Boulevard of northern Los Angeles
Cahuenga Boulevard
(
) is a major boulevard of northern
Los Angeles
,
California
, US. The “Cahuenga” name is a Spanish, phonetic derivative with no actual Spanish language meaning that is attributed to the
Tongva
village of Kawengna, meaning "place of the mountain". It connects
Sunset Boulevard
in the heart of old
Hollywood
to the
Hollywood Hills
and
North Hollywood
in the
San Fernando Valley
.
Description
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Cahuenga Boulevard begins at
West Victory Boulevard
in
North Hollywood
, crosses the
Ventura Freeway
and the
Los Angeles River
as it temporarily merges with
Lankershim Boulevard
before passing the
Campo de Cahuenga
and
Universal City Metro station
, then crosses the
Hollywood Freeway
. At this point an intersection is formed with
Ventura Boulevard
to the northwest and the continuation of Cahuenga Boulevard to the southeast. From here it parallels the Hollywood Freeway, passing
The Baked Potato
jazz club.
[1]
and
Universal Studios Hollywood
(as Cahuenga Boulevard West), rising over the
Cahuenga Pass
connecting the
San Fernando Valley
to the
Los Angeles Basin
. Crossing the freeway once again on the Pilgrimage Bridge near
The Hollywood Bowl
, it continues (as North Cahuenga Boulevard) down to
Sunset Boulevard
and
Melrose Avenue
in downtown Hollywood. The boulevard is one of the principal routes to
Universal Studios
from downtown Los Angeles.
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Landmarks
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The southern part of Cahuenga Boulevard has been referred to as the "heart of old Hollywood".
[4]
The intersection between Cahuenga and Hollywood Boulevards had been an important intersection from the early history of Los Angeles, and by 1915 it already had a trolley stop, a bank and a hardware store. Trolley cars were used on the boulevards until the 1960s when replaced with bus.
[5]
Historically a number of important Los Angeles buildings were located on the road including the Technicolor building from the 1940s through the 1960s and the World Book and News building.
[6]
The Owl Drug Company
at 6380?84 Hollywood Boulevard on the south-west corner of Cahuenga Boulevard was a notable Californian company in the 1930s.
[7]
At the intersection of Cahuenga Boulevard with Yucca Street, just off of Hollywood Boulevard was the
Halifax Hotel
, owned by world-famous classical pianist
Van Cliburn
.
[8]
[
self-published source
]
The
Buster Keaton
studio, originally belonging to
Charlie Chaplin
, was located on Lillian Way, one block east of the boulevard. The boulevard appears in several of his films. 1542 Cahuenga Boulevard, which formerly adjoined the Toribuchi Grocery at 1546, appeared in the 1921 Keaton film
The Goat
, which featured Keaton running from the police past them.
[9]
It is now a strip mall. In another Keaton film,
Three Ages
(1923), Keaton is seen running from the police past the
Los Angeles Police Department
Hollywood building and former fire station, now the location of
Edmonds Tower
at 1629.
[9]
Today, numerous nightclubs, bars, and restaurants are dotted along the boulevard south of
Franklin Avenue
. Notable clubs on Cahuenga include The Room,
Hotel Cafe
, Velvet Margarita, and many others. The Hotel Cafe, at 1623 1/2 N. Cahuenga Blvd, is owned by Marko Shafer and Maximillian Mamikunian and opened in 2000.
[10]
The Baked Potato, one of the city's most prominent jazz clubs, is situated near the intersection with the Hollywood Freeway, and the
Hollywood Theatre of Note
is also on the boulevard. At 1355 North Cahuenga Boulevard is the
Los Angeles Fire Department Museum and Memorial
, a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument and
National Register of Historic Places
building which was built in the Neo-Renaissance style in 1930.
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References
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- ^
Google
(August 10, 2014).
"Cahuenga Boulevard"
(Map).
Google Maps
. Google
. Retrieved
August 10,
2014
.
- ^
Sehlinger, Bob; Testa, Len (August 20, 2010).
The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland 2011
. John Wiley & Sons. p. 326.
ISBN
978-0-470-91079-5
.
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Williams, Gregory Paul (2005).
The Story of Hollywood: An Illustrated History
. www.storyofhollywood.com. pp. 105?.
ISBN
978-0-9776299-0-9
.
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White, Betty (October 12, 2010).
Here We Go Again: My Life In Television
. Simon and Schuster. p. 36.
ISBN
978-1-4516-1426-8
.
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Dangcil, Tommy (September 24, 2002).
Hollywood 1900?1950 in Vintage Postcards
. Arcadia Publishing. p. 83.
ISBN
978-1-4396-1369-6
.
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Wanamaker, Marc (2009).
Hollywood, 1940?2008
. Arcadia Publishing. p.
67
.
ISBN
978-0-7385-5923-0
.
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Winter, Robert (September 1, 2009).
An Arch Guidebook to Los Angeles
. Gibbs Smith. p. 181.
ISBN
978-1-4236-0893-6
.
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Camner, Howard (June 10, 2009).
Turbulence at 67 Inches
. Xlibris Corporation. p. 261.
ISBN
978-1-4500-6941-0
.
- ^
a
b
Zollo, Paul (2011).
Hollywood Remembered: An Oral History of Its Golden Age
. Taylor Trade Publications. p. 361.
ISBN
978-1-58979-603-4
.
- ^
CMJ New Music Monthly
. CMJ Network, Inc. November 2003. p.
52
.
ISSN
1074-6978
.
- ^
Cecilia Rasmussen (July 6, 2003). "L.A. THEN AND NOW; Fire Museum Tells of Valor, History".
Los Angeles Times
.
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