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Transbay Terminal: The Last Days

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    • Loss-The LA Auto Dealership Series
    • Long Beach Warehouse
    • Transbay Terminal: The Last Days
    • Mare Island Shipyard
    • Interstate 5
    • Bay Bridge Project
    • Great Lakes Voyage
    • Industry at Night

About This Project:

The TransBay Terminal was built in an architecture style of a different time in the 1930s, designed by Timothy Pflueger. In 2008, I illustrated a book for Therese Poletti on Pflueger's work (still available on Amazon). When I heard it was being torn down, I wanted to pay my respects to this forlorn and under-appreciated facility. These images were shot in the last days before it was closed and demolished. Many of these images are in a permanent exhibit at the Metropolitan Transit Authority in Oakland, CA. It was shot in 4x5 film.

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