SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014, 10AM-4PM ABOUT UNION STATION

STATION HISTORY Historic Union Station has been serving Union Station was designed by the >rm of Parkinson and Parkinson. The renowned father- County for 75 years. Join Metro, son team was responsible for such landmark in partnership with National Train Day, buildings as the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1923) and Bullocks Wilshire (1929). Amtrak and Metrolink as we commemorate Architects representing each of the three Opening celebrations for Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, today’s this iconic station’s 75th birthday and railroads serving the station—the Southern Los Angeles Union Station, in 1939. Paci>c, Santa Fe and Union Paci>c—assisted celebrate all things rail. on its design. Courtesy of the Bison Archives, Marc Wanamaker Collection. A product of its era, Union Station’s design blends two architectural styles popular at the time: Spanish Colonial Revival and Moderne METRO TOURS (commonly known as Art Deco). Spanish Colonial Revival architecture romanticized Special tours are o=ered throughout the month California’s Spanish past with decorative of May on the occasion of Union Station’s 75th elements such as arches, bell towers, gardens anniversary. Led by trained Metro Art Docents, TABLE OF CONTENTS and church-like interiors. The Moderne design the tours will cover historic Union Station movement originated in the 1920s and featured architecture and spaces not generally open to ACTIVITIES & EXHIBITORS p. 4 soaring vertical forms, geometric shapes and the public, including the old ticket concourse brilliant color. and former Fred Harvey restaurant. Additionally, ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE p. 6 the tours will explore artworks located in the UNION STATION MAP p. 8 Union Station initially served 7,000 passengers Passageway, East Portal and inside the Metro EXPLORE MORE MAP p.10 daily. Ridership rose during World War II when Gateway Headquarters Building. Tours are free more than one hundred trains a day carried to the public. Reservations are not required. DESTINATION DISCOUNTS p.11 military personnel in and out of the station. Meet at the information booth inside the NEARBY ADVENTURES p.12 Yet, soon after the war ended, airplanes began Alameda St entrance to historic Union Station. to replace trains as the primary mode of long- UNION STATION COUPONS p.13 distance travel and by the 1970s only a handful Tuesdays: 5/6, 5/13, 5/20, 5/27, 5:30-7:30pm RESOURCES p.15 of trains stopped at Union Station. The station Sundays: 5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 10:30am-12:30pm reemerged as a transportation hub in the 1990s, serving not only Amtrak but a network of For more information visit metro.net/art and click on commuter trains, a growing subway and light Art Tours or call 213.922.2738. rail system, and buses. Metro purchased the station in 2011 and it now serves as the symbolic center of the agency’s growing transit system. LA CONSERVANCY TOURS

Union Station was designated as Los Angeles The Los Angeles Conservancy o=ers walking Historic-Cultural Monument #101 in 1972. tours of Union Station on the third Saturday In 1980, it was added to the National Register of every month at 10:00am. The tour covers of Historic Places. the architecture, art, culture and social history of Union Station. –Excerpt from the Los Angeles Conservancy’s Walking Tour brochure www.laconservancy.org

