Wilshire Boulevard (pronunced /'wɪlʃʊɹ/) is one of the principal east-west
arterial roadAn arterial road is a moderate or high-capacity road which is immediately below a highway level of service. Much like a biological artery, an arterial road carries large volumes of traffic between areas in urban centres...
s in
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,
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,
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. It was named for
Henry Gaylord WilshireHenry Gaylord Wilshire was a land developer, publisher and outspoken socialist who gave Wilshire Boulevard its name.-Biography:...
(1861-1927), an
OhioOhio is a Midwestern state of the United States. The thirty-fourth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the seventh-most populous with nearly 11.5 million residents...
native who made and lost fortunes in
real estateReal estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings, specifically property that is fixed in location.
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, farming, and
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mining. Henry Wilshire initiated what was to become Wilshire Boulevard in the 1890s by clearing out a path in his
barleyBarley is a cereal grain derived from the annual grass Hordeum vulgare. It serves as a major animal feed crop, with smaller amounts used for malting and in health food. It is used in soups, stews and barley bread in various countries, such as Scotland and in Africa...
field.
Running from Grand Avenue in
Downtown Los AngelesDowntown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, United States, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area...
to
Ocean AvenueOcean Avenue is a road in Santa Monica, California that starts at the residential Adelaide Drive on the north end of Santa Monica and ends at Pico Boulevard...
in the City of
Santa MonicaSanta Monica is a city in western Los Angeles County, California, USA. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is surrounded on three sides by the city of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood on the north, West Los Angeles on the northeast, Mar Vista on the east, and Venice on the...
, Wilshire Boulevard is densely developed throughout most of its span, connecting five of Los Angeles's major business districts to each other, as well as
Beverly HillsBeverly Hills is a city in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Beverly Hills and the neighboring city of West Hollywood are together entirely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles. The area's "Platinum Triangle" of wealthy neighborhoods is formed by Beverly Hills and...
and Santa Monica downtown.
Wilshire Boulevard (pronunced /'wɪlʃʊɹ/) is one of the principal east-west
arterial roadAn arterial road is a moderate or high-capacity road which is immediately below a highway level of service. Much like a biological artery, an arterial road carries large volumes of traffic between areas in urban centres...
s in
Los AngelesLos Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the second largest in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California...
,
CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
,
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It was named for
Henry Gaylord WilshireHenry Gaylord Wilshire was a land developer, publisher and outspoken socialist who gave Wilshire Boulevard its name.-Biography:...
(1861-1927), an
OhioOhio is a Midwestern state of the United States. The thirty-fourth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the seventh-most populous with nearly 11.5 million residents...
native who made and lost fortunes in
real estateReal estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings, specifically property that is fixed in location.
"Real estate" The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin...
, farming, and
goldGold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. It has been a highly sought-after precious metal for coinage, jewelry, and other arts since the beginning of recorded history. The metal occurs as nuggets or grains in rocks, in veins and in alluvial deposits. Gold is...
mining. Henry Wilshire initiated what was to become Wilshire Boulevard in the 1890s by clearing out a path in his
barleyBarley is a cereal grain derived from the annual grass Hordeum vulgare. It serves as a major animal feed crop, with smaller amounts used for malting and in health food. It is used in soups, stews and barley bread in various countries, such as Scotland and in Africa...
field.
Overview
Running from Grand Avenue in
Downtown Los AngelesDowntown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, United States, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area...
to
Ocean AvenueOcean Avenue is a road in Santa Monica, California that starts at the residential Adelaide Drive on the north end of Santa Monica and ends at Pico Boulevard...
in the City of
Santa MonicaSanta Monica is a city in western Los Angeles County, California, USA. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is surrounded on three sides by the city of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood on the north, West Los Angeles on the northeast, Mar Vista on the east, and Venice on the...
, Wilshire Boulevard is densely developed throughout most of its span, connecting five of Los Angeles's major business districts to each other, as well as
Beverly HillsBeverly Hills is a city in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Beverly Hills and the neighboring city of West Hollywood are together entirely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles. The area's "Platinum Triangle" of wealthy neighborhoods is formed by Beverly Hills and...
and Santa Monica downtown. Many of the post-1956
skyscraperA skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building. There is no official definition or height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper...
s in Los Angeles are located along Wilshire; indeed, one of the oldest and tallest is known simply as "One Wilshire."
