Metro is going through one of its dodecennial “Change Absolutely Everything!” moments, including re-naming the Orange Line (to the “K”-Line, no comment). The Orange Line was formerly cleverly named, as the extension of the original Red Line (which was cleverly named because it reminded people of the “Red Cars;” but now Cleverness and Colors Are OUT at Metro; the Red Line is demoted to the “B”-Line. I haven’t found out which is the “A”-Line, I bet it’s somewhere on the flash Westside.)
Anyway, the Orange Line is/was the pleasant trolley-bus hybrid that serves the Valley. Valley Village station is only a block from Home Sweet Home, and I’ve engaged with its public art since 2005.
The artist, Phung Truyng, teaches art at Los Angeles Valley College. Much of her work takes perspective from her Los Angeles history as a Vietnamese/Cambodian refugee.
It is the only art along the whole Orange Line that recalls the once-golden agriculture of the Valley, specifically oranges. (It also recalls our aerospace industry, and a superbloom of poppies.) Given my recent Orange Obsession, I thought it would be timely to share it, before Metro gets any other big ideas and suddenly takes the art out.
The Valley Village View 