Lau goes on to discuss the drawings, photographs, and book that is a part of the exhibit. Full Story

Clement Lau, a Los Angeles County planner, offers a review of the Central Library’s exhibit “No Further West: The Story of Los Angeles Union Station,” which was organized by the Getty Research Institute (GRI). The development of one of the city’s most noted landmarks involved long, drawn out battles in the community and in the courts, Lau writes, adding that the fight over the location extended stay hotels phoenix arizona of the station went all the way to the Supreme Court.
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