Aon CenterThe Aon Center is a modernist office skyscraper located at 707 Wilshire Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles, California. Completed in 1973, it is the second-tallest building in Los Angeles at 858 feet high, and has 62 floors...
, at one point Los Angeles's largest tower, is at 707 Wilshire Boulevard in Downtown Los Angeles.
One particularly famous stretch of the boulevard between
FairfaxFairfax Avenue is a street on north central Los Angeles, California. It runs from La Cienega Boulevard with Culver City at its southern end to Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood on its northern end.Fairfax Avenue forms the western boundary of Hancock Park as well as Park La Brea, an 160 acre ,...
and
La Brea AvenueLa Brea Avenue is a prominent north/south thoroughfare in Los Angeles. Several museums are located along La Brea, and it is known for having many stores and eateries.-Description:...
s is known as the
Miracle MileThe 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...
. The area just to the east of that is referred to as the
Park Mile.
All of the boulevard is at least four
laneThe word lane has several meanings, including and especially:#a portion of a paved road which is intended for a single line of vehicles and is marked by white or yellow lines....
s in width, and most of the portion between Hoover Street and
Robertson BoulevardRobertson Boulevard is a street in Los Angeles that also passes through the incorporated cities of West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and Culver City....
has a raised center median. The widest portion is in the business district of central
WestwoodWestwood Village is a district in western Los Angeles, California, United States. Westwood is best known as the home of the University of California, Los Angeles . The eastern portions of the district are often thought of as a distinctly different neighborhood, Holmby Hills...
, where mobs of pedestrians crossing Wilshire at
Westwood BoulevardWestwood Boulevard is a street in Los Angeles that runs through the heart of Westwood Village and further south in West Los Angeles.Westwood Blvd begins south of Sunset Boulevard in the campus of UCLA as Westwood Plaza. After exiting UCLA, it is one of two major thoroughfares in the Village...
must traverse ten lanes (including two left-turn pockets). This and the nearby intersection of Wilshire and Veteran are among the busiest in Los Angeles.
Transportation
The
PurpleThe Metro Purple Line of the Los Angeles County Metro Rail is a heavy rail metro line in Los Angeles, USA.It is one of Los Angeles' two subway lines , and one of the five Metro Rail lines...
and Red subway lines of the
LACMTAThe Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is the state chartered regional transportation planning and public transportation operating agency for the county of Los Angeles, and is the successor agency to the former Southern California Rapid Transit District...
run along Wilshire Boulevard from just past the
7th/Figueroa Street station7th Street/Metro Center/Julian Dixon station in Los Angeles, California, United States serves as a major stop and transfer point for the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system. It offers transfers to the Red Line and Purple Line subways, and serves as the terminus of the Blue Line light rail line. It...
until
Vermont AvenueThe Wilshire/Vermont station is a transfer point for the Wilshire/Western Purple Line subway and the North Hollywood Red Line subway, located at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Vermont Avenue...
, where the Purple Line continues along Wilshire to terminate at
Western AvenueWilshire/Western is the Westernmost stop on the Metro Purple Line, located at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue. It has a center platform. Prior plans called for this subway to extend to Fairfax Ave. and then north into the Valley but due to political bickering, the line...
in
KoreatownKoreatown is a neighborhood in the Mid-Wilshire district of the city of Los Angeles, California. Home to a population of 340,000 and covering just under , it has the highest population density of all neighborhoods in Los Angeles...
, while the Red Line branches off to terminate in
North HollywoodNorth Hollywood station is the Northernmost stop on the Metro Red line located at Lankershim Blvd. and Chandler Blvd. in North Hollywood, California. This station has an island platform...
.
Metro LocalMetro Local is a bus service in Los Angeles County, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. This retronym designation was placed to differentiate it from the Metro Rapid service...
line 20,
Metro RapidMetro Rapid is a bus rapid transit system in Los Angeles County, California, mainly operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority with two routes operated by the Santa Monica Big Blue Bus...
line 720, Metro Rapid Express 920 and
Big Blue BusThe Big Blue Bus is a municipal bus operator in the Westside region of Los Angeles County, providing both local and bus rapid transit service, in Santa Monica and adjacent neighborhoods of Los Angeles.-History:...
line 2 operate along Wilshire Boulevard. Considerable discussion is underway to extend the Purple Line to Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, following Wilshire for most of its route: during the
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for Mayor of Los Angeles, ultimately victorious candidate
Antonio VillaraigosaAntonio Ramon Villaraigosa is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He was elected on May 17, 2005, defeating incumbent mayor James Hahn, and then re-elected for a second term in 2009...
pledged to begin construction on the Wilshire Boulevard subway.
