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Street in Los Angeles
Cesar Chavez Avenue
(
Spanish
:
Avenida Cesar Chavez
) is a major east?west thoroughfare in
Downtown Los Angeles
, the
Eastside
and
East Los Angeles
, measuring 6.19 miles (9.96 km) in length. Named in honor of
union
leader
Cesar Chavez
, the street was formed in 1994 from
Sunset Boulevard
between
Figueroa
and Main streets, a new portion of roadway,
Macy Street
between
Main Street
and Mission Road, and Brooklyn Avenue through
Boyle Heights
and
East Los Angeles
into
Monterey Park
.
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History
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In October 1993, the
Los Angeles City Council
and the
County Board of Supervisors
approved the renaming of the stretch of roadway, but agreed to delay the change until 1994 and to put up historic plaques along Brooklyn Avenue to accommodate the opposition, many of whom believed that the new name would cause people to forget the
Jewish history of the area
.
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A street sign unveiling ceremony was held on March 31, 1994,
Chavez
's birthday, at the five-points intersection at Indiana Street, along the border of
Boyle Heights
and the unincorporated area of
East Los Angeles
.
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Route
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Part of the pre-1940
Route 66
, Cesar Chavez Avenue begins as a continuation of Sunset Boulevard on the east side of
Figueroa Street
. It runs through
Downtown Los Angeles
, crosses Alameda Street and passes over the
Los Angeles River
, through the neighborhoods of
Brooklyn Heights
and
Boyle Heights
and the northern portion of
East Los Angeles
into the southern portion of
Monterey Park
.
The roadway becomes Riggin Street when it crosses
Atlantic Boulevard
in Monterey Park.
Transportation
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Notable landmarks
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