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LIVE ENTERTAINMENT EXHIBITOR TABLES 14 TRAIN EQUIPMENT DISPLAYS 18 Watch more than a dozen acts, from music to 511 CONTEMPORARY AMTRAK CARS Utah dance and children’s theater, perform throughout Access Services Parlor Cafe-Lounge car built in the 1950s and the day at various locations. Coast Starlight Superliner Sleeper American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation refurbished in 1988. 12 Long-distance, bi-level sleeping cars o=er Main Stage 16 Fred Harvey Room Angel City Press a range of overnight accommodations. Colonial Crafts 13 South Patio Stage 19 East Portal Automobile Club of Southern California Sleeper-lounge car built by Pullman Standard BoltBus Coast Starlight Paci>c Parlour Car in 1949 for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Casual but elegant >rst-class lounge car California High-Speed Rail Authority CHUGGINGTON™ KIDS DEPOT 6 exclusively for Coast Starlight sleeping Montana California Operation Lifesaver Free kid-friendly activities with Chuggington™, car passengers. Custom built by the Milwaukee Railroad California Science Center the hit preschool television series that follows the shops in 1947 as a Tap Lounge car for the Chinese American Museum Superliner Sightseer Lounge Car Olympian Hiawatha. adventures of three young trainees as they learn to Food service car, panoramic windows optimize ride the rails. City of Grover Beach views of passing scenery. Discover Klamath Visitor and Convention Bureau OTHER: Fillmore & Western Railway Cross Country Cafe MODEL TRAIN DISPLAYS 15 Flagsta= Convention & Visitors Bureau "Diner lounge" Superliner food service car. Metrolink See N-scale model trains in action as Orange County Grand Canyon Railway Operating commuter rail service in Southern Superliner Coach California since 1992, Metrolink unveiled N’gineers showcase their elaborate miniature railroads. LA Rail.com, Inc. Feature wide, comfortable seats, reading lights a passenger train car highlighting SMARTY, LA Union Station Master Plan and at-seat electrical outlets. the agency’s mascot showcasing its commitment COMMEMORATIVE Los Angeles River Revitalization Corporation to safety, in 2013. Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board 10 HISTORIC CARS: Union Paci>c Railroad PHOTO BOOTH Metro Art Docent Council: Union Station Incorporated in 1862 to build the eastern portion Capture a Union Station memory with fun props Art & Architecture GM&O 50 Originally a 1927 business car for the Gulf, of the nation’s >rst transcontinental rail line. in the commemorative photo booth. Share the fun Metro Bike Program Mobile & Ohio Railroad; better known today as with family and friends online. Metro ExpressLanes Paci>c Harbor Line The Patrón Tequila Express. Provides maintenance and dispatching services Metro Regional Rail to the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. SELF-GUIDED Metro Transit Safety Programs Tioga Pass Metrolink Designed for railroad executives’ business travel, BNSF ES44 Series Road Locomotive built in 1959. ARCHITECTURAL TOURS NARP/Rail PAC Burlington Northern Santa Fe example of greener Talk with Metro Art docents throughout the station National Park Service Silver Splendor and more e;cient locomotive. to learn more about Union Station’s architecture, Orange Empire Railway Museum Built in 1956 for travel on Chicago, Burlington Los Angeles Live Steamers embellishments and artworks.y12 Paci>c Southwest Railway Museum and Quincy Railroad’s Denver Zephyr line between Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum Chicago and Denver. Main Stage 13 South Patio Stage Premier Rail Collection is a non-pro>t organization founded in 1956 to 6 Waiting Room 16 Fred Harvey Room San Diego Metropolitan Transit System Overland Trail educate people on railroad history and further the avocation of live steam, gas-mechanical San Luis Obispo Air Pollution Control District Built by Pullman Standard in 1949 for the Southern Paci>c Railroad. and electronic railroad technology. BUS DISPLAYS 11 and San Luis Obispo Car Free Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control Railway Express Agency Delivery Truck See the next generation Metro bus with improved Acoma District and Santa Barbara Car Free Built for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Built in 1945 by the International Harvester safety features and an Amtrak California Thruway Company. Bus used for travel between train stations and Southern California Transit Advocates Railway’s Super Chief line between Chicago and destinations in California not served by rail. Southern Paci>c Railroad Historical Society Los Angeles. Times Square Kiss Statue TAP The Palm Leaf The Spirit of ’45 honors the extraordinary The J. Paul Getty Trust Built in 1951 for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe achievements and timeless values of the men INFORMATION BOOTHS The Spirit of ’45 Railway’s Super Chief line between Chicago and and women of the armed forces who endured the Great Depression and achieved victory 63 Metro Information Booth 2 0 Metrolink Booth Utah Street Elementary School Los Angeles. in World War II. 7 Event Information 2 1 Annenberg Booth Fourth grade class of teacher Luis Zamudio National Forum 9 Amtrak Brand Display Wally G. Shidler Historical Collection Built by Pullman Standard in 1954 as a sleeper for the Union Paci>c Railway.