The
Metro RapidMetro Rapid is a bus rapid transit system in Los Angeles County, California, mainly operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority with two routes operated by the Santa Monica Big Blue Bus...
line 720 operates along Wilshire and has been the object of considerable attention due to its significant growth in ridership since it started operating June 24, 2000. Due to its high ridership,
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articulated buses are used on this route.
Wilshire Boulevard was named by
Henry Gaylord WilshireHenry Gaylord Wilshire was a land developer, publisher and outspoken socialist who gave Wilshire Boulevard its name.-Biography:...
, a real estate developer from
OhioOhio is a Midwestern state of the United States. The thirty-fourth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the seventh-most populous with nearly 11.5 million residents...
who also owned a lucrative gold mine in
AspendellAspendell is an unincorporated community in Inyo County, California. It lies at an elevation of 8409 feet ....
, near
Bishop, CaliforniaBishop is a city in Inyo County, California, USA. is located near the northern end of the Owens Valley, at an elevation of 4147 feet . The population was 3,575 at the 2000 census...
. An historic apartment building, the Gaylord, across from the site of the Ambassador Hotel carries his middle name.
Traveling on Wilshire Boulevard (with the exception of late nights and Sundays) is difficult, as it passes through the busiest sections of Los Angeles. The Santa Monica and
BrentwoodBrentwood is a district in western Los Angeles, California, United States; it should not be confused with Brentwood, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California or the Brentwood area of Victorville, California....
portions are relatively tame, but the Westwood and
Beverly HillsBeverly Hills is a city in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Beverly Hills and the neighboring city of West Hollywood are together entirely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles. The area's "Platinum Triangle" of wealthy neighborhoods is formed by Beverly Hills and...
portions are almost guaranteed to have thick traffic. There are traffic lights on every block in Beverly Hills and the Miracle Mile.
The boulevard's widest portion is in Westwood and
Holmby HillsHolmby Hills is an affluent neighborhood in the district of Westwood in western Los Angeles. It is bordered by the city of Beverly Hills on the east, Wilshire Boulevard on the south, Westwood on the west, and Bel Air on the north. Sunset Boulevard is the area's principal thoroughfare which divides...
, where it expands to six, and briefly, eight lanes. Several tall glitzy condominium buildings overlook this part of Wilshire, hence earning its title of Millionaire's Mile. This section is also known as the Wilshire Corridor.
MacArthur Park Connection
Wilshire Boulevard formerly ended at the
MacArthur ParkMacArthur Park is a park in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, named after General Douglas MacArthur and designated city of Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #100.-Geography:...
lake, but in 1934 a berm was built for it to cross and link up with the existing Orange Street (which ran from Figueroa to Alvarado) into downtown Los Angeles. Orange Street was renamed Wilshire and extended east of Figueroa to Grand. This divided the lake into two halves; the northern one was subsequently drained.
Cities and Communities along Wilshire Boulevard (east to west)
- Downtown Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, United States, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area...
- Westlake
Westlake is a district in Los Angeles, California. It should not be confused with Westlake Village, an independent municipality in Los Angeles County near Thousand Oaks and close to the Ventura County line....
- Koreatown
Koreatown is a neighborhood in the Mid-Wilshire district of the city of Los Angeles, California. Home to a population of 340,000 and covering just under , it has the highest population density of all neighborhoods in Los Angeles...
(also known as Wilshire Center)
- Larchmont
Larchmont is the commercial heart of an area in mid-city Los Angeles, California. The area's geographical location within the Windsor Square neighborhood receives patronage from nearby Hancock Park, located to the west, and Hollywood adjacent to the north...
