Sunset Boulevard is a street in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, that stretches from Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Coast Highway at the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Palisades. A street is a Public thoroughfare in the built environment It is a Public parcel of land adjoining Buildings in an urban context Los Angeles County is a county in California and is by far the most populous county in the United States. Figueroa Street is a street in Los Angeles County California named for General José Figueroa (1792 – 9 September 1835 governor of Alta California from 1833 to Downtown Los Angeles is the Central business district of Los Angeles, California, United States, located close to the geographic center State Route 1, often called Highway 1, is a State highway that runs along much of the Pacific coast of the U The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions Pacific Palisades is a district within the US city of Los Angeles California, located between Brentwood to the east Malibu to the west

Approximately 22 miles (35 km) in length, the famous boulevard passes through or near Echo Park, Silver Lake, Los Feliz, Hollywood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Holmby Hills, Bel-Air, Brentwood, and Pacific Palisades. A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand Boulevard ( French, from Bolwerk &ndash bolwark meaning bastion has several generally accepted meanings Echo Park is a neighborhood in Los Angeles northwest of downtown. Silver Lake is a district east of Hollywood in the city of Los Angeles California. Los Feliz, also Rancho Los Feliz ("Feliz Ranch" is a district of the City of Los Angeles California, named for its land grantee José Vicente Feliz West Hollywood, a city in Los Angeles County California, was incorporated on November 29, 1984. Holmby Hills is an affluent neighborhood in western Los Angeles. Bel Air is a wealthy and prominent faux-gated residential community in the Westside of the city of Los Angeles California, United States. Brentwood is an affluent district in western Los Angeles, California, United States; it is not to be confused with Brentwood California, in Pacific Palisades is a district within the US city of Los Angeles California, located between Brentwood to the east Malibu to the west It also passes through the neighborhood of Little Armenia on the East side of Sunset Boulevard. Little Armenia is a community that is part of the Hollywood district of Los Angeles California. Other than West Hollywood and Beverly Hills, which are independent incorporated cities, the places named above are all districts and neighborhoods in the City of Los Angeles. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West In the Bel-Air district of Los Angeles, Sunset Boulevard runs along the northern boundary of the UCLA Westwood campus. The University of California Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Westwood Los Angeles, California, United

The boulevard is winding and treacherous in some areas. It is at least four lanes in width for all of its route. The word lane has several meanings including and especially a portion of a paved Road which is intended for a single line of vehicles and is marked by White Car accidents are not uncommon due to its numerous hairpin curves and blind crests, and the lack of a center divider on most sections. On divided roads including Expressways Motorways or Autobahns the central reservation (British English, median (North American Sunset (along with Santa Monica and Wilshire Boulevards) is frequently congested with traffic loads far beyond its design capacity. State Route 2 is a State highway in the US state of California. Wilshire Boulevard is one of the principal east-west Arterial roads in Los Angeles, California, United States. As a result, it is also notorious for cracks and potholes. Potholing can also be the sport of exploring vertical caves as a synonym of Caving. Traffic on Sunset is often slow-moving, with bumper-to-bumper congestion not infrequent during rush hour in both directions. However, when traffic is mild or nonexistent, Sunset is an extremely fast thoroughfare as it encounters few (and short timed) traffic lights west of Doheny Drive. Doheny Drive is a major north/south thoroughfare for Beverly Hills and West Hollywood. Even at rush hours, traffic generally flows well through the Holmby Hills and Bel Air, west of Whittier in Beverly Hills, as the lights are very well spaced and timed.

Sunset Boulevard used to extend farther east, starting at Alameda Street near Union Station and beside Olvera Street in the historic section of Downtown, but the portion of Sunset Boulevard east of Figueroa on the north end of Downtown Los Angeles was renamed César E. Chávez Avenue, along with Macy Street and Brooklyn Avenue, in honor of the late Mexican-American union leader. Olvera Street is in the oldest part of Downtown Los Angeles, California, and is part of the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument. Downtown Los Angeles is the Central business district of Los Angeles, California, United States, located close to the geographic center César Estrada Chávez ( March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) born in Yuma Arizona, was a Mexican-American farm worker Labor See also History of Mexican-Americans Mexican Americans are Americans of Mexican ancestry

In the 1970s the area between Gardner Street and La Brea Avenue, especially around Western Avenue, became a seedy red-light district afflicted with street prostitution. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. La Brea Avenue is a prominent north/south thoroughfare in Los Angeles. Western Avenue is a major four lane street slightly west of Downtown Los Angeles and the center portion of Los Angeles County. A red-light district is a neighborhood where Prostitution and other businesses in the Sex industry flourish Street prostitution is a specific form of Prostitution in which the sex worker operates from the street It was at the corner of Sunset and Courtney Avenue that actor Hugh Grant pulled over and picked up prostitute Divine Brown in the early morning of June 27, 1995. Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960 is a British Actor and Film producer. Prostitution is the act of performing Sexual activity in exchange for Money. Divine Brown (born Estella Marie Thompson 9 August 1969) is an American Sex worker who gained considerable public recognition Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 He then drove a few blocks east and parked at the corner of Curson and Hawthorn Avenues. Police arrested him and the prostitute for lewd conduct in a public place and he was later fined $1,200. Shortly after this police raids drove out the majority of prostitutes in this area and the majority of those turned to on-line escort services, thus diminishing the long held red-light district.

Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood is also sometimes called "Guitar Row" due to the large number of guitar stores and music industry-related businesses, including the legendary recording studios Sunset Sound Studios and United Western Recorders. Guitar Center is the largest chain of Musical instrument retailers in the world and is located throughout the United States. West Hollywood, a city in Los Angeles County California, was incorporated on November 29, 1984. Sunset Sound Recorders is a recording studio in Hollywood California, located at 6650 Sunset Boulevard United Western Recorders was a renowned recording studio complex in Hollywood, California, which became one of the most successful independent recording studios in Also, many young, struggling actors, musicians, and other artists continue to live in the area.

