New stations at La Brea, Fairfax, and La Cienega connect Mid-Wilshire and the Miracle Mile to Koreatown and Downtown LA.
The Metro D Line Subway Extension expands the existing subway west from Wilshire/Western in Koreatown nearly nine miles along Wilshire Blvd to Westwood. The project is delivered in three sections that together improve access, reduce travel time, and strengthen connections between some of Los Angeles’ most active job, education, medical, and cultural centers.
Faster than traffic. Smarter than parking. The future of Wilshire Blvd runs underground.
Wilshire/Fairfax Station Artwork: Ken Gonzales-Day. For video click here.
Section 1 extends the subway from Koreatown to the Wilshire/La Cienega area, serving the Miracle Mile and surrounding neighborhoods (opens May 8, 206). Section 2 continues west through Beverly Hills and Century City, connecting major employment centers and regional destinations. Section 3 extends the line to Westwood, improving access to UCLA, major medical facilities, and the Westside.
Across all three sections, the project creates a reliable, high-capacity transit option that improves mobility along the Wilshire Corridor, one of the most heavily traveled routes in the region. The extension supports faster, more predictable trips, improves connections to the broader Metro Rail system, and provides a convenient alternative to driving. By expanding subway service through dense, high-demand areas, the project improves access to opportunity and supports more sustainable travel choices for residents, workers, and visitors.
About the work:
Inspired by the idea of transporting the body and mind, and by the station as an excavation site, Ken Gonzales-Day‘s glass-tile mural for the north and south concourse level walls aims to transport transit customers across time and place by immersing them in an environment where images of objects—spanning many cultures, continents and eras—mined from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s permanent collection are reproduced at an enormous scale. Gonzales-Day’s artwork will invite viewers to think about museum collections and their connection to the outside world in unexpected ways.
Image: Installation view of Ken Gonzales-Day, Urban Excavation: Ancestors, Avatars, Bodhisattvas, Buddhas, Casts, Copies, Deities, Figures, Funerary Objects, Gods, Guardians, Mermaids, Metaphors, Mothers, Possessions, Sages, Spirits, Symbols, and Other [LACMA] Objects
To read more about all three artworks at this station please visit The Source here.
To explore other Public Art Projects by Gonzales-Day visit link here.
To read more about Gonzales-Day’s project visit: LA Metro