by Kim Cooper | Jun 26, 2017 | The Esotouric Blog
Update 8/8/2023: On a recent trip to Hill Street, when passing the Subway Terminal Building we were intrigued to see a cherry picker parked under the arch of the long shuttered ticket concourse, with the pendant lamp and mosaic frieze wrapped in protective plastic....
by Kim Cooper | Dec 29, 2016 | The Esotouric Blog
Gentle reader… As we slam the door on 2016, it’s time for that annual Esotouric tradition: our very opinionated list of the past year’s Top Los Angeles Historic Preservation Stories. Because preservation is never as simple as buildings being lost forever or rescued...
by Kim Cooper | Aug 9, 2016 | The Esotouric Blog
The Subway Terminal Building was erected in 1925 in the 400 block of South Hill Street, in response to congestion in the growing metropolis of Los Angeles. Here, for thirty bustling years, passengers descended into a cavernous station, where they boarded Hollywood-...