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9:30-10:00am & 11:00-11:30am Mariachi Reyna 12:00-12:45pm Dr. Pinch de Los Angeles & The Pinchtones MARIACHI REYNA DR. PINCH & DE LOS ANGELES THE PINCHTONES This all-female mariachi ensemble brings Infectious WWII-era swing music with comedy a vivacious spirit to the historic art. and vaudeville interludes.

10am Las Cafeteras 1:00-1:45pm Cava OFFICIAL CEREMONY CAVA Commemoration of the station. Advancing the evolution of Latin Music in Los Angeles by blending Afro-Cuban Son, Cumbia, 12:00-12:45pm Salsa and Funk.

LAS CAFETERAS 2:00-2:30pm & 2:45-3:15pm Energetic bilingual performance combining Big Jay McNeely Choo Choo Bob Afro-Mexican Son Jarocho, Hip Hop and Folk. With Mark CHOO CHOO BOB Tortorici & The Children’s Entertainment – These performances will also 1:00-2:00pm Hollywood Combo roam and play small acoustic sets throughout the day. Cast of the children’s televsion program with BIG JAY MCNEELY original railroad-themed music. WITH MARK TORTORICI & 3:15-4:00pm THE HOLLYWOOD COMBO Ladd McIntosh Mudbug Brass Brand A good-time rockin’ Rhythm & Blues band. Swing Orchestra MUDBUG BRASS BAND This marching performance will traverse the station, 2:30-3:30pm ending at the South Patio stage. New Orleans traditional jazz, Rhythm & Blues, LADD MCINTOSH Funk and Mardi Gras. SWING ORCHESTRA Swing, Two-Beat, Latin, Funk, Rock and Ballads DJ Rani De Leon are all part of the repertoire. EAST PORTAL 19

DJ RANI DE LEON 11:00-11:30am East Wind As emcee and performing between sets Lion Dance Troupe starting at 11:30am EAST WIND LION Worldly sounds, jazz textures and ‘feel-good’ DANCE TROUPE roots and soul music. Processional performance to begin at the East Portal. A traditional south China lion dance and martial art group based in Chinatown. Los Angeles Muses FRED HARVEY ROOM 16 1:00-1:45pm & 2:00-2:45pm LOS ANGELES MUSES 1:30-2:00, 2:30-3:00 & 3:30-4:00pm The Jennifer Keith Quintet A cappella favorites brought to life with energy and THE JENNIFER KEITH QUINTET unique musicality. Timeless sounds of jazz, American roots and pop music.

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VIGNES E. C HAV Pasadena and exit one stop away EL PUEBLO EZ AVE Save 15% on your bill. LYON at Chinatown Station. RAMIREZ MISSION JUNCTION 643 North BUNKER HILL Los Angeles Theatre Center MISSION Save 10% on food. Save $2 on tickets. Civic Center/ Take the Metro Red or Purple Line Pershing Square Station

Grand Park LAC+USC Medical Ctr Station METRO SILVER LINE Sweet Town and exit one stop away at FIGUEROA PLEASANT Save 10% on your bill. Civic Center/Grand Park Station. PENNSYLVANIA AV Peddler’s Creamery HILL ST Buy one single scoop, DUCOMMON Starry Kitchen Ebanos Crossing DUCOMMON get one free. GAREY Save 10% on your bill and more. Save 15% on your bill. Pershing Square Station

Grand Café Tossed LITTLE TOKYO Save 25% on your bill. METRO SILVER LINE (SOUTHBOUND)METRO SILVER LINEMETRO (NORTHBOUND)METRO RED PURPLELINE LINE TEMPLE Save $2 on your bill. MICHIGAN AV 7th Street/Metro Center Station Take the Metro Gold Line toward MOCA Grand Avenue BOYLE East LA and exit one stop away Receive 2-for-1 admission. LA Central Library LOS ANGELES RIVER HEIGHTS at Little Tokyo/Arts District Station. METRO GOLD LINE Noé Restaurant Bar & Grill No Further West: The Story

