Sunset Boulevard
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Nearest metro station | SR 110/Figueroa Street in Downtown Los Angeles |
Sunset Boulevard is a
Geography
Approximately 23.6 miles (38 km) in length,
From Downtown Los Angeles, the boulevard heads northwest, to
The boulevard has curvaceous winding stretches, and can be treacherous for unalert drivers in some sections. Sunset Boulevard is at least four lanes wide along its entire route. Sunset is frequently congested with traffic loads beyond its design capacity.
Sunset Boulevard historically extended farther east than it does now, starting at Alameda Street near
History
In 1877, Harvey Henderson Wilcox, one of the earlier real estate owners from "back East", decided to subdivide more than 20 acres (8.1 ha) of land (mostly orchards and vineyards) along Sunset Boulevard, including what is today Hollywood and Vine.[3]
In 1890, Belgian diplomat Victor Ponet bought 240 acres (97 ha) of the former Rancho La Brea land grant.[4] His son-in-law, Francis S. Montgomery, inherited this property and created Sunset Plaza.[5][irrelevant citation]
According to a 1901 article in the
In 1921 a westward expansion of Sunset began, extending the road from the then-current terminus at
In 2015, a motorcyclist was killed in an incident on Sunset Blvd .[17]
Cultural aspects
The Sunset Strip portion of Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood has been famous for its active nightlife since at least the 1950s.[18]
In contrast to other American cities where it referred to a concentration of radio retailers, in Los Angeles, Radio Row was understood in the 1940s–1950s as the area around the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, where the broadcasting facilities of all four major radio networks were located.[19]
In the 1970s, the area between Gardner Street and
in late June 1995, police raids drove out the majority of prostitutes on the Boulevard.Part of Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood is also sometimes called "Guitar Row" due to the large number of guitar stores and music industry-related businesses,
The portion of Sunset Boulevard that passes through Beverly Hills was once named Beverly Boulevard.
The boulevard is commemorated in
At 4334 W. Sunset Boulevard lies the wall featured on the cover of the late singer-songwriter Elliott Smith's 2000 album Figure 8. Since Smith's death in 2003, the wall has become a memorial for the artist; fans have left many personal messages there over the years.
Landmarks (past and present)
- Amoeba Records
- Beverly Hills Hotel
- Blessed Sacrament Church
- Book Soup
- Carney's
- CBS Columbia Square
- Chateau Marmont
- Cinerama Dome
- CNN
- Comedy Store
- Crossroads of the World
- Directors Guild of America headquarters
- Dudley Do-Right Emporium
- Earl Carroll Theatre
- Emerson College
- The Garden of Allah
- Gazzarri's
- Gower Gulch
- Haldeman House
- Hollywood Athletic Club
- Hollywood High School
- Hollywood Palladium
- Hotel Bel-Air
- House of Blues
- Hyatt West Hollywood
- KCET
- KTLA
- The London Fog
- Los Angeles Film School
- Marymount High School
- Metromedia Square (the former Fox Television Center and KTTV studios)
- Nickelodeon on Sunset
- Palisades Charter High School
- Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Museum
- Rainbow Bar and Grill
- Rock Walk
- The Roxy Theatre
- Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine
- Sherry’s Club (now 1 OAK nightclub)
- Spago
- Standard Hotel
- Sunset Junction
- Sunset Gower Studios
- Tiffany Theatre
- Tiki Ti
- United Western Recorders
- UCLA
- Viper Room
- Whisky a Go Go
- Will Rogers State Beach
- Will Rogers State Historic Park
See also
- Sunset Boulevard (film) (1950)
Notes
- ^ ISBN 978-0-06-172627-9. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
- ^ Hawthorne, Christopher (July 14, 2012). "For Sunset, a new dawn". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
- ^ Kennelley 1981, p. 69.
- ^ Kennelley 1981, p. 165.
- OCLC 920607532.
- ^ "Board Acts With Favor: Sunset Boulevard May Be Extended: Proposed Improvement Will Cost Hundred Thousand Dollars: Estimates Are Presented to Board of Public Works by Fred Eaton and That Body Grants Petition, for Its Extension—Cost of Widening Bellevue Avenue to a Point Near Plaza". Los Angeles Herald. Vol. 28, no. 4. October 5, 1901. p. 9 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
Sunset boulevard at present extends from Hollywood, in the beautiful Cahuenga valley, to Marion avenue. It is now proposed to make Bellevue avenue an extension of the system from Marion avenue to Main street. In order to make the driveway a uniform width It will be necessary to widen Bellevue avenue from seventeen to twenty feet in many places between Marion avenue and the plaza.
- ^ "Sunset Boulevard May Reach Plaza: City Councilmen Encourage The Extensive Project. Committee of Business Men Secures Favorable Action from the Board of Public Works". Los Angeles Times. October 5, 1901. p. A2. Alternate Link via ProQuest.
- ^ "New Boulevard Is Completed: Suburban Residents Will Celebrate Saturday". Los Angeles Herald. Vol. 31, no. 227. May 13, 1904. p. 12 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- ^ "Los Angeles And Hollywood Unite In Opening Of Sunset Boulevard". Los Angeles Herald. Vol. 31, no. 229. May 15, 1904. p. 5 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- ^ "Protest Against Improvement". Los Angeles Herald. Vol. 29, no. 315. August 14, 1902. p. 6 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- OCLC 19764849.
- ^ "Old-day Buildings to Go for Street". Los Angeles Times. September 17, 1912. p. I7. Alternate Link via ProQuest.
- ^ Baist Real Estate Survey Atlas, Los Angeles. Plate 003 (Map). Philadelphia: G. W. Baist. 1914.
- ^ More research is needed to pin down the year
- ^ Kennelley 1981, p. 219-221.
- ^ Kennelley 1981, p. 182.
- ^ aviation, Dan Weikel Dan Weikel covered local; project, the California high-speed rail; Metrolink; MTA, the; in 1989, regional transportation issues for the Los Angeles Times before leaving in 2017 He started with the newsroom; Courts, Previously Covered; County, transportation in Orange; Angeles, the ports of Los; abuse, Long Beach as well as substance (March 21, 2015). "Motorcyclist killed by hit-and-run driver identified". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
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- ^ "11 Aug 2005, Page 10 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
- ISBN 978-0-313-32968-5. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
- ISBN 978-1-57424-217-1. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-8118-5600-3. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
- ^ Rasmussen, Cecilia (August 5, 2007). "Closing of club ignited the 'Sunset Strip riots'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
References
- Kennelley, Joe; Hankey, Roy (1981). Sunset Boulevard: America's Dream Street. Burbank, California: Darwin Publications. OCLC 9759543.