
Project Description
Nationally renowned artist Donald Lipski has created a clock tower for the entrance to the new El Monte Station. The clocks, which were manufactured by a family-owned company that has been in operation since 1842, are functional and light up at night. Each clock has two faces, one with a Metro logo, which greets passengers boarding at the station, and the other with the El Monte City seal, which passengers see as they leave the station. The clocks are suspended by a cable system within a graceful stainless steel arch approximately 30’ high and 20’ wide.
The new El Monte Station replaces the El Monte Transit Center, located 12 miles east of the city of Los Angeles at the corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Ramona Boulevard in the City of El Monte. The center provides transit service on numerous lines for Metro, Foothill Transit, LAX FlyAway airport shuttle and Greyhound, and serves 18,000 customers a day.
Artist Statement
"Besides the utilitarian function of seeing the time, a clock tower establishes a focus, a sense of place. The very idea of a public clock speaks to history, stability, tradition and community. I will use street clocks based on a 19th century design, but used in a very contemporary and surprising way: three individual historic styled street clocks float aloft, suspended in a "web" of stainless steel cables. While the clock refers to and reflects the historic roots of El Monte, the sleek, minimal arch complements the new station's architecture, and propels these traditional clocks into the present day."
Other El Monte Station art stories on the Source:
- Source post: Monumental sculpture installation in progress at El Monte Station
- Source post: Monumental sculpture, Time Piece, to be installed at new El Monte Station
- Source post: Donald Lipski’s artwork, Time Piece, to be a Landmark for new Metro Transit Hub
About the Artist
DONALD LIPSKI has completed numerous large-scale public artworks across the United States, and is represented in the collections of some of America’s most esteemed museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), Walker Art Center (Minneapolis) and the Chicago Art Institute. He received the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome in 2000.
Locations: El Monte Station
- 7th St/Metro Center Station
- Metro Center Station
- Pico Station
- Grand/LATTC Station
- San Pedro St
- Vernon Station
- Slauson Station
- Florence Station
- Firestone Station
- 103rd St/Watts Towers
- Compton Station
- Artesia Station
- Del Amo Station
- Wardlow Station
- Willow St
- Anaheim St
- Fifth Street Station
- First Street Station
- Downtown Long Beach Station
- Pacific Av
- Washington Station
- Pacific Coast Highway
- Willowbrook/Rosa Parks
- A Line
- LATCC/Ortho Institute Station
- Jefferson/USC Station
- Expo/Vermont Station
- Expo/Western Station
- Expo/Crenshaw Station
- La Cienega/Jefferson Station
- Culver City Station
- Expo/La Brea Station
- Farmdale Station
- Palms Station
- Expo/Sepulveda Station
- Expo/Bundy Station
- 26th St/Bergamot Station
- 17th St/SMC Station
- Expo Park/USC Station
- Westwood/Rancho Park Station
- Downtown Santa Monica Station
- Allen Station
- Chinatown Station
- Del Mar Station
- Fillmore Station
- Heritage Square Station
- Lake Station
- Memorial Park Station
- Sierra Madre Villa Station
- South Pasadena
- Southwest Museum Station
- Highland Park Station
- Indiana Station
- Maravilla Station
- Mariachi Plaza Station
- Pico/Aliso Station
- Azusa Downtown Station
- Gold Line Bridge
- Alignment, Sierra Madre Villa Parking and Bus Facility
- Arcadia Station
- Duarte/City of Hope Station
- Irwindale Station
- Monrovia Station
- Atlantic Station
- East LA/Civic Center Station
- Little Tokyo/Arts District Station
- Lincoln/Cypress Station
- Union Station
- Soto Station
- APU/Citrus College Station
- Norwalk Station
- Lakewood Bl
- Harbor Freeway Station
- Vermont/Athens
- Aviation/LAX Station
- Mariposa Station
- El Segundo Station
- Douglas/Rosecrans Station
- Redondo Beach Station
- Long Beach Bl Station
- Florence/West Station
- Florence/La Brea Station
- Aviation/Century Station
- Avalon Station
- Hawthorne/Lennox
- Crenshaw/Vernon Station
- Crenshaw/MLK Station
- Crenshaw/Expo Station
- Florence/Hindry Station
- Willowbrook/Rosa Parks
- Crenshaw/Slauson Station
- Crenshaw/I-105 Station
- North Hollywood Station
- Van Nuys Station
- Valley College Station
- Woodman Station
- Sepulveda Station
- Woodley Station
- Balboa Station
- Reseda Station
- Tampa Station
- De Soto Station
- Canoga Station
- Alignment Landscaping
- Plaza and Alignment Lead Artist
- Chatsworth Station
- Nordhoff Station
- Roscoe Station
- Sherman Way Station
- Laurel Canyon Station
- Pierce College Station
- 7th St/Metro Center Station
- Metro Center Station
- Pershing Square Station
- Wilshire/Vermont Station
- Vermont/Beverly Station
- Vermont/Santa Monica Station
- Vermont/Sunset Station
- Hollywood/Vine Station
- Hollywood/Highland Station
- North Hollywood Station
- Universal City/Studio City Station
- Civic Center/Grand Park Station
- Hollywood/Western Station
- Union Station
- Westlake/MacArthur Park Station
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- Abeles, Kim
- Abramovic, Karl
- Acedo, William
- Adams, Lisa
- Adelman, Suzanne
- Adobe LA,
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- Aldrich, Lynn
- Alejandre, Abel
- Almanza, Eric
- Ambriz, Kristina
- Amescua, Michael
- Anderson, Jonathan
- Andres, Holly
- Antonakos, Stephen
- Appleton, Steve
- Argote, Carmen
- Arion, Katherine
- Askin, Walter
- Aspillera, Diana
- Asselin, Michele
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- Bell, Bill
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- Beniston, Christie
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- Brandt, Matthew
- Braunstein, Terry
- Brown, Karen Hochman
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- Carron, Lindsay
- Chang, Chusien
- Cheng, Carl
- Clarke, Lee
- (CLUI), The Center for Land Use Interpretation
- Cockcroft, Eva
- Comen, Sam
- Cosentino, Manny
- Cranston, Meg
- Davis, Michael
- Davis, Caryl
- Debora , Fabian
- de la Loza, Alejandro
- de la Sota, Raoul
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- Delgado, Roberto
- Delgado, Roberto L.
- De Magalhaes, Nzuji
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- Dierdorff, Christofer C.
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- Gamboa Jr., Harry
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- Goodin, Robert
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- Gruda, Larry
- Guyton , Tyree
- Hanami, Clement
- Heller, Danny
- Hernandez, Bodeck Luna
- Hernandez, Judithe
- Hernandez, Alepsis
- Hido, Todd
- Hollen, David
- Holliday, Hadley
- Hood, Walter
- Hsiung, Michael C.
- Hu, Iris Yirei
- Huggins, John
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- Isermann, Jim
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- Kahn, Ned
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- Legrady, George
- Leicester, Andrew
- Lenihan, Terry
- Leonard, Gary
- Lere, Mark
- Letelier, Francisco
- Lewis, Joe
- Light, Michael
- Lipski, Donald
- Llanos, Ronald J.
- Logoreci, Susan
- London, Laura
- Lopez, Jose
- Low, Sandra
- Loza, José M.
- Lozano, Jose
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