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Pico Boulevard is a major Los Angeles street that runs from the Pacific Ocean at Appian Way in Santa Monica to Central Avenue in downtown Los Angeles, California, United States. It is named after Pío Pico , the last Mexican governor of Alta California .
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
Los Angeles has synchronized its traffic lights. [11] [12] [13] The mean travel time for commuters in Los Angeles is shorter than other major cities, including New York City, Philadelphia and Chicago. Los Angeles' mean travel time for work commutes in 2006 was 29.2 minutes, similar to those of San Francisco and Washington, DC. [14]
The D Line (named the Purple Line in 2006; first leg to Westlake/MacArthur Park opened in 1993; to Koreatown in 1996) is a subway line running between Union Station in Downtown Los Angeles and Wilshire/Western station in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles Mid-Wilshire district. It was considered a branch of the Red Line prior to 2006.
The following diagram, based on an artistic map by the Hollywood Boulevard Association, and on newspaper advertisements [10] shows the major businesses along Hollywood Boulevard, from the intersection with Vine Street to the intersection with La Brea Avenue, in 1927 or 1928. There are a few relevant notes about major buildings added after 1928.
In many places the Avenues do not reflect the grid or the Los Angeles' numbering and naming convention. [5] For example: Pasadena Avenue is the east-west dividing street from Avenue 16 though Avenue 38 but Avenues 16 through 25 defy the naming convention and are prefixed "North" for west of Pasadena and "South" for east of Pasadena.
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.