A walk through the center of Los Angeles will be incomplete without visiting the famous Union Station. Inside the large-scale building, built in 1939, life seems to be in the rhythm of the fortieth - the waiting room, the restaurant and the interiors of the station are carefully maintained in their original form. The romance of the historic station could not help attracting the attention of Hollywood directors - and Union Station was repeatedly shown in the cinema.

How to get there

Union Station is located in the heart of Los Angeles. Getting from other parts of the city is most convenient on the metro: here there are at once three branches - red, purple and gold. In addition, Union Station is today the main transport hub of the city - in addition to the railways themselves, intercity buses come here.

What to see

First of all, you should pay attention to the architecture of the station, created by famous masters John and Donald Parkinsons, who also designed the building of the City Hall of Los Angeles and several other objects of the city. Thanks to the invited Danish architect Jan van der Linden, the facade of Union Station acquired recognizable features of the Danish colonial architecture of the Renaissance, and the Americans enriched the exterior with ultramodern elements such as the eight-pointed stars.

The interiors of the station are decorated with precious stone: the lower part of the walls shines marble and travertine, the top - terracotta and ceramic tiles. It's definitely worth getting into the spacious inner yards of the Union Station - it's through them that the passengers once walked to the platforms - and have a snack at the historic Harvey House restaurant.

Address: 800 N Alameda St, Los Angeles

Union Station

Union Station at night

Hall, Union Station

Waiting Room, Union Station