The best-known section of Sunset Boulevard is probably the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, which is a center for nightlife in the Los Angeles area. The Sunset Strip is the name given to the mile and a half stretch of Sunset Boulevard that passes through West Hollywood California.

The portion of Sunset Boulevard from the western city limits of Beverly Hills to its eastern end was at one time named Beverly Boulevard.

The boulevard is commemorated in Billy Wilder's famous movie, an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, and a hit song in 2005 by Scott Grimes. Billy Wilder ( June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian born Jewish - American Journalist Sunset Boulevard is a 1950 American Film noir classic Directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, it was named Andrew Lloyd Webber Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948 is a British Composer of Musical theatre, the elder son of William Lloyd Webber Sunset Boulevard is a musical with book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Scott Richard Grimes (born July 9 1971) is an American Actor and musician 77 Sunset Strip was also the name of a 1950's television series. 77 Sunset Strip is Jan and Dean's 1960's hit song Dead Man's Curve immortalizes a section of the road near Bel Air estates just north of UCLA's Drake Stadium. Jan and Dean were a Rock and roll duo, popular from the late 1950s through the mid 1960s consisting of William Jan Berry ( April 3, Dead Man's Curve is the unofficial but commonly used name given to hazardous curves on Interstate and other roads in the United States that have claimed lives due to accidents The University of California Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Westwood Los Angeles, California, United Disney's Hollywood Studios has a recreation of Sunset as a backdrop for its The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror and Rock 'n' Roller Coaster rides. Disney's Hollywood Studios is a Theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort. The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror more commonly known as Tower of Terror is a simulated Freefall Thrill ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith (commonly referred to as simply Rock 'n' Roller Coaster) is an enclosed steel Roller coaster [1]

Landmarks include (past & present)

Amoeba Music is an Independent music chain with stores in Berkeley, San Francisco, and Hollywood, California. The Beverly Hills Hotel is a Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA, at 9641 Sunset Boulevard. Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church is a parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles located on Sunset Boulevard in the heart of Hollywood California Book Soup is an independent bookstore located on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood California. CBS Columbia Square, located at 6121 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood California, was the home of CBS ' Los Angeles radio and television operations The Chateau Marmont is a Hotel built in West Hollywood California in 1927 and modeled after the Château d'Amboise in France's Loire Valley. Pacific Theatres ' Cinerama Dome at 6360 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood of the United States has been a landmark Movie theater The Comedy Store is a Comedy club located in West Hollywood California, at 8433 Sunset Boulevard on the Sunset Strip. Designed by Robert V Derrah and built in 1936 the Crossroads of the World has been called America 's first modern Shopping mall. Directors Guild of America ( DGA) is the labor union which represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States The Dudley Do-Right Emporium was a small eccentric gift shop named after that fearless Canadian Mountie Dudley Do-Right The Earl Carroll Theatre was the name of two major Theatres one on Broadway in New York City and the other on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood The Garden of Allah was a famous apartment complex in West Hollywood California, on Sunset Boulevard between Crescent Heights and Havenhurst at the east Gower Gulch is a nickname for the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street in Hollywood California. This article is about Hollywood High school a secondary school The Hollywood Palladium is a theater located at 6215 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood California. The Hotel Bel-Air is a 5-star Boutique hotel located in Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California. House of Blues (HOB is a corporate chain of music halls and restaurants founded in 1992 by Hard Rock Cafe founder Isaac Tigrett and his friend and investor Dan The Hyatt West Hollywood is a 262-room Hyatt hotel located at 8401 Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood California (at Kings Road For the Japanese computer game developer see Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo KCET is the PBS member-television station in KTLA, channel 5 is a television station in Los Angeles California. The London Fog was a 1960s Nightclub located on the Sunset Strip in what was then unincorporated Los Angeles County, California (now in the city The Los Angeles Film School or LA Film School was founded by Hollywood professionals with the goal of balancing the practical with the academic Metromedia Square (also known as Fox Television Center from 1986 to 1996 was a Radio and Television studio facility located at 5746 Sunset Boulevard KTTV, channel 11 is an Owned-and-operated television station of the News Corporation -owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in Los Angeles California Ole Henriksen is a Danish born Skin specialist whose business is located on Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles. Psychiatry An Industry of Death is a Museum in Hollywood California, USA, as well as several touring exhibitions The Rainbow Bar and Grill is a bar and Restaurant on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood California, adjacent to the border of Beverly Hills The supermarket colloquially known as Rock 'n' Roll Ralphs is located at 7257 Sunset Boulevard in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles California Guitar Center is the largest chain of Musical instrument retailers in the world and is located throughout the United States. For other people and places named Roxy see Roxy and Roxy Theatre The Roxy Theatre (often just The Roxy) is a famous The Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine lies a few blocks walk from the Pacific Ocean, on Sunset Boulevard in Pacific Palisades California. The Standard Hotel opened in 1999 as a less expensive hip and stylish hotel on the Sunset Strip, across from the Chateau Marmont on the in West Hollywood California Sunset Gower Studios is a 14 acre television and movie studio at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street in Hollywood, California. The Tiki Ti is a Polynesian-themed Tiki bar on Sunset Boulevard, in the Silver Lake district of Los Angeles. The University of California Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Westwood Los Angeles, California, United The Viper Room is a Nightclub located on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California. For a fire at the similarly named nightclub in Brisbane, Australia, see Whiskey Au Go Go fire. Will Rogers State Historic Park is the former estate of American humorist Will Rogers.

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