Historic Broadway station

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Historic Broadway
LACMTA Circle A Line.svg   LACMTA Circle E Line.svg  
Historic Broadway station platform, October 2023.jpg
Historic Broadway station platform
General information
Location202 South Broadway
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates 34°03′07″N118°14′46″W / 34.052023°N 118.246104°W / 34.052023; -118.246104
Owned by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsSee Connections section
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
ParkingPaid parking nearby
Bicycle facilities Metro Bike Share station, [1] racks, lockers
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJune 16, 2023;9 months ago (2023-06-16)
Previous names2nd St/Broadway
Services
Preceding station LAMetroLogo.svg Metro Rail Following station
Little Tokyo/Arts District A Line Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill
toward Long Beach
Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill
toward Santa Monica
E Line Little Tokyo/Arts District
toward Atlantic
Location
Historic Broadway station

Historic Broadway station is an underground light rail station on the A Line and the E Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located at the southeast corner of 2nd Street and Broadway in the Historic Core section of Downtown Los Angeles. [2] In planning documents, the station was originally going to be named 2nd St/Broadway. [3]

Contents

Historic Broadway was built as part of the Regional Connector project, a tunnel through Downtown Los Angeles. The station is sited in privately owned land and required an agreement with the property's owner, which reserved the right to build a high-rise building above the station entrance on the site in the future. It was constructed via the sequential excavation method, the first time Metro has utilized the process. [4]

Service

Station layout

SStreet plazaEntrance/Exit, faregates, ticket machines
CConcourseTo Entrance/Exit
P Platform levelNorthbound/
Eastbound
LACMTA Circle A Line.svg  A Line toward APU/Citrus College (Little Tokyo/Arts District)
LACMTA Circle E Line.svg  E Line toward Atlantic (Little Tokyo/Arts District)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Southbound/
Westbound
LACMTA Circle A Line.svg  A Line toward Long Beach (Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill)
LACMTA Circle E Line.svg  E Line toward Santa Monica (Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill)

Hours and frequency

A Line service hours are from approximately 4:30 a.m. and 11:45 p.m daily. Trains operate every 8 minutes during peak hours, Monday through Friday. During weekday midday and weekends from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., trains run every 10 minutes. Night and early morning service is approximately every 20 minutes every day. [5]

E Line service hours are from approximately 4:30 a.m. and 11:45 p.m daily. Trains operate every 8 minutes during peak hours, Monday through Friday. During weekday midday and weekends from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., trains run every 10 minutes. Night and early morning service is approximately every 20 minutes every day. [6]

Connections

As of December 10,2023, the following connections are available: [7]

Note: * indicates commuter service that operates only during weekday rush hours.

Notable places nearby

The station is within walking distance of the following notable places: [8]

Station artwork

Entrance to the station, with Bowers' The People United on display HistoricStationEntry.jpg
Entrance to the station, with Bowers' The People United on display

Historic Broadway station is home to four Metro Art-commissioned artworks.

The station's glass entry pavilion is wrapped in Andrea Bowers' The People United (“El pueblo unido jamás será vencido,” Sergio Ortega and Quilapayun; “Brown Beret 13 Point Political Program,” La Causa) which features text artwork of revolutionary slogans such as “El pueblo unido jamás será vencido” (the people united will never be divided) and “By independence we mean the right to self-determination, self-government and freedom.”

According to Metro Art, "the first text is often heard chanted at marches and political demonstrations around the world". It originated in Chile between 1969 and 1973 in support of Salvador Allende’s presidential election and evolved into an anthem composed by Sergio Ortega for the Chilean Popular Unity coalition. The second is taken from a mission statement of the Brown Berets, a Chicano civil rights group founded in East Los Angeles and active during the late 1960s and early 1970s." [9]

On the mezzanine level of the station, you can find Mark Steven Greenfield's glass mosaic named Red Car Requiem, a "sentimental tribute" to the Los Angeles Pacific Electric Red Cars. The artwork represents different destinations along a route, rendered in red, orange, and yellow hues of the Red Cars. It features a series of rosette-like clusters of curvilinear shapes that are connected by sweeping lines. Each rosette contains unique shapes that were once punched into Red Car passenger tickets. [10]

Along the walls of the station platform is a mural by photojournalist Clarence Williams, entitled Migrations , and a temporary lightbox art installation by Ralph Gilbert, Performance on the Streets of LA .

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References

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  2. "2nd St/Broadway Station". Archived from the original on October 26, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  3. "Actions taken today by the Metro Board of Directors". February 23, 2017. Archived from the original on May 13, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
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  6. "Metro E Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  7. "A Line (801) Timetable - Dec 2023" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
  8. "Downtown Los Angeles Destination Guide" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  9. "The People United ("El pueblo unido jamás será vencido," Sergio Ortega and Quilapayun; "Brown Beret 13 Point Political Program," La Causa)". Metro Art. October 18, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  10. "Red Car Requiem". Metro Art. October 18, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2023.