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Historic Lankershim Depot restoration completion, October 30, 2014 by Metro Library and Archive Via Flickr: Photo by Gary Leonard for Metro harvested from The Source: thesource.metro.net/2014/10/30/historic-lankershim-depot-... Los Angeles County Supervisor and Metro Board Member Zev Yaroslavsky speaking at the event. Metro announced on October 30, 2014 that it has completed a $3.6-million restoration of the historic Lankershim Depot near the Metro Orange and Red Lines in North Hollywood. The train depot, originally built in 1896 and historically known as Toluca Southern Pacific Train Depot, has undergone a major transformation. About 70 percent of the original structure has been completely rehabilitated, with contractors completing a new building foundation and roof, electric and plumbing systems, platforms, signage and seismic upgrades. Metro contractors have also restored sidings, eaves, windows and doors. The Lankershim Depot was brought to its present-day site on rail cars and assembled by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1896, as the railroad built the first rail line through Toluca (North Hollywood). It is one of the few remaining wood-frame, 19th century railroad stations in Southern California. The depot started out as a high platform station for loading trains from a local packing plant and cannery industries and farms. In 1911 the Pacific Electric Company opened its line through North Hollywood and the station was incorporated into dual service by Southern Pacific and the Pacific Electric Red Car until the demise of the Pacific Electric in 1952. Metro began its first phase of restoration work in 2010 with the removal of contaminated soils, roofing and lead-based paint throughout the structure, along with the stabilization of the historic exterior woodwork. This latest phase of restoration for the depot’s exterior and foundation began in September 2013. Metro utilized $2.5 million from Prop C half cent sales tax monies and $1.1 million from the city of Los Angeles. Restoration work was conducted by West Covina-based DRP National Incorporated under contract to Metro. The Lankershim Depot is also part of 15.6-acre site in North Hollywood that is planned for future joint development. Within the next several months, Metro plans to submit a formal request to the development community seeking information and qualifications to build a large mixed-use development on Metro-owned parcels in the area. The depot itself is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Any future developer will be required to accommodate the depot’s protected historic status in its development plans.