Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal
- Also Known As: Los Angeles Union Station
- Address: 800 N Alameda St
- Neighborhood of Chinatown in Los Angeles
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1933/00/00 | Robert E McKee | Contractor | A major portion of the Chinatown is relocated to north Broadway and renamed New Chinatown to make room for a new Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal. | |||
| 1934/00/00 | Parkinson and Parkinson | Architect | Construction begins on the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, a unified complex for Southern Pacific, the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe, and the Union Pacific to replace their two depots at different locations. The SP and UP share a single depot. | |||
| 1934/12/00 | Frank Capra | Director | Frank Capra buys a copy of "Lost Horizon" at a Los Angeles train station (in Capra's autobiography, it is Union Station). Screenwriter Jo Swerling had told Capra about the novel. | Lost Horizon (book) | ||
| 1939/05/07 | John H Christie | Southern Pacific Chief Architect | Designed in a blend of Spanish Colonial, Mission Revival and Art Deco style now know as Mission Moderne, Union Station is completed for a reported $11 million and opens with a lavish, star-studded, three-day fiesta attended by a half million people. | |||
| 1948/00/00 | The Santa Fe Railroad's Super Chief loses its brakes coming into the station, crashes through a steel bumper and concrete wall, and stops with one third of the front of the locomotive dangling over Aliso St. No one was killed or injured. |
| Particulars for Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Architectural Style | Art Deco |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Area of Significance | Community Planning and Development |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Architectural Style | Mission-Spanish Revival |
| Architectural Style | Moderne |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Owner | Private |
| Area of Significance | Railroad |
| Area of Significance | Transportation |
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