Olympic Boulevard (Los Angeles)
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Olympic Boulevard (formerly 10th Street) is a major
Its path runs parallel to and north of Pico Boulevard from Santa Monica to Downtown Los Angeles, and parallel to and south of Santa Monica Boulevard on its western end and Wilshire Boulevard past Beverly Hills.
Like other major Los Angeles streets, Olympic is at least four lanes in width. Unlike other east-west arterial roads such as
as a small neighborhood street.Olympic Boulevard is primarily a commercial, urban street. There is a grass divider with trees in the Santa Monica portion. Around
Olympic expands to six lanes starting east of Santa Monica and generally maintains a speed limit of 45 miles per hour (72 km/h). Even so, due to Los Angeles traffic, Olympic often becomes congested.
It was originally named 10th Street, but was renamed Olympic Boulevard for the 1932 Summer Olympics, as that was the occasion of the tenth modern event. Tenth Street School, at Olympic and Grattan, was founded in 1888 and has kept the original name. Parts of the old 10th Street exist as smaller streets near Hancock Park, in Westlake, and in the Central City East area southeast of Downtown.
Transportation
Bus service throughout Olympic Boulevard is served between Santa Monica and Century City by
There are two rail stations on the
Notable landmarks
- Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Los Angeles Branch
- The Grammy Museum
- LA Live
- Loyola Law School
- Sammy Lee Square, at the corner of Normandie Avenue[2]
- Los Angeles High School
- National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences headquarters
See also
- Byron B. Brainard (1894–1940), Los Angeles City Council member who accessed state money for the widening of the boulevard.