Map of La Ciénega Boulevard and the unbuilt SR 170 freeway

La Ciénega Boulevard is a major north/south arterial road that runs from El Segundo Boulevard in El Segundo, California on the south to its end on the Sunset Strip/Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x1600, 818 KB) La Cienega Blvd (once planned as SR 170) in the Los Angeles area. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x1600, 818 KB) La Cienega Blvd (once planned as SR 170) in the Los Angeles area. ... An arterial road is a high-capacity road which is just below a highway level of service. ... The El Segundo skyline, as seen from Sepulveda Boulevard (CA/SR-1) El Segundo is a city in Los Angeles County, California on the Santa Monica Bay, incorporated on January 18, 1917. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Sunset Boulevard (officially known as West Sunset Boulevard, except in Beverly Hills) 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. ... Nickname: WeHo Location of Los Angeles County in California and West Hollywood within Los Angeles County Country United States State California County Los Angeles Incorporated 1984  - City Council John Heilman (mayor) Sal Guarriello John J. Duran Abbe Land Jeffrey Prang Area    - City  1. ...

Within the City of Los Angeles, north of the 10-Freeway, it marks the border between the Westside and Mid-City Los Angeles and Greater Hollywood. Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... West Los Angeles, also called the Westside, is generally considered to be the portion of Los Angeles, California and its suburbs that lies east of the Pacific Ocean including Brentwood, west of La Brea Avenue (varying definitions set the boundary at Fairfax Avenue or even the eastern border of Beverly... Mid-City Los Angeles is a region in west-central Los Angeles, California. ... ...

It is unusual among most Southern California roadways in that part of it was built to freeway standards in the late 1940s as part of the proposed Laurel Canyon Freeway, part of California State Route 170. The SR 170 freeway was never completed south of U.S. Route 101, and the stretch of La Ciénega from just north of Farview Blvd in Inglewood, through the Baldwin Hills and along the Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area to Rodeo Road in Los Angeles is a divided, limited access highway with few traffic signals. As such, emergency call boxes like those found along the area's freeways were installed along that stretch in the 1970s. Downtown Los Angeles Skyline Southern California, also colloquially referred to as SoCal, is an informal name for the megalopolis and nearby desert that occupies the southern-most quarter of the U.S. state of California. ... Interstate 80 (Eastshore Freeway) in Berkeley, a typical American freeway (MUTCD definition) A freeway is a type of highway that is designed for safer high-speed operation of motor vehicles through the elimination of at-grade intersections. ... The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949. ... The Laurel Canyon Freeway was to have been a north-south freeway in Los Angeles, California and its suburbs. ... JUNCTION POSTMILE SR-2 LA 9. ... This U.S. Highway article needs to be cleaned up to conform to both a higher standard of article quality and accepted design standards outlined in the WikiProject U.S. Highways. ... Location of Inglewood in California and Los Angeles County. ... Baldwin Hills is a district in southwestern Los Angeles, California, in South Los Angeles. ... La Cienega Blvd. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Traffic lights can have several additional lights for filter turns or bus lanes. ... A call box or callbox is a (usually metal) box containing a special-purpose direct line telephone or other telecommunications device, which has been used by various industries and institutions as a way for employees or clients at a remote location to contact a central dispatch office. ... Interstate 80 (Eastshore Freeway) in Berkeley, a typical American freeway (MUTCD definition) A freeway is a type of highway that is designed for safer high-speed operation of motor vehicles through the elimination of at-grade intersections. ... Template:A year The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ...

From south of Fairview and from north of Rodeo, La Ciénega Boulevard is a regular surface street and one of Hollywood's major thoroughfares. Offices for A&E Network, The History Channel and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are located on La Ciénega as are the studios of KABC and KLOS, two of Los Angeles' biggest radio stations. A portion of La Ciénega near Hollywood is known as "Restaurant Row" for its large number of upscale restaurants. Biography is one of A&Es longest-running and most popular programs. ... For the Canadian equivalent of this channel, see History Television. ... Founded on May 11, 1927 in California, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures. ... KABC is the callsign of the American Broadcasting Companys three flagship broadcast stations in Los Angeles: KABC AM, 790 kHz KABC-TV, channel 7 (DTV 53) KABC-FM 95. ... 95. ... Sign at the corner of Wilshire and La Cienega Restaurant Row is a several block long area of La Cienega Boulevard, essentially from Santa Monica Boulevard south to Wilshire Boulevard. ... Toms Restaurant, a restaurant in New York made familiar by Suzanne Vega and the television sitcom Seinfeld A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to order, to be consumed on the premises. ...

La Ciénega Boulevard is named after "Rancho Las Ciénegas" the Spanish name for a rancho roughly in the region now called "West Los Angeles". The Spanish phrase la ciénaga translates into English as "the swamp" and the area named "Las Ciénegas" was a continual marshland due to the course of the Los Angeles River through that area prior to a massive southerly shift in 1825 to roughly its present course. The difference in spelling between "La Ciénega" and the term "ciénaga" originated with the name of the rancho. Alta California (Upper California) was formed in 1804 when the province of California, then a part of the Spanish colony of New Spain, was divided in two along the line separating the Franciscan missions in the north from the Dominican missions in the south. ... West Los Angeles (West L.A. in the short form) or the Westside is generally considered to be the portion of Los Angeles, California and its suburbs that lies east of the Pacific Ocean, west of La Cienega Boulevard (or, occasionally, Fairfax or even La Brea Avenue), south of the... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Los Angeles River, highlighted in red (on the left). ... Opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway 1825 (MDCCCXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

There is also a reference to La Cienaga Boulevard on the popular Disney channel show, "The Proud Family", in which a character is named Lacienaga Boulevardez.

La Cienaga Boulevard is referenced in the Ryan Adams song, "La Cienega Just Smiled" on his album Gold. Additionally, the 2004 Mountain Goats album The Sunset Tree begins with the line "I checked into a bargain-priced room on La Cienega". Not to be confused with Bryan Adams Ryan Adams (born David Ryan Adams on November 5, 1974) is an alt-country/rock singer-songwriter from Jacksonville, North Carolina. ... Gold, released in 2001, is a record by Ryan Adams in the alternative country genre. ... The Mountain Goats is the name of prolific American singer-songwriter John Darnielles long-running musical project. ... The Sunset Tree is a 2005 album from John Darnielles main project, The Mountain Goats. ...

External links

• Southern California Unsigned Freeways – La Cienega Boulevard
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