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The block of Los Angeles Street that runs by the Old Plaza was originally known as "Calle de los Negros" or "Alley of the Black People". On late 19th century maps it is also marked with a contemporary English translation of that phrase, Nigger Alley. [1]
This is a list of notable streets in Los Angeles, California. They are grouped by type: arterial thoroughfares , commercial corridors, and other streets. Arterial thoroughfares
Streets in the City of Los Angeles — one of 88 cities in Los Angeles County, Southern California. Many major streets and roads extend beyond the LA city limits, into other communities of LA County. v
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, [1] and Olympic have crossings over the Los Angeles River; the others do not.
This is a list of notable districts and neighborhoods within the city of Los Angeles in the U.S. state of California, present and past.It includes residential and commercial industrial areas, historic preservation zones, and business-improvement districts, but does not include sales subdivisions, tract names, homeowners associations, and informal names for areas.
The avenue numbers generally reflect the Los Angeles street grid beginning with Avenue 16 at the 1600 block north of 1st Street in Downtown through Avenue 67 at the 6700 block in Highland Park. [4] North of the Los Angeles River Pasadena Avenue and Figueroa Street assume the role of Main Street and divide house numbers on streets running east ...
Comparing Brightwell's map with the Mapping LA Project, Jenna Chandler, the editor of Curbed Los Angeles, wrote that Brightwell's map of 472 neighborhoods "looks more accurate than the neighborhood maps compiled by the Los Angeles Times." [8] Additionally, Elizabeth Fuller of The Larchmont Buzz said that Brightwell's map was a much more fine ...
Los Angeles, [a] often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.With an estimated 3,820,914 residents within the city limits as of 2023, [8] it is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind only New York City; it is also the commercial, financial and cultural center of Southern California.