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English: Location map of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area — which encompasses Los Angeles County and Orange County in Southern California. Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 120.0 %. Geographic limits of the map:
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.
Mission Road is a major north-east south-west arterial street in the city of Los Angeles. It serves primarily as an alternative route to get to and from the Downtown Los Angeles area and the San Gabriel Valley. Part of the road is considered a portion of El Camino Real.
Westchester began the 20th century as an agricultural area, growing a wide variety of crops in the dry, farming-friendly climate. The rapid development of the aerospace industry near Mines Field (as the Los Angeles Airport was then known), the move of then Loyola University to the area in 1928, and population growth in Los Angeles as a whole created a demand for housing in the area.
In the 1924 Major Street Traffic Plan for Los Angeles, a widening of Figueroa Street to San Pedro as a good road to the Port of Los Angeles was proposed. [11] Progress was slow, [12] and, in 1933, the state legislature added the entire length to the state highway system as Route 165, an unsigned designation.
Between Chavez Ave., Main St., Los Angeles St. and Plaza Old Plaza District: Historic district at site of the city's original settlement; includes many of the city's oldest and most historic buildings. 66: St. Paul's Cathedral [3] May 6, 1970: 615 S. Figueroa St. Downtown Los Angeles: Episcopal cathedral built in 1920s; demolished in 1979. 69
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 ...
Western Avenue is a major four-lane street in the city of Los Angeles (west of Downtown) and through the center portion of Los Angeles County, California. It is one of the longest north–south streets in Los Angeles city and county, apart from Sepulveda Boulevard. It is about 29 miles (47 km) long.