of a Navajo blanket. Colter also designed a sleek, Streamline Moderne cocktail lounge. The restaurant closed in 1967 and for decades remained largely empty, used only for the occasional film shoot or special event. In October 2018, following a four-year renovation process, the dining room re-opened as the "Imperial Western Beer Co.," a restaurant and bar with its own attached brewery, and the cocktail lounge re-opened as "The Streamliner," a smaller craft cocktail bar. Even with its grand scale, Union Station is still considered small in comparison to other union stations. Public art Although Union Station contains no distinct sculptures or artworks from its early years, Metro rail development in the 1990s funded the installation of a variety of notable public art murals and sculptural installations for the station's new subterranean lobbies, portals and subway platforms. The following Union Station public artworks include murals, granite seating sculptures, electronic wall-mounted art, glass mosaics, and a river-themed sculptural installation incorporating found objects from the subway excavation and an aquarium of native sea life. L.A.: City of Angels (1993) by Cynthia Carlson Traveler (1993) by Terry Schoonhoven Union Chairs (1993) by Christopher Sproat La Sombra del Arroyo (1995) by East Los Streetscapers City of Dreams (1996) by Richard Wyatt Jr. River of History (1996) by May Sun Riverbench (1996) by May Sun and Paul Diez A-Train (1996) by Bill Bell Solar Shift: San Bernardino and Santa Monica (2006) by Roy Nicholson Location Union Station is located in the northeastern corner of Downtown Los Angeles, on the property bounded by Alameda Street, Cesar Chavez Avenue, Vignes Street, and the Hollywood Freeway. It is across Alameda Street from L.A.'s historic Olvera Street and El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park. The historic Terminal Annex building is on the opposite side of the Chavez Avenue underpass. Chinatown and Civic Center are a short distance away. The site of the Tongva village of Yaanga, which was "believed to have been the largest of the Tongva villages," was in the vicinity. The Patsaouras Transit Plaza on the east side of Union Station hosts several connecting bus lines, including Metro Local, Metro Rapid and Metro Express lines, as well as downtown DASH shuttles, many municipal bus lines, FlyAway express bus service to Los Angeles International Airport, and University of Southern California campus shuttles. The Transit Plaza is named after Nick Patsaouras, former RTD board member and advocate for