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Standard Federal S+L ParkinG AON Center 811 Wilshire Kinko's FedEx Sanwa Tower 915 Wilshire 1000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ST PAUL Teachers Assc • 1055 Wilshire BIXEL PhYsician's BuildinG • Medical ALCOA LUCAS Good Sam St. ReGis • HosPital WITMER Pacific DininG Car VALENCIA Osiris • LAPD • SuPermarket UNION HousinG BEACON BURLINGTON BONNIE BRAE Barbizon • Medical WESTLAKE Theatre • Professional 2000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - • • MAC • • • • • Ansonia • ARTHUR • • • • • • • • • • • • • • PARK D&B • Park Plaza • Art Institute Mural AsburY • GaraGe • La Fonda Theatre ReminGton Rand RoYale Wilshire RamPart Arms • BrYson LAFAYETTE • • • • PARK Church • LibrarY Church • SuPerior Court 3000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Town House |
One Wilshire GRAND Wilshire + Grand State Mutual HOPE HoneYwell Wells & FarGo FLOWER 800 Wilshire MetroPolitan Western Federal • Fire Station FIGUEROA Grand Hotel 1000Wilshire HARBOR FREEWAY BEAUDRY SiGnal Oil + Gas Glo 1100 Wilshire NettleshiP Insurance • Commodore MaYfair Adams Plaza President • YounG's Market • Pennzoil Studio LITLLE STREET Beaux Arts Camino Nuevo • School Medical Medical • LanGer's ALVARADO Fountain Penn Hotel Glen-Donald LAKE STREET Tamales Residence Commercial BuildinG GRAND VIEW Otis Memorial PARK VIEW American Cement Park Wilshire • Paulais CARONDELET Office BuildinG • Goodwin CORONADO Cincinnati Life • APartments RAMPART Granada ShoPPes LAFAYETTE PLACE SculPture HOOVER COMMONWEALTH HomE | FAQ | MorE Wilshire Boulevard was named after socialist newspaper publisher and land developer Henry Gaylord Wilshire (1861 - 1927) from Cincinnati, Ohio. He subdivided the original tract, between Lafayette and Mac Arthur Park in 1895. Around the turn of the century prominent citizens began to built their residences here. In the 1920' multi-story apartment hotels and posh nightclubs and restaurants dominated the area. In the 1930's the Boulevard became the prototype of a linear city. Department stores relocated here from Downtown, churches were built and neon signs became popular. During the 1960's many companies moved their headquarters from the declining down- town area here into modern skyscrapers. For more information i highly recommend the book Wilshire Boulevard - Grand Concourse of Los Angeles by Kevin Roderick. |
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