Westlake/MacArthur Park station

Westlake/MacArthur Park is a heavy-rail subway station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system. It is located at Wilshire Boulevard and Alvarado Street, across from the park of the same name in Los Angeles' Westlake District. This station is served by the B Line and the D Line.

Westlake/MacArthur Park
South entrance to station
Location	660 South Alvarado Street Los Angeles, CA 90057
Coordinates	34.0570°N 118.2764°W / 34.0570; -118.2764
Owned by	Metro
Line(s)	B Line  D Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	"Kiss & Ride" passenger drop-off area
Construction
Parking	Extremely limited (19 Spaces)
Bicycle facilities	14 bike rack spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	in service
History
Opened	January 30, 1993 (January 30, 1993)
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station Wilshire/Vermont toward North Hollywood B Line 7th Street/Metro Center toward Union Station Wilshire/Vermont toward Wilshire/Western D Line
Location

The north entrance of the station. The red sign pillar uses the old design from 2003-2014.

Westlake/MacArthur Park is one of L.A.'s five original subway stations: when it opened in 1993, it was the western terminus of the Red Line before completion of the Wilshire/Western branch (now called the D Line) and North Hollywood branch (now called the B Line) later that decade.[1]

This station has two tile murals designed by Francisco Letelier, entitled El Sol (The Sun) and La Luna (The Moon). The station also has artwork by Therman Statom.

Right outside the station, MacArthur Park and a lively street scene of a largely Salvadorean, Guatemalan and Honduran population is in stark contrast to the Manhattan-like metropolitan environment one station to the east. The entrance to the station is only a few steps away from the landmark Langer's Deli, which is famous for its pastrami. Workers from downtown offices often jump on the B Line or D Line in order to have lunch there or send someone to pick up food for take-out. Langer's credits the Red Line's opening with saving their business in the late 1980s, when MacArthur Park's once glittering reputation had decayed to notorious at best. Langer's Deli is featured in one of 13 ceramic mosaic murals located inside the MacArthur Park station. The porcelain murals, by Los Angeles artist Sonia Romero and fabricated by Mosaika Art & Design, were named one of the best public art projects in the United States by the organization Americans for the Arts.[2]