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MacArthur Park (originally Westlake Park) [2] is a park dating back to the late 19th century in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. In the early 1940s, it was renamed after General Douglas MacArthur , and later designated City of Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #100.
A historic apartment building on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and South Kenmore Avenue, the Gaylord, carries his middle name. [13] [14] Wilshire Boulevard formerly ended at the MacArthur Park lake, but in 1934 a berm was built for it to cross and link up with the existing Orange Street (which ran from Figueroa to Alvarado) into downtown Los ...
Westlake/MacArthur Park station is an underground rapid transit, known locally as a subway, station on the B Line and D Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located near the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Alvarado Street in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Westlake, after which the station is named, along with MacArthur Park, which is located across the street.
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. It was ...
MacArthur Park. Land acquired on January 6, 1886. Lake enlarged in 1890 and bandstand erected in 1896. Renamed MacArthur Park from Westlake Park in 1942. Mother Trust Superet Center, 2506-2522 W. Third Street; Park Wilshire Building, 2424 Wilshire Boulevard. Built in 1923, designed by Clarence H. Russell and Norman W. Alpaugh.
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MOS-2A, consisting of three stations from Westlake/MacArthur Park to Wilshire/Western, opened on July 13, 1996, although only one station on this section (Wilshire/Vermont) is on today's B Line. MOS-2B, consisting of five stations from Wilshire/Vermont to Hollywood/Vine, opened on June 12, 1999. [11]
Read more:LA Times Today: L.A. moves to close Wilshire Boulevard through MacArthur Park. Ed Reyes, the City Council rep in Westlake at the time, ...