John Parkinson and Donald B. Parkinson designed the 1939 Union Station, located at 800 North Alameda Street. The structure combines Spanish Colonial, Mission Revival, and Streamline Modern style, with Moorish architectural details. Gladding, McBean & Co made most of the tile in the station. It was named the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal (LAUPT) until Catellus Development, officially changed the name to Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS). The station was designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #101 in 1972 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Building #80000811 in 1980. Trains stranded in Los Angeles Union Station during a rail labor strike on May 24, 1946, include a former electric interurban car on the left in Track 12, now lettered ATSF and used for troop movement. Hundreds of coaches were parked at the station with no engines to move them.
Union Passenger Terminal (Los Angeles, Calif.) United States Post Office Terminal Annex (Los Angeles, Calif.) Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company Railroads--California--Los Angeles Railroad cars--California--Los Angeles Railroad stations--California--Los Angeles Strikes and lockouts--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs Panoramic views Parkinson, John,1861-1935 Parkinson, Donald B.(Donald Berthold),1895-1945
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