When I lived in DC, I used public transport to go back and forth from Laurel, MD to Herndon, VA. The bad news is that it took two hours each way, each day. The good news is that by car that expanded to 2 1/2 hours on most days. So not only was it shorter by rail, but someone else had the “honor” of driving and I could do other things like read and work on my laptop. Now that I’m in LA LA Land, I’m using the Metro, but the distances are much, much shorter. It’s a simple two-stop hop on the Red Line from Universal City to Hollywood/Vine. I was surprised that both had their own signature look, and of course as I’ve used the Metro more often these days I’ve found that the transit authority has gone out of their way to make each stop distinctive.
decor at Uni City station
film cans line Hollywood/Vine
The film cans are EVERYWHERE
The thing that I found amazing was the use of old film canisters at the Hollywood/Vine Metro stop. There must be thousands of them mounted on the ceilings throughout the structure. I suppose that there are scads of them stacked up in storage around town, but it was still surreal to see them used in this way. It’s a very unique approach to industrial art – both a very Hollywood-styled bit of self-congratulation while also making an interesting use of space and architecture.
