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Why L.A. Has Streets, Avenues, Drives, and Boulevards
Do you know the difference between a road, street, boulevard and avenue? Do you use the correct designation for the roads — or streets, or otherwise — upon which you drive (or sit) every day in Los...
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DTLA’s 7th Street Will Get a Portland-Style Makeover
Down in the South Bay, there are plans to make Western Avenue less ugly and more people-friendly. On the other end of the county, in the heart of downtown L.A., 7th Street is preparing for a similar...
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L.A. Paved More Roads This Year Than Ever Before
Does it feel any smoother out there? Mayor Garcetti hopes so—on Tuesday he touted that crews paved 2,400 miles of L.A. roads in the past 12 months. That’s the largest amount in city history and more...
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The Battle Over Rowena Avenue
About 200 people packed Ivahoe Elementary School on Monday night to discuss the recent “road diet” on Rowena Avenue, which reduced car lanes for a half-mile and added bike lanes to the street. While...
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David Ryu Might Be on to a Concrete Solution to Fix Streets in Hancock...
The houses in Hancock Park may be pristine, but the streets are not. Like many other L.A. neighborhoods, tony HP is suffering through rutted boulevards—but there’s finally movement on a solution....
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Take a Trip Through L.A.’s Retro Script
Famous fonts are all around us, and some of the best designs can elevate letterforms to icons. When you think of Paramount Pictures or the Dodgers, how can you not instantly picture their illustrious...
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Hancock Park’s Crumbling Concrete Streets Are Finally Getting an Overhaul
Nine months after word got out that Hancock Park’s beat-up roads were finally getting repaved, work crews are out in force. The neighborhood, one of the oldest outside of downtown, has concrete-paved...
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Are Burbank’s Extra-Wide Streets So Planes Can Make Emergency Landings?
Some residents in the area think Eton Drive is so broad it could serve as an alternate runway for Burbank airport. But the design was just a developer’s gimmick to sell houses. Ben Marks built roomy...
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Know Your Streets: Crenshaw Boulevard
Stretching 23 miles from Wilshire Boulevard in Mid City to Palos Verdes, Crenshaw Boulevard was named in 1904 after developer and fruit importer George Lafayette Crenshaw (aka the “Banana King”). He...
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