- Country Club Park
Country Club Park is a neighborhood in the Mid-Wilshire area of Los Angeles, California.-Geography and Transportation:Country Club Park's is bounded approximately by Olympic Boulevard to the north, Western Avenue to the east, Pico Boulevard to the south, and Crenshaw Boulevard to the west...
- Wilshire Park
Wilshire Park is a residential district in the Mid-Wilshire region of Los Angeles, California. Subdistricts include Longwood Highlands and the Park Mile.-Geography:...
- Hancock Park
Hancock Park is a historic and affluent urban neighborhood in Los Angeles, California.-Geography:Concerning usage of the term "Hancock Park," it is considered acceptable for residents of surrounding neighborhoods to say that they live in Hancock Park....
- Miracle Mile
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...
- Carthay
Carthay is a residential district in the Mid-City West region of Los Angeles, California.-Geography and transportation:Carthay is bordered by the Miracle Mile District on the north, Picfair Village on the south, the City of Beverly Hills on the north-west, and the Fairfax District on the north-east...
- Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills is a city in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Beverly Hills and the neighboring city of West Hollywood are together entirely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles. The area's "Platinum Triangle" of wealthy neighborhoods is formed by Beverly Hills and...
- Holmby Hills
Holmby Hills is an affluent neighborhood in the district of Westwood in western Los Angeles. It is bordered by the city of Beverly Hills on the east, Wilshire Boulevard on the south, Westwood on the west, and Bel Air on the north. Sunset Boulevard is the area's principal thoroughfare which divides...
- Westwood
Westwood Village is a district in western Los Angeles, California, United States. Westwood is best known as the home of the University of California, Los Angeles . The eastern portions of the district are often thought of as a distinctly different neighborhood, Holmby Hills...
- Sawtelle
- Brentwood
Brentwood is a district in western Los Angeles, California, United States; it should not be confused with Brentwood, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California or the Brentwood area of Victorville, California....
- West Los Angeles
West Los Angeles is a district in Los Angeles, California, within a larger region known as the "Westside."-Geography and transportation:The district is bordered by Santa Monica on the west, Brentwood on the northwest, the unincorporated Sawtelle Veterans Administration grounds on the north,...
- Santa Monica
Santa Monica is a city in western Los Angeles County, California, USA. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is surrounded on three sides by the city of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood on the north, West Los Angeles on the northeast, Mar Vista on the east, and Venice on the...
Landmarks along Wilshire Boulevard (west to east)
- Third Street Promenade
The Third Street Promenade is a pedestrian street in Santa Monica, California, United States. It is considered one of the premier shopping destinations in West Los Angeles and frequently draws crowds from all over Los Angeles County. Due to its proximity to the Pacific Ocean coupled with Los...
(Santa MonicaSanta Monica is a city in western Los Angeles County, California, USA. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is surrounded on three sides by the city of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood on the north, West Los Angeles on the northeast, Mar Vista on the east, and Venice on the...
)
- Wadsworth Theater
- VA Hospital (Veterans Affairs Medical Center West Los Angeles, in Sawtelle
Sawtelle is an area within West Los Angeles, California, that may refer to a district within the city of Los Angeles, an unincorporated area of the County of Los Angeles, or just the Veterans Administration Hospital and former veterans home....
)
- Los Angeles National Cemetery
The Los Angeles National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in West Los Angeles, at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Sepulveda Boulevard. The cemetery was dedicated in 1889. Interred there are war veterans, from the Spanish-American war, World War I, World War II, Korean War,...
- University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, in the United States. It was founded in 1919 and is the second-oldest general-purpose campus in the University of California system...
(nearby)
- Hammer Museum
For The Hammer Museum in Haines, Alaska, see Hammer Museum The Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Culture Center, or the Hammer Museum as it is more commonly known, is an art museum in Los Angeles, California. It is operated by UCLA's School of the Arts and Architecture.-Overview:The Hammer contains a...
- Sinai Temple
Sinai Temple is located in Westwood, Los Angeles, California. It is the oldest and largest Conservative Jewish congregation in the greater Los Angeles area. Architect Sidney Eisenshtat designed the current synagogue building, constructed in 1956 and expanded in 1998...
- Beverly Hills Ritz Hotel
- Los Angeles Country Club
The Los Angeles Country Club is a golf and country club in Los Angeles, California.- History :In the fall of 1897, a group of Los Angelenos organized a voluntary association to further the cause of one of Southern California's newest sports...
