Avenue of the Stars, Century City

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Avenue of the Stars
Century City, Los Angeles, California
South endPico Boulevard
Major
junctions
Olympic Boulevard
North endSanta Monica Boulevard

The Avenue of the Stars is the main thoroughfare in

Century City, Los Angeles, in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of California
.

Location

The avenue is one of the main roads in Century City, a neighborhood of West Los Angeles. It runs from the Hillcrest Country Club at West Pico Boulevard north to the Los Angeles Country Club at Santa Monica Boulevard.[1] It is crossed by Constellation Boulevard, West Olympic Boulevard, and two smaller streets: Galaxy Way and Empyrean Way.[1]

History

Like most of Century City, the land on which this avenue was built was originally part of a ranch owned by cowboy actor

20th Century Fox.[2] It was later sold to Alcoa, which hired real estate developer William Zeckendorf (1905–1976) to develop Century City.[2]

The first building on the avenue, the

Albert C. Martin, Jr. (1913–2006), was completed in 1970.[5]

More buildings in the central section of the avenue came later. For example, the

SunAmerica Center, located at 1999 Avenue of the Stars, and designed by the architectural firm Johnson Fain, was built from 1989 to 1990.[6] The 2000 Avenue of the Stars building was built from 2004 to 2007.[7]

Main offices

Avenue of the Stars, 1978

The high-rise buildings along the avenue are home to many offices and diplomatic consulates. Some of them include:

References

  1. ^ a b Google Map
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Gary Baum, Why Century City Ranks Among the Worst Real Estate Deals in Hollywood History, The Hollywood Reporter, September 26, 2013
  3. ^ Emporis: Gateway West Building
  4. ^ Emporis: Gateway East Building
  5. ^ Pacific Coast Architectural Database: 1900 Avenue of the Stars
  6. ^ Emporis: SunAmerica Center
  7. ^ Emporis: 2000 Avenue of the Stars
  8. ^ Consulate-General of Italy
  9. ^ Sharp, Steven (April 24, 2023). "Signs of activity for 37-story Century City office tower". Urbanize LA. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
  10. ^ "Annenberg Foundation: Contact Us". Archived from the original on June 25, 2014. Retrieved June 11, 2014.