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Hancock Park

Hancock Park

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Hancock Park is a park in Miracle Mile, Los Angeles, California
Miracle Mile, Los Angeles, California
The Miracle Mile is an area in the Mid-Wilshire region of Los Angeles, California, consisting of a roughly one-mile stretch of Wilshire Boulevard between Fairfax and La Brea Avenues, and the surrounding neighborhoods . It is not to be confused with the Magnificent Mile in Chicago...

, which is the location of the La Brea Tar Pits
La Brea Tar Pits
The La Brea Tar Pits are a famous cluster of tar pits around which Hancock Park was formed, in the urban heart of Los Angeles. Asphalt or tar has seeped up from the ground in this area for tens of thousands of years. The tar is often covered with water...

, the George C. Page Museum of La Brea Discoveries, and LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is an art museum in Los Angeles, California. It is located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles, adjacent to the George C. Page Museum and La Brea Tar Pits....

. Hancock Park is, however, not in the neighborhood called Hancock Park, which begins approximately 1 mile to the east.
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Hancock Park is a park in Miracle Mile, Los Angeles, California
Miracle Mile, Los Angeles, California
The Miracle Mile is an area in the Mid-Wilshire region of Los Angeles, California, consisting of a roughly one-mile stretch of Wilshire Boulevard between Fairfax and La Brea Avenues, and the surrounding neighborhoods . It is not to be confused with the Magnificent Mile in Chicago...

, which is the location of the La Brea Tar Pits
La Brea Tar Pits
The La Brea Tar Pits are a famous cluster of tar pits around which Hancock Park was formed, in the urban heart of Los Angeles. Asphalt or tar has seeped up from the ground in this area for tens of thousands of years. The tar is often covered with water...

, the George C. Page Museum of La Brea Discoveries, and LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is an art museum in Los Angeles, California. It is located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles, adjacent to the George C. Page Museum and La Brea Tar Pits....

. Hancock Park is, however, not in the neighborhood called Hancock Park, which begins approximately 1 mile to the east.

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