Beverly Drive is a major north–south roadway in

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and Los Angeles. Beverly Drive looking South from Santa Monica Blvd 2015

Location

South Beverly Drive

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and intersects with Pico Boulevard before entering the city of

at Whitworth Avenue. Between

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and Wilshire Boulevards, it becomes markedly commercial, with dining and shopping establishments throughout. This street is the location of the original

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North Beverly Drive

North Beverly Drive begins northbound after Wilshire, with a continuation of luxury stores and restaurants. North of Santa Monica Boulevard it crosses

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and enters one of the city's more lavish residential neighborhoods. Before crossing Sunset Boulevard it approaches a broad and notoriously congested three-way intersection with Canon Drive and Lomitas Avenue, with Will Rogers Memorial Park at its northwest corner. At the intersection of Beverly and Sunset lies the historic

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, one of the city's most notable landmarks. It continues northbound to

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and Beverly Hills Fire Station #2, where arterial traffic merges onto

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and crosses the Santa Monica Mountains to connect with the eastern San Fernando Valley. It is possible to continue north on Beverly by turning left at the merger with Coldwater Canyon and passing west of the park. The terrain becomes noticeably hillier and later mountainous as the street enters the

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is directly to the east, and later,

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with its

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. The road ends just north of Desford Drive in Beverly Hills at a private residence.

References

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