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Sunset Boulevard is a street in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, that stretches from Downtown Los Angeles to Pacific Coast Highway at the Pacific Ocean between Santa Monica and Malibu.
Approximately twenty-two miles in length, the famous boulevard passes through or near Echo Park, Silver Lake, Los Feliz, Hollywood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Bel-Air, Brentwood and Pacific Palisades. 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 AngelesThis article is about the city in California. For other uses of 'Los Angeles' see Los Angeles (disambiguation The City of Los Angeles widely known by its abbreviation L. is a large coastal metropolis in Southern California in the western United States.. In the Bel-Air/Brentwood area, Sunset Boulevard runs past the campus of UCLAThe University of California, Los Angeles popularly known as UCLA is a public, coeducational university situated in the neighborhood of Westwood within the City of Los Angeles. It is the second-oldest campus of the University of California as well as the.
The boulevard runs through very rugged terrain and is very winding and treacherous. It is at least four lanes in width for all of its route. Car accidents are common due to its numerous hairpin curves and blind crests, and the lack of a center divider on most sections. Because the Beverly Hills Freeway was never constructed as planned, Sunset (along with Santa Monica and Wilshire Boulevards) is frequently congested with traffic loads far beyond its design capacity. As a result, it is also notorious for cracks and potholes.
It used to be longer, starting at Alameda Street near Union StationUnion Station (officially, Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal LAUPT) in Los Angeles, which opened in May 1939, is the last of the great train stations built in America, but even with its massive and ornate waiting room and adjacent ticket concourse, it and beside Olvera StreetOlvera Street is in the oldest part of Downtown Los Angeles, California, and is otherwise known as the birthplace of the City of Angels or El Pueblo Historic Monument. It was named for the first County Judge, Augustin Olvera, in 1877. In 1930, it was conv in the historic section of Downtown, but the portion of Sunset Boulevard east of Interstate 110Interstate 110 is the designation for five tertiary interstate routes in the United States associated with the main route Interstate 10. California Interstate 110 also known as the Harbor Freeway, is a 20. 43 mile spur of I-10 in the Los Angeles area. was renamed César ChávezCesar Estrada Chavez ( March 31, 1927 April 23, 1993) founded the National Farm Workers Association, which became the United Farm Workers an American labor rights hero for supporting labor rights for Mexican migrant farm workers, successfully leading a co Avenue, along with Macy Street and Brooklyn Avenue, in honor of the late Mexican-AmericanThe ethnonym Mexican-American describes United States citizens of Mexican ancestry. Mexican-Americans account for a significant proportion of the Hispanic or Latino population of the USA. Mexican-Americans may sometimes be referred to as Chicanos. Mexican union leader.
Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood has also gained notoriety as a red-light districtA red-light district is a neighborhood where prostitution is common. The term was first recorded in the United States around 1890, and derives from the practice of placing a red light in the window to indicate to customers the (often illegal) nature of th for its large amount of prostitution, drag queens and other unusual activity, especially at night. Though this type of activity went on for many years, in the 1970s the area between Gardner Street and La Brea Avenue became seedy and afflicted with street prostitution that continues to a lesser extent to the present day. 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. 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.
That same area of Sunset in Hollywood is sometimes called "Guitar Row" due to the large number of guitar stores and music industry related businesses. Also, many young, struggling actors, musicians, and the like continue to live in the area.
The best-known section of Sunset Boulevard is probably the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood.
The boulevard has been the subject of a famous movie and an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical (see the disambiguation link above).
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