Below the awards

Hollywood/Highland station on L.A.'s Red Line (its "only subway").
(Click here to read a bit about what the designers had in mind.)

This is the station directly below the Kodak Theatre, where, of course the Oscars will be held next weekend. (Notice how I'm sort of tying this in with the other post from today--don't get your expectations up that this will happen again.) To give you some idea of what level of influence that has in this town, on the day of the telecast, not only will Hollywood Blvd. be barricaded (and covered with red carpet), but this station will be closed (I presume that means trains simply will not stop there). Not merely during the show. All day.

That's right. The Oscars will shut down mass transit in Los Angeles.
(Oh wait. That should have been the lead. Man, I'm not good at this. No wonder I don't work in television news.)

Under the underground

A triptych of photos from a Metro train station. That's right. I took pictures in a public place, which, in this era, is an act of rebellion.

Or it's just a way to capture some interesting angles in a way that's no threat to anyone. It's so difficult to distinguish those nowadays.

(Not that you'd really know this was in a train station unless I told you.)

Enjoy. Until "the man" shuts me down.





(Attention FBI: It just looks like that's an arriving train coming into the third shot. Because it is. But let's not dwell on that.)

On the way down

Heading down the tremendously long escalator to the Pershing Square station on L.A.'s Metro Red Line:
Above, the shot uploaded directly to this site.
And below, here's the exact same shot, when uploaded to flickr and referenced here:

Go ahead an click on them to see what the difference is.


Never let it be said I don't give my readers choices. Even ones they don't need.


Feel free to click on the Comments link below and offer your thoughts. Perhaps you've ridden an escalator and would like to talk about that experience, for example.

What if there's no light at the end?

Westbound tunnel from the Pershing Square station on the Metro Red Line.

Don't worry--the lights just keep going around the curve.