Public Art Works at the Union Station and in El Pueblo

This page includes public art resources which may be found at the Union Station, the Gateway Transit Center (MTA), and the historic El Pueblo district. Do not reproduce information from this site without acknowledgement of the artists and their works, or of the authors of this site.

• Facade of Union Station

• Interior of Union Station

• Ceiling of Union Station

• Outdoor waiting area of Union Station

• Kathryn Donatelli and others. The Story of Water in Southern California, Alameda station (near Union Station). Temporary mural project, removed in 1999.

• Multi-part environment in the Union Station east lobby, conceived by Richard Wyatt, May Sun, and Paul Diez, City of Dreams/River of History, 1995.

• Bill Bell, Atrain, 1996.
  • Detail with images of cars
  • Detail with image of a movie star's face.

Much of the work on the Gateway Transit Center is sponsored by MTA and the Catellus Development Corporation.

• Patrick Nagatani, Epoch, 1996. 3rd level. This is a collage of over 500 postcards of trains, ships, and other means of transportation, from 1900 on. The postcards are laid out in a circular pattern, suggesting a view of planet Earth from space. Photographs by Eadweard Muybridge of a running man, first published in 1887, float above "Earth" like a heavenly body. For a period of time, part of the mural was covered because of a controversy surrounding it.

• Margaret Nielson, L. A. Dialogs, 1996. 3rd level. This Mural is composed of oversized photographs of famous Los Angeles landmarks and symbols.

• Jim Doolin, 4 murals, 1996:
  • Los Angeles after 2000
  • Los Angeles circa 1870
  • Los Angeles circa 1910
  • Los Angeles circa 1960

• One of the chandeliers hanging in the MTA lobby

• Michael Amescua, Guardians of the Track, 1995. Steel grilles and guard rails.

• Fountains and seating areas by Roberto Gil de Montes, Elsa Flores, and Peter Shire. Paseo Cesar Chavez, 1995.
  • Fountain by Roberto Gil de Montes.
  • Fountain by Elsa Flores
  • Fountain by Peter Shire.
  • Ceramic seat, by Peter Shire. Another view of the work.

• Bronze bust of Nick Patsaouras, dedicated November 1996.

• Kim Yasuda, Torgen Johnson, Noel Korten, Matthew VanderBorgh, Bus shelters. Detail of the metal and glass leaf overhead.

• East Los Streetscapers (Wayne Healy and David Botello). La Sombra del Arroyo, 1995. Passageway between the MTA transit plaza and Union Station. A view of the section of the ceramic work.

• Fountain between the MTA transit plaza and Union Station.

• Ernesto Montano, Circular Motion, 1994, 300 W. Cesar Chavez Blvd.
  • Background information on the work
  • A brief biography of the artist
  • A short bibliography on the work

• For public art works at the Blue, Green, and Red metrorail lines, check the Metrorail Art page

• Glenna Boltuch-Avila and others. LA Freeway Kids, 1984, Hollywood Freeway (101), near Olvera Street

• Steve Rose, Designate a Driver, 1992. (DARE and LAPD). Hollywood Freeway (101) at Alameda.

• Steve Rose, Buckle Up, 1990. (LAPD). Hollywood Freeway (101) at Spring St.

• Willie Herron, Luchas del Mundo (Struggles of the World), 1984. (LAOOC). Hollywood Freeway (101) at Alameda

• Frank Romero, Going to the Olympics, 1984 (LAOOC). Hollywood Freeway (101) at Alameda.

• John Wehrle, Galileo, Jupiter, Apollo, 1983. (LAOOC) Hollywood Freeway (101) at Spring St.
  • Background information on the mural
  • A brief biography of the artist

• Judithe Hernandez, Recuerdos de Ayer, Suenos de Manana (Remembrances of Yesterday, Dreams of Tomorrow), 1982. (Los Angeles Bicentennial Committee/Crocker National Bank Foundation). Brunswig Grarage, Spring Street.
  • Background information on the mural
  • A brief biography of the artist

• Placita de Dolores, 1978.
  • Eduardo Carillo, Father Hidalgo in Front of the Church of Dolores, tiled mural, 1979.
    • Background information on the mural
    • A brief biography of the artist

• Leo Politi Blessing of the Animals, 1974-1978.

• Henry Lion, Felipe de Neve, 1728-1784, 1932.
  • Background information on the sculpture
  • Description of the sculpture from "A Survey of Important Sculptures in Los Angeles County", June 25, 1998, prepared by Sculpture Conservation Studio, Inc, and by Glenn Wharton and Associates, Inc.
  • A brief biography of the artist

• Federico Coullaut-Valera, Carlos III, 1976.
  • Background information on the statue
  • A short biography of the artist
  • A bibliography of resources

• Commemorative plaques in the pavement around El Pueblo/Olvera Street plaza.

• Ettore Cadorin, Father Junipero Serra, 1934.
  • Background information on the statue
  • Description of the sculpture from "A Survey of Important Sculptures in Los Angeles County", June 25, 1998, prepared by Sculpture Conservation Studio, Inc, and by Glenn Wharton and Associates, Inc.
  • A brief biography of the artist

• Isabel Piczek after Ilario da Viterbo, L'Annunciazione, 1981. Facade of Plaza Church
  • Background information on the mosaic
  • Brief biography of Isabel Piczek
  • A short bibliography of resources

• Campo Santo, photographed in February 2006.

• Reina de Mexico mural, north side of the Plaza Church, facing the parking lot.

• Luis Becerro, La Libertad, 1990. Olvera Street, opposite the El Pueblo Gallery.

• David Alfaro Siqueiros, Tropical America, 1934.
  • Background information on the mural
  • A brief biography of the artist
  • For additional readings about the mural, check the Olvera Street web site

• Avila Adobe, 1818. Restored after the 1971 earthquake. Oldest existing house in Los Angeles.

• Masonic Temple.

• Merced Theater, first Los Angeles theater.

• Pico House. Photograph of the Pico House taken in 1958.

• Fort Moore Pioneer Memorial, Henry Kreis and Albert Stewart. 1957. West of Hill St., north of 101 Freeway. (private and public sponsorship)
  • Background information on the memorial
  • Brief biographies of the artists