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Encyclopedia > Vermont Avenue

Vermont Avenue is one of the longest running north/south streets in Los Angeles. Located just west of the Harbor Freeway for the major portion south of downtown Los Angeles, it starts in Griffith Park at the Greek Theatre in the Los Feliz neighborhood as a one-lane divided road (it is known as Vermont Canyon Road north of this point) and at the intersection with Los Feliz Boulevard, it widens to a two-lane road. Vermont Ave. passes to the east of the Barnsdall Art Park at the intersection with Hollywood Boulevard and the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles at Sunset Boulevard, and it effectively marks the eastern end of Hollywood. South of the Hollywood Freeway (US-101), it passes through Koreatown) and to the North it passes next to Little Armenia. 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. ... “Harbor Freeway” redirects here. ... 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. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Greek Theatre is a 5,700-seat amphitheater located at Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California. ... Los Feliz (usually pronounced Loss Feeliss by most non-Spanish-speaking locals) is a neighborhood in the north-central region of the city of Los Angeles, California. ... Barnsdall Park on top of Olive Hill in Los Angeles, CA BARNSDALL ART PARK has as its mission the presentation, promotion, enrichment, and development of the arts and artists of the Los Angeles region in all its cultural diversity. ... Hollywood Boulevard as taken from the Kodak Theatre Hollywood Boulevard is an avenue in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, beginning at Sunset Boulevard in the east and running northwest to Vermont Avenue, where it straightens out and runs due west to Laurel Canyon Boulevard. ... Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (founded 1901) is a private, non-profit teaching hospital in Los Angeles. ... 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. ... Hollywood redirects here. ... The Hollywood Freeway is one of the principal freeways of Los Angeles, California (the boundaries of which it does not leave) and one of the busiest in the United States. ... Highway 101 redirects here. ... For other Koreatowns, see Koreatown. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...


South of Gage Avenue, Vermont widens into a three-lane road with a wide median and adjacent frontage roads. At 88th Street, the road widens again with a tree-lined median and just north of Redondo Beach Boulevard, an abandoned railway runs through the middle. At this point, Vermont Ave. marks the eastern boundary of the city of Gardena. At 164th Street in Gardena, Vermont narrows to a two-lane thoroughfare, and it also marks the western end of the Gardena Freeway (CA-91). South of the San Diego Freeway (I-405, Vermont enters the unincorporated area of West Carson. Finally, at the intersection with Pacific Coast Highway, Vermont curves to the southwest after traveling in a straight line for 22 miles. It ends just north of San Pedro after it merges with Normandie Avenue (turning into Gaffey St.) at Anaheim Street at a five-point intersection. Vermont Avenue is the third longest of the north/south thoroughfares. Seal of Gardena Gardena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... California State Route 91 (the Gardena Freeway segment is highlighted in blue, the Artesia Freeway segment is highlighted in green, and the Riverside Freeway segment is highlighted in red). ... State Route 91, also known as simply The 91, is a major east-west freeway located entirely within Southern California and serving several regions of the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. ... The San Diego Freeway; the Interstate 405 segment is highlighted in red, the Interstate 5 segment is highlighted in blue. ... Interstate 405, colloquially referred to as The 405 (the four-oh-five), is one of the principal north-south highways in Southern California, and the major bypass of I-5 running through Southern California. ... West Carson is a census-designated place (CDP) in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... State Route 1, often called Highway 1, is a state highway that runs along a large length of the Pacific coast of the U.S. State of California. ... San Pedro is connected to Los Angeles by a thin strip of land called the Harbor Gateway which roughly follows the 110 freeway. ...


Vermont Avenue passes at the western end of the University of Southern California and Exposition Park. The Trojan Shrine, better known as Tommy Trojan located in the center of University of Southern California campus. ... Exposition Park is the name of more than one place: Exposition Park (Los Angeles) Exposition Park (Pittsburgh) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...


Vermont has the most rail stations in the Metro system. Metro Rail stations that are accessed on Vermont Avenue includes: Vermont/Sunset, Vermont/Santa_Monica, & Vermont/Beverly on the Metro Red Line , which also includes the Wilshire/Vermont on both the Metro Red Line and Metro Purple Line; Vermont/Exposition on the future Metro Expo Line; and Vermont/I-105 on the Metro Green Line. This article is about the present transit agency. ... The Los Angeles County Metro Rail is the mass transit rail system of Los Angeles County. ... The Vermont/Sunset station is on the North Hollywood spur of the Metro Red line. ... The Vermont/Santa Monica station is on the North Hollywood spur of the Metro line. ... Platforms Island platform Parking None Bicycle facilities 14 Bike Rack Spaces Other information Opened June 12, 1999 Accessible The Vermont/Beverly station is the first station west of the Wilshire/Vermont Red Line/Purple Line split. ... Diagram of the Metro Red Line. ... Connections Kiss & Ride passenger drop-off area Platforms Two side platforms Parking None Bicycle facilities 14 Bike Rack Spaces Other information Opened July 13, 1996 Accessible The Wilshire/Vermont station is a transfer point for the Wilshire/Western Purple Line subway and the North Hollywood Red Line subway, located at... Diagram of the Metro Purple Line. ... The Metro Expo Line of the Los Angeles County Metro Rail is a light-rail line currently under construction in Los Angeles, which will run from Downtown Los Angeles to Culver City and eventually to Santa Monica. ... Platforms Island platform Parking 290 Park and Ride lot spaces Bicycle facilities 8 Bike Rack Spaces Other information Opened August 12, 1995 Accessible Vermont is a LACMTA Green Line station of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. ... Metro Green Line The Metro Green line of the Los Angeles County Metro Rail is a light rail line connecting Redondo Beach and Norwalk. ...


Bus service is served by Metro Local 204 and Metro Rapid 754. These lines use 60-foot NABI buses (9230-9599) A Metro Local bus with its trademark orange color A Metro Local bus with the old paint scheme Metro Local is a bus service in Los Angeles County, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. ... Metro Rapid 761 Metro Rapid is a bus rapid transit system in Los Angeles County, California, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. ... Nabi can refer to the Arabic and Hebrew word for Prophet the Korean word for butterfly one of the Nabis, a group of artists in Paris in the 1890s the 2005 Typhoon Nabi North American Bus Industries, a major transit bus manufacturing company Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, a Biopharmaceutical company based in...


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Vermont Avenue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (312 words)
Vermont Avenue is one of the longest running north/south streets in Los Angeles.
Vermont Avenue is the third longest of the north/south thoroughfares.
Vermont Avenue passes at the western end of the University of Southern California and Exposition Park.
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