- Beverly Hilton Hotel
The Beverly Hilton is a hotel located on an property at the intersection of Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards in Beverly Hills, California, USA...
- The Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel
The Beverly Wilshire Hotel is at 9500 Wilshire Boulevard on the east side of South Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California. It was constructed by real estate developer Walter G. McCarty on the site of the former Beverly Hills Speedway. It was completed in 1928 , and was then known as the "Beverly...
- Rodeo Drive
Rodeo Drive of Beverly Hills, California is a shopping district famous for designer label and haute couture fashion...
- Canon Theater
- Wilshire Theater
The Wilshire Theater Beverly Hills at 8440 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California in the United States of America was known as the "Fox Wilshire" theatre when it opened on September 19, 1930 and also as the Wilshire Theater. The venue is now called Wilshire Theatre Beverly Hills.The Art...
- Consulate-General of Israel
- Petersen Automotive Museum
The Petersen Automotive Museum is located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles. One of the world's largest automotive museums, the Petersen Automotive Museum is a non-profit organization specializing in the education and history of the...
- Hancock Park
Hancock Park is a park in Miracle Mile, Los Angeles, California, which is the location of the La Brea Tar Pits, the George C. Page Museum of La Brea Discoveries, and LACMA. Hancock Park is, however, not in the neighborhood called Hancock Park, which begins approximately 1 mile to the...
- 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....
- 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...
- George C. Page Museum
- E. Clem Wilson Building
- Wiltern Theatre
The Wiltern Theatre and adjacent 12-story Pellissier Building are an Art Deco landmark located on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue in Los Angeles, California. The entire complex is commonly referred to as the Wiltern Center...
- Wilshire Boulevard Temple
Wilshire Boulevard Temple, founded in 1862 as Congregation B'nai B'rith, is the oldest Jewish congregation in Los Angeles, California. One of the country’s most respected Reform congregations, Wilshire Boulevard Temple's magnificent sanctuary, with its iconic dome and Warner Murals, the only...
- Radisson Wilshire Plaza Hotel
- Southwestern University School of Law
Southwestern Law School is a private ABA-accredited law school located in Los Angeles, California , with about 1,000 students on a campus that includes the Bullocks Wilshire building, an admired art deco landmark completed in 1929...
(in the former Bullocks WilshireBullocks Wilshire, located at 3050 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, is a 230,000-square foot Art Deco building.-Design:...
department store complex)
- MacArthur Park
MacArthur Park is a park in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, named after General Douglas MacArthur and designated city of Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #100.-Geography:...
(formerly Westlake Park)
- Good Samaritan Hospital
Good Samaritan Hospital is a hospital in Los Angeles, California, USA. The hospital has 408 beds.-History:Good Samaritan Hospital was founded in 1885, although the current hospital was built in 1976...
Major Intersections
The entire route is in
Los Angeles CountyLos Angeles County is a county in California and is by far the most populous county in the United States. Figures from the U.S. Census Bureau give an estimated 2008 population of 9,862,049 residents, while the California State government's population bureau lists a January 1, 2009, estimate of...
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Santa MonicaSanta Monica is a city in western Los Angeles County, California, USA. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is surrounded on three sides by the city of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood on the north, West Los Angeles on the northeast, Mar Vista on the east, and Venice on the...
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Beverly HillsBeverly Hills is a city in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Beverly Hills and the neighboring city of West Hollywood are together entirely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles. The area's "Platinum Triangle" of wealthy neighborhoods is formed by Beverly Hills and...
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West HollywoodWest Hollywood, a city in Los Angeles County, California, was incorporated on November 29, 1984. The latest residential population estimate was 34,675. The city is well-known for its nightlife, celebrity culture, and diverse atmosphere. The city has large gay, Jewish and eastern European populations...
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Los AngelesLos Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the second largest in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California...
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Figueroa StreetFigueroa Street is a street in Los Angeles County, California named for General José Figueroa , governor of Alta California from 1833 to 1835, who oversaw the secularization of the missions of California...
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Former US 6In the U.S. state of California, U.S. Route 6 is a short segment in the state from Bishop to the Nevada state Line. Prior to a 1964 highway renumbering project US 6 extended to Long Beach, California.-Route description:...
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