1301 PE presents photographs by Ken Karagozian that document the construction of the D Line Subway Extension, capturing both the monumental scale of the project and intimate portraits of the workers who built it. Stretching nine miles from Koreatown to Westwood, the D Line is the longest subway ever tunneled through tar-infested sands and the most expensive project in Metro history. The photographs tell a universal story about what it means to be an Angeleno today.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a new book, Wilshire Subway: The Making of the D Line Subway Extension, a photographic cultural history of the construction project written and edited by India Mandelkern and photographed by Karagozian.