An End Light Rail Station, 19th Avenue And Montebello

The light rail station on 19th Avenue and Montebello is an end station.  You can't go any further North, at least not for a few more years.  Extensions are in the works, but it's will take some time.  This station ends at a mall and a busy intersection.  It's amazing how open the space around it is.  It an area ready to be built up, awaiting another boom or a deluge of people to Central Phoenix. 

It's not easy to find the public art here.  You'll need to look up and the description below the photo from the Metro Art Book, describes it well.

(Photos: Artur Ciesielski)

Light Rail Public Art From The 'Metro Art Book'

A terminus station on the METRO light rail starter line, the 19th Avenue and Montebello station is one of the tallest. Its high profile was designed to provide shade during the sometimes blistering morning and late afternoon hours. The artwork, 76 dichromatic panels hung across the top of the station columns, compliments this silhouette.

Phoenix-based artist Bob Adams served as the design team artist for this first section of the light rail project. Teamed with architects who shared his sleek, modernist aesthetic he worked to create a clean but dynamic design for this changing neighborhood.

Extending the entire length of the station, the panels are perforated in various sizes and placed directly across from each other to create a moiré effect. This, combined with the metallic purple/green dichromatic paint creates a constantly shifting pattern that is set into motion by the movement of both train and traffic. The art acts as a shifting reflection
of the passage of time and motion, a visual refraction of the light and activity around it.