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Los Angeles Streets, 11–40
This article covers streets in Los Angeles, California between and including 11th Street and 40th Street. Major streets have their own linked articles; minor streets are discussed here. These streets run parallel to each other, roughly east–west. Streets change from west to east (for instance West 11th Street to East 11th Street) at Main Street. Washington, 26th, and 37th/Bandini have crossings over the Los Angeles River Details 11th Street 11th Street has been renamed Chick Hearn Court between L. A. Live Way and Figueroa Street. 13th Street ''see Pico Boulevard'' 16th Street ''see Venice Boulevard'' 19th Street ''see Washington Boulevard (Los Angeles)'' 23rd Street One Metro E Line station: * LATTC/Orthopedic Institution 26th Street 26th Street has been renamed Adams Boulevard west of Long Beach Avenue. Metro Local line 37 runs on West Adams Boulevard, and Metro Local line 55 run on East Adams Boulevard. East of Santa Fe Avenue, 26th Street is an industrial street tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Barbara Avenue
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (also known as MLK Blvd or simply King Blvd; originally Santa Barbara Avenue) is an east-west thoroughfare in Los Angeles, California. It stretches from Obama Boulevard in Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw to South Alameda Street in Central-Alameda. Prior to 1983, the boulevard was known as Santa Barbara Avenue. Background Originally 40th Street, it was renamed Santa Barbara Avenue. The street was officially renamed to MLK Blvd on January 15, 1983. The name change to honor the civil rights leader reflected the large black community in that part of Los Angeles. The name change effort was headed by Tuskegee Airman, and local businessman Celes King III. The original location of the Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel was at the corner of Santa Barbara Avenue and LaSalle Avenue in the West Adams neighborhood. In a stand-up routine on the television special ''Bring the Pain,'' comedian Chris Rock once said, "Martin Luther King stood for nonviolence ... Now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streets In Los Angeles
Streets is the plural of street, a type of road. Streets or The Streets may also refer to: Music * Streets (band), a rock band fronted by Kansas vocalist Steve Walsh * ''Streets'' (punk album), a 1977 compilation album of various early UK punk bands * '' Streets...'', a 1975 album by Ralph McTell * '' Streets: A Rock Opera'', a 1991 album by Savatage * "Streets" (song) by Doja Cat, from the album ''Hot Pink'' (2019) * "Streets", a song by Avenged Sevenfold from the album ''Sounding the Seventh Trumpet'' (2001) * The Streets, alias of Mike Skinner, a British rapper * "The Streets" (song) by WC featuring Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg, from the album ''Ghetto Heisman'' (2002) Other uses * ''Streets'' (film), a 1990 American horror film * Streets (ice cream), an Australian ice cream brand owned by Unilever * Streets (solitaire), a variant of the solitaire game Napoleon at St Helena * Tai Streets (born 1977), American football player * Will Streets (1886–1916), English soldier and poe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Streets In Los Angeles
This is a list of streets in Los Angeles, California. They are grouped by type: arterial thoroughfares, commercial corridors, and other streets. Arterial thoroughfares Major east–west routes * Adams Boulevard * Beverly Boulevard * Century Boulevard * Exposition Boulevard * Hollywood Boulevard * Jefferson Boulevard * Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard * Obama Boulevard * Olympic Boulevard * Pico Boulevard * Roscoe Boulevard * Santa Monica Boulevard * Sunset Boulevard * Venice Boulevard * Ventura Boulevard * Victory Boulevard * Washington Boulevard * Wilshire Boulevard ;Major north–south routes * Avalon Boulevard * Beverly Glen Boulevard * Crenshaw Boulevard * Glendale Boulevard * La Cienega Boulevard * Laurel Canyon Boulevard * Lincoln Boulevard * Main Street * Reseda Boulevard * Robertson Boulevard * San Vicente Boulevard * Sepulveda Boulevard * Topanga Canyon Boulevard * Van Nuys Boulevard * Westwood Boulevard Commercial corridors * Pacific Coast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Streets, 41–250
This article covers streets in Los Angeles, California between and including 41st Street and 250th Street. Major streets have their own linked articles; minor streets are discussed here. These streets run parallel to each other, roughly east–west. Streets change from west to east (for instance West 1st Street to East 1st Street) at Main Street. Many of the elementary schools in South Los Angeles bear names of numbered streets. Details 44th Street 44th Street has been renamed Vernon Avenue, and is served by Metro Local: line 105. Two Metro Rail stations: *Leimert Park (K Line) * Vernon ( A Line) 72nd Street ''see Florence Avenue'' 79th Street 79th Street has been renamed Nadeau Street east of Central Avenue. 86th Street ''see Manchester Avenue, and Firestone Boulevard.'' 96th Street This street is a secondary street in South Los Angeles. Portions of it are renamed "Colden Avenue". It is also the site of the future LAX people mover station on Aviation Boulevard and 96th S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Streets, 1–10
