Top: The Bowling Green subway station entrance in Lower Manhattan. Middle: Flood preparations at Lenox Terminal at 148th Street. Bottom: The now closed Brooklyn-Battery tunnel. Photos by Leonard Wiggins/MTA New York City Transit. Please see the N.Y. MTA's Flickr page for more photos.
Top — the doors to Grand Central Station in New York are locked Sunday evening. Middle — an empty subway station in Manhattan. Bottom — the signs at Grand Central say it all. Photos are from the New York MTA's Flickr page.
The update was posted earlier this week to the iTunes store. Here are the links for the iPhone app, the iPad app and the Android app. Here’s a rundown of the revisions: iPhone/iPad •Compatible with iOS6 •Schedule data is updated •New iPad-centric user interface •Minor bug fixes Android •Schedule data [continue reading]
It’s the weekend before Halloween! Get in the mood with Ghostbusters, screening at the Egyptian Theatre this Friday. The movie starts at 7:30 p.m. and general admission is $11. (Metro Red Line to Hollywood/Highland, Metro Bus 222 to Hollywood/Las Palmas) Can we get the Cookie Monster in the house? For [continue reading]
The Pasadena Symphony Association will be breaking down the barriers between musicians, concert halls, and the public with a new free performance series – Random Acts of Music. The first events in this ongoing series of public performances take place this evening. Members of the Pasadena Symphony will be performing at [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Climate of Doubt (Frontline PBS) Curious why climate change has [continue reading]
Love a great story? L.A. is full of them and many will be revealed this Saturday at USC as “L.A. As Subject,” the Los Angeles Archives Bazaar, offers unprecedented access to more than 80 collections of papers, books and other material. Documentary filmmakers, students, journalists, researchers and casual history buffs interested [continue reading]
Go visit the Hammer Museum on Thursday, Oct 25 at 7:30 p.m. to catch A Cooler Ride with Michael Lejeune, a free public lecture with Metro’s Creative Director. He’ll be talking about how he and his creative team apply bold design strategies to make public transportation cool. Go Metro and [continue reading]
Hmmm, wonder what Metrolink is trying to promote with this rail car! Here’s the news release from the regional commuter rail agency partially funded by Metro: Los Angeles – After experiencing record weekend ridership the weekend of Oct. 6, Metrolink is rolling out another eye-catching vinyl-wrapped train car – this [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wP64PEPsmk[/youtube] Taste of Soul, oone of L.A.'s largest street festivals, takes place this Saturday, Oct. 20 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Running down Crenshaw Boulevard between Stocker and Rodeo Road, visitors can sample great food from local restaurants, enjoy live entertainment and check out displays by local artists. [continue reading]
