Living in Los Angeles: Mid-Wilshire
The backbone of Los Angeles, Wilshire Blvd. is sometimes described as Los Angeles’ true downtown, as the 16-mile boulevard runs through three Los Angeles cities, lined along the way with most of the city’s high-rise business buildings.
Wilshire Blvd. is the core of Los Angeles’ Mid-Wilshire district, which has La Cienega Blvd. on its west boundary, Hoover St. at its east, Melrose Ave. at its north, and the Santa Monica 10 Freeway at its south.
The Miracle Mile - stretching between Fairfax Ave. and La Brea Ave. - is a particularly famous strip of Mid-Wilshire. First developed in the 1920’s, up until the 1960’s the Miracle Mile - knicknamed “America’s Champs-Élysées” - was one of Los Angeles’ most important shopping districts.
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