CelebrateBOYLE the “Taste of Little Save 15% on your bill. of Los Angeles Union Station Tokyo” Event Receive a free wooden Pico/Aliso MayMariachi 3 Plaza Omni Hotel of Los Angeles train whistle. PL Receive a free tote bag. Save on 25% on lunch 15% 7th Street/Metro Center Station 3RD on dinner. METRO EXPO LINE Chado Tea Room TRACTION Enjoy classic sounds of Mariachi Save 10% on your bill. The Ahmanson Theatre METRO BLUE LINE CROCKER Alfaro de Guadalajara who will 3RD Porgy & Bess TOWNE play two free 45 minute sets at Far Bar April 22–June 1 HILL ST Mariachi Plaza Station. Chinatown, originally located at Save 10% on food. Save 10% on tickets. 12:00pm and 1:00pm the site of today’s Union Station. 4TH ST HEWITT

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AMTRAK SEE’S CANDIES FREE RIDES TO GLENDALE ART ON TWO WHEELS Save 30% on your next trip. Save 10% on your purchase. Continue your rail explorations with a free Join the LA Union Station 75th

round trip excursion to Glendale. Anniversary Street Mural Bike Ride.

Metrolink and Amtrak are o=ering free rides Cyclists Inciting Change Thru Live Exchange on trains departing LA Union Station at: (C.I.C.L.E.), with the Mural Conservancy 11:00am, 12:00pm, 12:25pm, 1:00pm, of Los Angeles, will lead a 6-mile curated 2:00pm, 3:00pm & 3:10pm bicycle tour of nearby street murals as part of this event. Get tickets at: BEN & JERRY’S SUBWAY 2 0 Metrolink Booth The ride starts and ends at Union Station. Space is limited. What’s a Celebration Without Ice Cream? Featuring the Union Station Sub: From Glendale Station, catch the Glendale 11:30am 75 cents o= sundaes, large $5 for a foot-long sandwich. Beeline bus, also offering free fares for this event, into Downtown Glendale. Near the: milkshakes & smoothies. 2 Bike Valet The historic Glendale Southern Paci>c Railroad Station is one of the most beautiful This ride is part of a larger program of free in California. It’s 1920s Spanish Colonial monthly Metro-sponsored C.I.C.L.E. rides Revival architecture includes outdoor twin that provide an opportunity to practice DENNY’S RESTAURANT TRAXX portals, bell towers, rococo detailing of riding comfortably with tra;c, bike safely wrought iron passages and an ornate front in a group and become acquainted with entrance with heavily carved panel doors. bikeways in Los Angeles County. These rides Save 10% on your bill. Save 10% on your dinner.

are leisurely, family-friendly and led by Downtown Glendale features more than fully-supportive and trained Ride Leaders 100 restaurants along with shopping at the and volunteers. Glendale Galleria, Americana at Brand and a number of specialty shops. The Downtown Find more information on upcoming Glendale Merchants Association is o=ering community/neighborhood rides around special promotions for attendees of the Los Angeles County with Metro and LA Union Station 75th Anniversary and C.I.C.L.E., plus other bicycling resources, FAMIMA!! WETZEL’S PRETZELS National Train Day. at metro.net/bikes and cicle.org. Free 12 oz. co=ee Featuring the Union Station Wetzel Dog: Returning trains leave Glendale Station at: 2 Wetzel Dogs for $6. 11:30am, 11:45am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm, Valid on your next visit. Not valid with

2:30pm, 3:00pm & 3:30pm any other o=er, disount or fundraiser. Expires 05.05.14. C.I.C.L.E. is a Los Angeles based not-for-pro>t helping riders of all ages and skill levels use bicycles for everyday transportation.

Photo courtesy of Aimee Gilchrist. RELAY TRAVEL STORE ZIPCAR LOS ANGELES

Save 10% on your purchase. Save on membership Featuring a selection of train and station and more. themed merchandise.

