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Wilshire/La Cienega station is an under construction, underground rapid transit (known locally as a subway) station on the D Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system in the South East region Beverly Hills, California, at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard. [1]
Looking north on La Cienega from Santa Monica Blvd. Between Obama Boulevard and Manchester Avenue, most of La Cienega Boulevard is a divided, limited access expressway with few traffic signals. In the late 1940s, as part of the proposed Laurel Canyon Freeway, La Cienega was constructed to freeway standards with several grade-separated interchanges.
Wilshire Boulevard originated as one of the central pathways constructed by the Tongva tribes residing in the region prior to the exploration of the conquistadores. [6] At the time of the founding of Los Angeles, Wilshire Boulevard was one of the main arteries connecting the largest Tongva village in the area, then known as Yaanga, which eventually became Union Station, to the Pacific Ocean.
The D Line (formerly the Red Line from 1993–2006 and the Purple Line from 2006–2020) is a fully underground 5.1-mile (8.2 km) [1] rapid transit line operating in Los Angeles, running between Koreatown and Downtown Los Angeles. It is one of six lines on the Metro Rail system, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation ...
The D Line Subway Extension Project (formerly known as the Westside Subway Extension, the Subway to the Sea, and the Purple Line Extension) is a construction project in Los Angeles County, California, extending the rapid transit D Line (formerly the Purple Line) of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system from its current terminus at Wilshire/Western in Koreatown, Los Angeles, to the Westside region. [4]
The Los Angeles Metro Rail is an urban rail transit system in Los Angeles County, California, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA or Metro). The system includes 102 metro stations with two rapid transit (known locally as a subway) and four light rail lines, covering 109 miles (175 km) of route ...
Wilshire Boulevard was the precursor to L.A.'s highways — congestion nightmares. In the 1920s, it was so packed with traffic, city planners introduced traffic circles and then signals.
Beverly Fairfax Historic District. The historic Mission Revival style El Greco Apartments, built 1929.. Beverly–Fairfax (sometimes simply called Fairfax) [1] is a 3.2-square-mile neighborhood bordered by Willoughby Avenue on the north, Wilshire Boulevard on the south, La Brea Avenue on the east, and La Cienega Boulevard on the west.