Santa Monica Boulevard

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Santa Monica Boulevard
Santa Monica Boulevard in Century City
Part of SR 2 from Centinela Avenue to the Hollywood Freeway
Location
Nearest metro station B Line Vermont/Santa Monica
West endOcean Avenue in Santa Monica
Major
junctions
East endSunset Boulevard in Los Angeles

Santa Monica Boulevard is a major west–east thoroughfare in

Los Angeles County, California, United States. It runs from Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica near the Pacific Ocean to Sunset Boulevard at Sunset Junction in Los Angeles. It passes through Beverly Hills and West Hollywood. A portion of it is designated as California State Route 2
.

Route description

West Hollywood City Hall at 8300 Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood

The western terminus of Santa Monica Boulevard is at Ocean Avenue near the Pacific Ocean. From there until the

Westside
car dealerships are located on Santa Monica Boulevard.

After

California State Route 170 was at the intersection with Highland Avenue. Santa Monica Boulevard merges on its eastern end with Sunset Boulevard in the Sunset Junction neighborhood of Silver Lake
.

The south roadway of Santa Monica Boulevard, often called Little Santa Monica Boulevard in Beverly Hills, runs parallel to the state highway (north) roadway of Santa Monica Boulevard from the city's west limit to Rexford Drive. After Rexford Drive, Little Santa Monica turns east, becoming Burton Way. Burton Way merges into San Vicente Boulevard at its intersection with La Cienega Boulevard. It is noted that the south roadway of Santa Monica Boulevard in Beverly Hills is a city street while the north roadway of Santa Monica Boulevard is a California state highway, each roadway handling bi-directional traffic.

2020 protests

On May 31, 2020, local protests following the murder of George Floyd turned into riots which saw numerous buildings vandalized, looted and burned along Santa Monica Boulevard, with the most visible destruction being at the site of the popular Japanese-themed restaurant Sake House.[2] Wexler's Deli co-owner Mike Kassar stated to Eater that "Basically every food and beverage establishment for ten blocks got trashed".[2]

Transportation

an underground station on Santa Monica Boulevard at its intersection with Vermont Avenue
.

The Pacific Electric operated Red Car interurban trains and streetcars over Santa Monica Boulevard until 1953. The street hosted the company's South Hollywood–Sherman Line and Sawtelle Line as well as the Owensmouth Line and San Fernando Line which served the San Fernando Valley.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Santa Monica Blvd. Transition map". Lacity.org. 2005-04-12. Archived from the original on August 5, 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
  2. ^ a b Elliot, Farley (June 1, 2020). "Santa Monica Restaurants React in Aftermath of Police Brutality Protests". Eater. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  3. ^ "1981 Inventory of Pacific Electric Routes" (PDF). Caltrans. February 1982. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

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