Laurel Canyon Boulevard
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Laurel Canyon Boulevard is a major street in the city of
From the intersection with Webb Avenue, Laurel Canyon Boulevard heads due south, cutting through
Laurel Canyon itself found counterculture fame in the 1960s as home to many of L.A.'s top rock musicians, such as Frank Zappa. The bohemian spirit endures; every year, residents gather for a group photograph at the country market. Laurel Canyon Boulevard was also immortalized by The Doors in their 1968 song "Love Street."
Laurel Canyon Boulevard crosses
South of Ventura Boulevard in Studio City, Laurel Canyon Boulevard ascends the Santa Monica Mountains, where it maintains a width of four lanes until the intersection of Mulholland Drive. The road climbs up Lookout Mountain before descending into West Hollywood, passing through Hollywood Boulevard. Laurel Canyon Boulevard’s southern terminus is at its intersection with Sunset Boulevard and Crescent Heights Boulevard.
Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Coldwater Canyon Avenue to the west between the southern San Fernando Valley and West Hollywood are also popular alternate routes to the Hollywood Freeway (US 101) during rush hour.
Laurel Canyon Freeway
The Laurel Canyon Freeway was to have been a north-south
Its proposed alignment was from the intersection of the Hollywood Freeway (U.S. Route 101) and the Ventura Freeway (California State Route 134) in the southeastern San Fernando Valley — to the San Diego Freeway (I-405) near Los Angeles International Airport.[1]
However, the emerging popularity of Laurel Canyon as a movie star enclave in the 1960s ultimately doomed the project. The only portion of the freeway that was built was a small section of La Cienega Boulevard through the Baldwin Hills district of southwestern Los Angeles.[2]
History
In 1919 Harry Houdini rented the cottage[A] at 2435 Laurel Canyon Boulevard, while making movies for Lasky Pictures. His wife occupied it for a time after his death. As of 2011 that site was a vacant lot.[3] The main mansion building itself was rebuilt after it was destroyed in the 1959 Laurel Canyon fire,[4] and is now a historic venue.[5] While Houdini did not likely live at the "mansion," there is some probability that his widow did.[6]
References
Notes
- ^ "Not the home, which was sensationally dubbed "the Houdini mansion" when it burned in 1959.[3] It should not be confused with houses of Houdini.
Citations
- ^ Washington, Colin Cab - 4 freeways that did not get built in LA (and why) KCRW December 22, 2017
- ^ Ballard, Michael F. - La Cienega Boulevard – Baldwin Hills
- ^ a b "Houdini's Homes: Houdini owned homes in New York and California". magictricks.com. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
- ^ "Laurel Canyon Fire, July 10, 1959".
- ^ "Welcome to the Houdini Estate". The Houdini Estate. Archived from the original on February 6, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
- ^ Cox, John (March 30, 2012). "Inside the Laurel Canyon Houdini Estate". Wild About Harry. Retrieved February 5, 2017.