Lunchtime Photo

Kevin DrumMarch 23, 2022 – 12:30 pmMarch 22, 2022 – 8:54 pm19 Comments

This is the Hollywood/Highland station on the LA subway's Line B. I'm not sure what it's supposed to look like. Does anyone know?

February 21, 2022 — Los Angeles, California

19 thoughts on “Lunchtime Photo”

golack March 23, 2022 – 12:38 pm at

Battlestar Galactica fighter launch tube
1. Gilgit March 23, 2022 – 12:53 pm at
  
  Good eye.
2. SDSwmr March 23, 2022 – 4:46 pm at
  
  Yes, that's what it looks like to me too.
randomworker March 23, 2022 – 12:45 pm at

Your aorta.
dilbert dogbert March 23, 2022 – 1:19 pm at

Could be used for atomic physics research in its down time.
cld March 23, 2022 – 1:21 pm at

The World of Tomorrow inside the Superconducting Supercollider.

As when two trains meet and provide data for analysis.
David Patin March 23, 2022 – 2:02 pm at

Perhaps it's supposed to appear like the image in a mirror of a mirror. An infinite series of the image.
Manhattan123 March 23, 2022 – 3:45 pm at

A fancy station designed to increase ridership from 40 people a day to 80?
Salamander March 23, 2022 – 4:21 pm at

Tube for the future maglev trains.
D_Ohrk_E1 March 23, 2022 – 4:41 pm at

The orange lighting fixtures are clearly a metaphor for a flower. The four repeating fixtures on each column, further subdivided into 2 spreading petals, is a fairly literal representation but with an Art Nouveau flair.

The curved metal is multipurpose, first as a ceiling to hide the raw concrete structure, but also to mirror a modern high-speed rail aesthetic of a "tube". The overall layout -- with ribs and perforated panels -- are a nod to the legacy of LA decon.
dspcole March 23, 2022 – 5:30 pm at

I think it is a pic of my last colonoscopy
1. Steve_OH March 23, 2022 – 5:41 pm at
  
  Were they able to get all of the polyps?
2. cld March 23, 2022 – 6:40 pm at
  
  May I ask where you bought such an attractive colon?
  
  On my last colonoscopy they gave me a printout of scenic highlights from the tour, because I'm special.
  
  Had to be talked out of using it for a Christmas card. I had the most beautiful plans to decorate it. And, of course, I would have shared it here.
  
  Still can, actually.
  1. Salamander March 24, 2022 – 9:16 am at
    
    Okay.
KawSunflower March 23, 2022 – 6:26 pm at

Enjoyed the humorous comments & am thankful that I don't need to enter anything even remotely resembling that.
pjcamp1905 March 23, 2022 – 6:36 pm at

Discovery's turbo lift system? You know, the one that's bigger than the ship it is inside.
rick_jones March 23, 2022 – 8:17 pm at

It is supposed to look like a 25% markup from the cost of a utilitarian station.
OwnedByTwoCats March 24, 2022 – 9:49 am at

Reminded me of The Time Tunnel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Time_Tunnel
jeanpaulgirod March 24, 2022 – 3:03 pm at

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood/Highland_station#Design_and_architecture

Also, there's a better picture of the station here:

https://thesource.metro.net/2013/04/29/metro-art-rendezvous-may-art-tours/klein_hollywood%EF%80%A2highland-station-architecture/

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