Reflective Mountain Peaks Transform 1936 Gas Station
Glendale, CA · November 9, 2026
If the morning sun catches your eye along Palmer Avenue today, blame the shimmering folds of translucent fabric suspended inside the old Adams Square pumps. Take a slow roll past the glass walls before the workweek picks up steam.
The Lead
The historic 1936 Streamline Moderne gas station at Adams Square Mini Park has officially taken on a second life as an ethereal canyon. Following Sunday afternoon's artist reception hosted by the Adams Hill Neighborhood Association, Los Angeles architect and designer Yuntao Xu’s installation, Estranged Landscape, is now fully illuminated and open for daily viewing. Funded by the Arts & Culture Commission’s Urban Art Program, the project reimagines local mountain topography inside the building's four glass-enclosed walls. Xu suspended undulating swathes of lightweight, reflective textiles and fuzzy fabrics from the ceiling, illuminated by color-shifting lights that shift tones throughout the day to mirror the contours of the Verdugos. For a neighborhood park centered around historic preservation, the temporary display turns an otherwise static roadside landmark into an evolving public gallery. The installation remains illuminated and on view at 1020 East Palmer Avenue through January 8.
Local Pulse
Council Resumes Water Rate Hike Hearing Tuesday City Hall Residents can submit written protests or testify before councilmembers vote on the five-year utility rate restructuring plan.
Conservancy Secures 20-Acre Canyon Wildlife Preserve Parks The new Alzada Preserve permanently protects crucial foothill acreage linking local mountain ranges for bobcats and deer.
City Imposes Holiday Construction Moratorium Next Week Roads Glendale pauses major street excavations starting November 16 to keep commercial shopping corridors clear through the holidays.
Today's Outlook
- High 87°F · Low 59°F — Overcast
- Keep light layers handy as unseasonable warmth lingers beneath persistent high cloud cover.
What's On Around Town
Today
- Montrose Library Blood Drive Montrose Library (2465 Honolulu Ave), 11:00 AM–5:00 PM · Free Support regional blood supplies with a quick donation in the village.
- Tween Space Pacific Park Library (501 S Pacific Ave), 2:00–4:00 PM · Free Drop in for self-directed craft making, board games, and STEAM challenges.
- Open Art Cart Grandview Library (1535 5th St), 2:00–4:00 PM · Free Stock up on creative supplies for afternoon family art projects.
Tomorrow
- Kids Club with Jam with Jamie The Americana at Brand (889 Americana Way), 10:00 AM · Free
- Veterans Day BBQ Glendale Community College Student Center (1500 N Verdugo Rd), 11:30 AM–2:00 PM · $5–8
- Glendale City Council Meeting Glendale City Hall (613 E Broadway), 6:00 PM · Free
Wednesday
- City of Glendale Veterans Day Celebration Glendale Fire Station 21 (421 Oak St), 11:00 AM–1:00 PM · Free
- Annual Veterans Day Ceremony Forest Lawn Memorial-Park (6300 Forest Lawn Dr), Los Angeles, 11:00 AM · Free
Spotlight & Story
- Casa Adobe de San Rafael
- Registered as California Historical Landmark No. 235, this 1.6-acre retreat on Dorothy Drive was carved from a 100-acre parcel gifted to Maria Sepulveda in 1867. Her husband, Los Angeles County Sheriff Tomás Avila Sanchez, shaped its sun-dried adobe bricks by hand in 1865.
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