MTA to restore 117 year old North Hollywood station

[rubbertoe]

Restoration starts today per Progressive Railroading:
www.progressiverailroading.com/prdailynews/news.asp?id=37763

Here are a couple shots of the currently fenced off station:

There is no indication in the article what they plan on doing after the restoration. The Pasadena station at Del Mar that was restored is doing a booming business, with two restaurants currently in the space. There are a couple other businesses right next door too, including a pretty famous sushi bar. If it's all about location, then they couldn't possibly find a better one...





RT

[rubbertoe]

Well, Google is your friend. Plans not totally figured out yet, but here is a quote from the following story about what one of the bidders might do: "His vision for the depot would include two historic train cars displayed by the Orange Empire Train Museum, including either an original or replica Red Car trolley. It would also include a visitor center, MTA ticket center, a food vendor, a produce stand, a gift store and a magazine stand. He also said he is working with the Museum of the San Fernando Valley to operate a historical museum at the depot as part of the plan."

And the story:
northhollywood.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/mta-planning-on-refurb

That story links to the following story which has some nice original pictures:
northhollywood.patch.com/groups/business-news/p/history-of-the-119-year-old-north-hollywood-train-depot

RT

[skater]

I really like the idea of a Meuse and MTA ticket center. Previously I had assumed that the construction taking place was for the pedestrian tunnel under Lankershim.

Here is how the train depot looked on Saturday:

[Gokhan]

This is nice.

Palms Depot, located at Vinton Ave on the Expo Line tracks, was rescued in mid-1970s and now it's the welcome center of the Heritage Square Museum. Imagine what would have happened to it by the graffiti vandals in the area.