2. Art

Terminal Annex, L. A.

Completed in 1938, the Annex was where mail was sorted after it arrived at neighboring Union Station. At its peak, 2,000 employees worked in the building. Here we focus on the art which decorates the bottom floor.
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Front view from the parking lot. Parking is free as long as you don't walk off the premises. Then parking is $6.00.
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Front view from the parking lot. Parking is free as long as you don't walk off the premises. Then parking is $6.00.

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  • Front view from the parking lot. Parking is free as long as you don't walk off the premises. Then parking is $6.00.
  • The domes make the building easy to find.
  • How do I gain access???
  • The other dome
  • One of the entry doors. Be prepared - it is VERY heavy.
  • Looking up the flag-free flagpole.
  • Artistic base of the flagpole
  • Artistic top of the flagpole
  • Identifying plaque. There is still a small post office in the building.
  • As usual, the people who did the work are at the bottom of the list.
  • The building is dedicated to postal workers who went to war and died. One in World War I and 13 in World War II.
  • The beautiful front hallway and the small post office on the left.
  • 80 years ago, there was a lot more activity in this building.
  • Artist Boris Deutsch was the creator of all of the half-moon ("lunette") shaped murals on the walls of the bottom floor.
  • Mural 1 - There were almost 1,400 murals by almost 850 artists commissioned by the federal government to be placed in post offices. Their purpose was to help people cheer up after The Great Depression.
  • Mural 2
  • Mural 3
  • Mural 4
  • Mural 5
  • Mural 6
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