This article covers streets in Los Angeles between and including 1st Street and 10th Street. Major streets have their own linked articles; minor streets are discussed here. These streets run parallel to each other, roughly east–west. Streets change from west to east (for instance West 1st Street to East 1st Street) at Main Street. All of these streets run through Downtown Los Angeles. In addition, many of the streets also run through Westlake and Boyle Heights. 1st, 4th, 6th/Whittier, 7th, and Olympic have crossings over the Los Angeles River; the others do not. Details See also * Los Angeles streets, 11–40 *Los Angeles streets, 41–250 This article covers streets in Los Angeles, California between and including 41st Street and 250th Street. Major streets have their own linked articles; minor streets are discussed here. These streets run parallel to each other, roughly east–wes ... * Los Angeles avenues * List of streets in Los Angeles References {{coord miss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obama Boulevard
President Barack Obama Boulevard, or commonly Obama Boulevard, is a major thoroughfare in the Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw area of the city of Los Angeles. It stretches from Baldwin Hills (past Baldwin Village and Crenshaw) to Leimert Park. History Previously called Rodeo Road (pronounced "rodeo" (RO-dee-oh) and not to be confused with Rodeo Drive (ro-DAY-oh) in Beverly Hills), it was renamed President Barack Obama Boulevard on May 4, 2019. The ''Los Angeles Times'' characterized the renaming as important for local residents because it honored the first African American President and was a symbol of resistance to the Donald Trump presidency. The city already has streets named after U.S. presidents, such as George Washington, John Adams, Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson, as well as a street named for Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.—the former " Santa Barbara Avenue", thus renamed, and commonly known since the early 1980s as "King Boulevard". Then-Senator Obama held a camp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Avenue (Los Angeles)
Central Avenue is a major north–south thoroughfare in the central portion of the Los Angeles, California metropolitan area. Located just to the west of the Alameda Corridor, it runs south from the eastern end of the Los Angeles Civic Center down to the east side of California State University, Dominguez Hills and terminating at East Del Amo Boulevard in Carson. From north to south, Central Avenue passes through Downtown Los Angeles, the areas of South Los Angeles (including Watts, Florence-Graham, Willowbrook), the city of Compton, and the city of Carson, which is part of the 17-city South Bay area of Los Angeles County. History Central Avenue had two all-black segregated fire stations. Fire Station No. 30 and Fire Station No. 14 were segregated in 1924. They remained segregated until 1956 when the Los Angeles Fire Department was integrated. The listing on the National Register says, "All-black fire stations were simultaneous representations of racial segregation and sourc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles County Department Of Public Works
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works (LACDPW) is responsible for the construction and operation of Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County's roads, building code, building safety, Sewage collection and disposal, sewerage, and flood control. DPW also operates traffic signals and intelligent transportation systems, drinking water systems in certain communities, operates five airports, paratransit and bus, fixed route public transport, administers various Environmental policy, environment programs, issues various permits for activities in the public roadway, and has a Department Emergency Operations Center that works in conjunction with the County Emergency Operations Center operated by the Sheriff's Department. The department is headquartered at 900 South Fremont Avenue in Alhambra, California. Services are provided primarily to the unincorporated county with some services provided to contract cities. Flood control and watershed management services are provide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. An African American church leader and the son of early civil rights activist and minister Martin Luther King Sr., King advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through nonviolence and civil disobedience. Inspired by his Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi, he led targeted, nonviolent resistance against Jim Crow laws and other forms of discrimination. King participated in and led marches for the right to vote, desegregation, labor rights, and other civil rights. He oversaw the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and later became the first president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). As president of the SCLC, he led the unsuccessful Albany Movement in Albany, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K Line (Los Angeles Metro)
The K Line is a light rail line running north-south between the Jefferson Park and Westchester neighborhoods of Los Angeles, California, passing through various South Los Angeles neighborhoods and the city of Inglewood. It is one of seven lines in the Los Angeles Metro Rail system operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA). It was opened on October 7, 2022, making it the system's newest line. The K Line represents the initial operating segment of the Crenshaw/LAX Line project, which began construction in 2014. A segment connecting to the C Line via a wye is expected to open in fall 2023; the C and K Lines will be integrated and services realigned at that time, although the service pattern has yet to be determined. A connection to the new LAX Automated People Mover is planned for late 2024. Service description Route The Metro K Line's northern terminus is at Expo/Crenshaw station, a transfer point to the E Line. The K Line stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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