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Wilshire Boulevard ( ['wɪɫ.ʃɚ]) is a prominent 15.83 mi (25.48 km) boulevard in the Los Angeles area of Southern California, extending from Ocean Avenue in the city of Santa Monica east to Grand Avenue in the Financial District of downtown Los Angeles. One of the principal east–west arterial roads of Los Angeles, it is also one of the ...
Wilshire Boulevard was the precursor to L.A.'s highways — congestion nightmares. In the 1920s, it was so packed with traffic, city planners introduced traffic circles and then signals.
UTC-8 ( PST) • Summer ( DST) UTC-7 (PDT) Zip Code. 90010. Area code. 323. Mid-Wilshire is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California. It is known for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Petersen Automotive Museum, and the Miracle Mile shopping district.
Wilshire Grand Center. / 34.0500; -118.2593. Wilshire Grand Center is a 1,100-foot (335.3 m) skyscraper in the financial district of downtown Los Angeles, California, occupying the entire city block between Wilshire Boulevard and 7th, Figueroa, and Francisco streets. Completed in 2017, it is the tallest building west of Chicago.
Figueroa at Wilshire. / 34.0507; -118.2593. Figueroa at Wilshire, formerly Sanwa Bank Plaza, is a 53- story, 218.5 m (717 ft) skyscraper in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is the eighth-tallest building in Los Angeles. It was designed by Albert C. Martin & Associates, and developed by Hines Interests Limited Partnership.
The Pellissier Building and adjoining Wiltern Theatre is a 12-story, 155-foot (47 m) Art Deco landmark at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue in Los Angeles, California. The entire complex is commonly referred to as the Wiltern Center. Clad in a blue-green glazed architectural terra-cotta tile and situated diagonal to the street ...
Wilshire/La Cienega station is an under construction, underground rapid transit (known locally as a subway) station on the D Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system in Beverly Hills, California, at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard. [1] It is in the design/construction phase of the D Line Extension project. [2]
Wilshire/Vermont station escalator, one of the longest in the world. The station is located where the B Line and D Line converge on their way to Downtown Los Angeles.The station is designed with two platform levels: eastbound D and B Line trains (to Union Station) use the upper level, and westbound D (to Wilshire/Western) and northbound B (to North Hollywood) trains use the lower level.