Highland Avenue (Los Angeles)
SR 170 from Santa Monica Boulevard to US 101 | |
| Location | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
|---|---|
| Nearest metro station |   Hollywood/Highland |
| South end | La Brea Avenue |
| North end |  US 101 (Hollywood Freeway) / Cahuenga Boulevard |
| Queen and Washingtonia Robusta Palm Trees and Median Strip | |
|---|---|
  Location of Queen and Washingtonia Robusta Palm Trees and Median Strip in the Los Angeles metropolitan area | |
| Location | Highland Ave between Wilshire Blvd and Melrose Ave |
| Coordinates | 34°06′02″N 118°20′19″W / 34.100556°N 118.338611°W |
| Designated | 1972[1] |
| Reference no. | 94 |
Highland Avenue is a north–south road in
Mid-City Los Angeles on the south end. Highland then is a small residential street from Olympic Boulevard south to Adams Boulevard. For through access, Highland swerves west into Edgewood Place which accesses La Brea Avenue
.
Highland runs parallel to La Brea Avenue on the west and
Hancock Park
.
At the northern end of Highland is the
Hollywood/Highland Metro station for the B Line
subway to Downtown and the Valley.
Half a block further south is the
Max Factor
Building, which houses a collection of items from the history of motion pictures and television.
Hollywood High School, the alma mater for many celebrities, is located on the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Highland.
Further south, near
palm trees, between Melrose Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard, was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1972.[1] The Queen palms (Syagrus romanzoffiana) and Mexican fan palms (Washingtonia robusta)
were planted in 1928.
For most of its length Highland is four lanes wide, but narrows to two lanes south of Wilshire Boulevard.
Metro Local
line 656 runs along Highland Avenue from Santa Monica Boulevard north, and on to the Valley.
The segment from the US 101 Freeway south to
California State Route 170. California's legislature has since relinquished state control of that segment, and thus that portion is now maintained by the City of Los Angeles.[2]
Landmarks
- Hollywood Bowl
- Hollywood High School
- Highland Avenue parkway palms[1]
References
- ^ a b c Department of City Planning. "Designated Historic-Cultural Monuments". City of Los Angeles. Archived from the original on 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
- ^ "CA Codes (shc:300-635)". Leginfo.ca.gov. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
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