This 26-by-65-inch horizontal panorama documents the W. 25th Street Station in Cleveland—a transit station serving the Ohio City neighborhood on the city’s near west side. The five-foot-plus width captures the station’s presence within the urban fabric of one of Cleveland’s oldest neighborhoods.

Created in 1993, the work documents transit infrastructure in one of Cleveland’s most dynamic neighborhoods. Ohio City, separated from downtown by the Cuyahoga River, developed as an independent municipality before merging with Cleveland in 1854. The neighborhood’s historic character—preserved nineteenth-century commercial buildings, the West Side Market, Victorian residential streets—makes it a counterpoint to the industrial landscapes dominating Hayashi’s Cleveland documentation.

The W. 25th Street Station represents Cleveland’s investment in public transportation linking neighborhoods to the downtown core. The station’s design and location reflect urban planning decisions about how people move through the city, the infrastructure of daily life rather than industrial production.

The horizontal format captures the station within its neighborhood context, the composition revealing relationships between transit infrastructure, commercial buildings, and the urban environment. The photo collage technique fragments this everyday scene while revealing the formal qualities of utilitarian architecture.

Ohio City has experienced significant revitalization since Hayashi’s documentation, the neighborhood’s historic character attracting investment that has transformed commercial strips and residential blocks. The transit station continues serving this changing population, infrastructure persisting while the neighborhood around it evolves.