the impression that austerity measures are draconian and don’t work. Hey! What are you doing up? Close your eyes and dream a way for us to get a hold of that Acropolis…really good design, that. xox, V

      • pinkagendist
        June 28, 2015

        I think it would make a great summer house 😀
        Btw, next year when the house is in hosting conditions you should come! Do a whole ‘thing’. We’re in the middle of everything. 3.5 hours from Barcelona, Biarritz or the Cote d’Azur. There are 10 bedrooms, we’d barely know if someone was in the house. Mr. Designer Man might enjoy the experience.

      • Vickie Lester
        June 28, 2015

        I would LOVE that. Confession: probably what I would love most of all is sitting in your kitchen and volunteering my services as your sous chef 😉 . I will bring you and Mike a case of California wine!

      • pinkagendist
        June 28, 2015

        The last time I had California wine was over 15 years ago! I used to love it. They’re very territorial here. A foreign wine is something approaching treason.

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