Last stop for Track 16: Iconic gallery space becomes the train platform

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Bergamot Station in Santa Monica for nearly 20 years, but the building that houses the massive 13-thousand square foot wonder known as Track 16 will be razed soon, and in its place, a train platform will eventually rise for the Olympic and 26th Street stop. (Next door neighbor Robert Berman’s Gallery and Auction House has found other space on the grounds, but there’s no space to accommodate Track 16.)

Out back, where the train will be (The original image is no longer available, please contact KCRW if you need access to the original image.)

The workmen had already arrived last week to prep the site, even before the December 7th move-out date. I went to talk to Hollywood writer and producer Tom Patchett (“Alf,” “The Muppets Take Manhattan,” “The Bob Newhart Show”) who helped develop Bergamot Station back in 1994, when it was a warren of abandoned warehouses.