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SEE’S CANDIES AMTRAK NO FURTHER WEST: Celebrate the site’s history Must show valid TAP card to receive discount. Valid only on the Paci>c Sur?iner through The Master Plan will embrace all adjacent Valid only at Los Angeles Union Station location. 05.17.14. Must show valid TAP card to THE STORY OF LOS ANGELES neighborhoods’ rich history, providing for receive discount. UNION STATION development that complements the station’s architecture and heritage to reinforce its place Visit AmtrakCalifornia.com/Vip30/* for details. Delve deeper into Union Station’s history in history. at the Getty Research Institute’s exhibition “No Further West: The Story of LA Union Improve the passenger experience Station” on display at the LA Central Library. Improvements like upgraded signage, improved transfers and expanded services will be designed Take the Metro Red or Purple Line and exit one stop to enhance each passenger’s visit. SUBWAY BEN & JERRY’S away at Civic Center/Grand Park Station. Additional charges for extras. Plus applicable Not valid with any other o=er. Limit one coupon Create a great destination taxes. Available at Los Angeles Union Station per customer per visit. Expires 05.05.14. Building on the station’s signi>cant attributes, location on 05.03.14 only. Valid only at the Los Angeles Union Station METRO LIBRARY the Master Plan will shape the city’s premier location. www.benjerry.com/launionstation destination for travelers, residents and visitors. The Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive is one of the most Prepare for High-Speed Rail comprehensive transit operator-owned library The Master Plan will be flexible to accommodate resources in the United States. As the only anticipated future arrival of high-speed rail multimodal transportation library in Southern (HSR) serving LA Union Station. California, it serves Metro employees, the public, governments and research institutions. Last fall, the Metro Board of Directors approved the TRAXX DENNY’S RESTAURANT The library also hosts many web-accessible concept of an east-west concourse and relocating Dinner served starting at 5pm. Must show Valid only at 530 Ramirez St location, just east resources for the community to interact with Patsaouras Bus Plaza to the west side of the property. valid TAP card to receive discount. Valid on of Union Station. Must show valid TAP card its collections. The Board directed the Master Plan team to continue 05.03.14 only. to receive discount. re>ning this concept and develop a >nancial plan. Open Monday through Thursday, Sta= intends to present the Final Master Plan for 9:00am-4:00pm adoption in fall 2014.

More information on the Library and Archive More information about this process and an upcoming at metro.net/library. community workshop is at metro.net/lausmp.

WETZEL’S PRETZELS FAMIMA!! LA UNION STATION LINKAGES STUDY Plus applicable taxes. Available at Los Angeles Participating Locations: Santa Monica: 1348 Third Street Promenade, Santa Mon- ica, CA 90401; Pacific Center: 525 West 6th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90014; Cali- MASTER PLAN The Union Station and 1st/Central Station Union Station location on 05.03.14 only. fornia Plaza: 350 South Grand Avenue, Suite R2B, Los Angeles, CA 90071; City National Plaza: 505 S Flower Street, B-level, Suite 520, Los Angeles, CA 90017; Linkages Study is tasked with improving 700 Wilshire: 700 Wilshire Blvd, Suite A, Los Angeles, CA 90017; Roosevelt: 727 Metro purchased the iconic downtown W 7th Street, Suite G-735, Los Angeles, CA 90017; Union Station: 800 N Alameda historical and cultural connections in downtown Street, Suite S-1, Los Angeles, CA 90012; Broadway: 544 S Broadway, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Union Station in 2011. Currently, CA 90013; Newport Beach: 2200 W Oceanfront, Newport Beach, CA 92663 more than 60,000 travelers access the station’s Los Angeles by enhancing pedestrian and bicycle transit providers each day—and as Measure R travel options through and between communities. funds Metro’s expansion, the station is expected At the center of the study is access to LA Union to see upwards of 100,000 boardings per day. Station, the regional transportation hub for numerous rail, bus and shuttle services, and the The LA Union Station Master Plan will future Regional Connector station at 1st/Central. develop Metro’s vision and plan to guide future ZIPCAR LOS ANGELES RELAY TRAVEL STORE The study’s >nal report will take the form of an development at the station, including transit More information at zipcar.com Must show valid TAP card to receive discount. Action Plan to provide a community-prioritized operations and new private and/or public real list of improvement projects to strengthen active estate development. The Master Plan process transportation connectivity between communities began in fall 2012 and is centered around and destinations. achieving four main goals: More information on this project at metro.net/linkages.

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