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La Cienega Boulevard
(Spanish: "The Swamp")
Nearest metro station	La Cienega/Jefferson
South end	El Segundo Boulevard in Del Aire
Major; junctions	I-105 in Los Angeles; I-405 in Inglewod; SR 187 in Los Angeles; I-10 in Los Angeles; SR 2 in West Hollywood
North end	Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood

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La Cienega Boulevard is a major north–south arterial road in the Los Angeles metropolitan area that runs from the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood in the north to El Segundo Boulevard in Hawthorne in the South. It was named for Rancho Las Cienegas, literally "The Ranch Of The Swamps," an area of marshland south of Rancho La Brea.

Route description

La Cienega Boulevard's northern terminus is the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. It runs as a surface street in a due south direction through Beverly Hills and a section known as "Restaurant Row" for its historic tradition of upscale restaurants. South of Olympic, La Cienega runs through between the Pico-Robertson, South Carthay, and Crestview neighborhoods of West Los Angeles. South of the Santa Monica Freeway, the I-10, it briefly borders Culver City, and passes the La Cienega/Jefferson station of the Metro E Line.

Between Obama Boulevard and Manchester Avenue, most of La Cienega Boulevard is a divided, limited access expressway with few traffic signals. In the late 1940s, as part of the proposed Laurel Canyon Freeway, La Cienega was constructed to freeway standards with several grade-separated interchanges. Emergency call boxes like those found along the area's freeways were also installed along that stretch in the early 1970s. The Laurel Canyon Freeway was never completed. This stretch of La Cienega passes through the Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area, Baldwin Hills, the Inglewood Oil Field, and Ladera Heights.

South of Manchester Avenue, La Cienega becomes a surface street once more, running parallel to the San Diego (405) Freeway through Inglewood. It terminates at El Segundo Boulevard in Hawthorne along the west side of the freeway. A non-contiguous segment also named La Cienega Boulevard runs along the east side of the 405 freeway, roughly between El Segundo Boulevard and Rosecrans Avenue in an unincorporated strip of Los Angeles County.

La Cienega Design Quarter

The area of La Cienega Boulevard, from Beverly Boulevard to Santa Monica Boulevard, and its satellite streets is known as the La Cienega Design Quarter. Its shops and galleries house many antiques, furniture, rugs, accessories and art. Art dealer Felix Landau operated his trend-setting gallery there in the 1960s.

Restaurant Row

Looking south down La Cienega from the intersection with Sunset Blvd

The big Randy's Donuts shop is at the corner of La Cienega and Manchester Blvd in Inglewood

La Cienega in Beverly Hills, north of Wilshire Boulevard, is known as Restaurant Row because it features many upscale restaurants. From Wilshire in Beverly Hills traveling north the best known establishments include Benihana, The Stinking Rose, Darioush, the original Lawry's the Prime Rib, Hakobe, Tokyo Table - Tokyo City Cuisine, Matsuhisa, Fogo de Chão, Gyu-Kaku, Woo Lae Oak, The Bazaar by José Andrés, and Morton's.^[1]

Etymology

Ballona Road, now Washington Blvd., passes through the marshland, creeks and ponds of La Cienega in 1874

La Cienega Boulevard is named after Rancho Las Cienegas Mexican land grant roughly in the region now called "West Los Angeles." The Spanish phrase la ciénaga translates into English as "the swamp" and the area named "Las Ciénegas" was a continual marshland due to the course of the Los Angeles River through that area prior to a massive southerly shift in 1825 to roughly its present course. The difference in spelling in Los Angeles between the Castilian Spanish word ciénaga and the name of the thoroughfare, which is common in other Iberian languages like Extremaduran,^[2] originated with the name of the ranch.

Transportation

Metro Local lines 105 runs on La Cienega Boulevard. An elevated light rail station for the Metro E Line is located at Jefferson Boulevard. An underground station for the Metro D Line at Wilshire Boulevard is currently under construction.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Los Angeles County.

Location	mi^[3]	km	Destinations	Notes
Hawthorne–Del Aire line	0	0.0	El Segundo Boulevard to I-405 (San Diego Freeway)	South end of La Cienega Boulevard; I-405 north exit 44
Del Aire	0.2	0.32	I-405 south (San Diego Freeway)	I-405 south exit 44/El Segundo Boulevard
Del Aire	0.5	0.80	120th Street
Los Angeles–Lennox line	0.9	1.4	I-405 south (San Diego Freeway)	I-405 south exit 45B/Imperial Highway east
	1.0	1.6	Imperial Highway to I-405 north (San Diego Freeway)	I-405 north exit 45B
	1.2	1.9	I-405 south (San Diego Freeway) – Long Beach	I-405 south exit 45B/Imperial Highway west
	1.9	3.1	I-405 south (San Diego Freeway)	Next to I-405 south exit 46/Century Boulevard east
Los Angeles–Inglewood line	2.0	3.2	Century Boulevard to I-405 north (San Diego Freeway) – LAX	I-405 north exit 46
Los Angeles–Inglewood line	2.2	3.5	I-405 south (San Diego Freeway)	I-405 south exit 46/Century Boulevard west
Inglewood	2.5	4.0	Arbor Vitae Street
	3.0	4.8	I-405 south (San Diego Freeway) / Olive Street	I-405 south exit 47
	3.1	5.0	Manchester Boulevard	Former SR 42
	3.3	5.3	Florence Avenue
	3.5	5.6	I-405 south (San Diego Freeway) – Long Beach	Interchange; I-405 south exit 47; no access from La Cienega Boulevard northbound
Los Angeles–Inglewood line	4.3	6.9	Centinela Avenue
Los Angeles–Inglewood line	4.3	6.9	South end of expressway
Ladera Heights	5.0	8.0	Slauson Avenue – Ladera Heights	Interchange; former SR 90
Ladera Heights	5.0	8.0	Stocker Street
Los Angeles–Culver City line	6.8	10.9	Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area	Interchange
Los Angeles	7.4	11.9	South end of expressway
	7.4	11.9	Obama Boulevard
	7.8	12.6	Jefferson Boulevard
	8.0	12.9	Fairfax Avenue to I-10 (Santa Monica Freeway)
Culver City	8.2	13.2	Washington Boulevard
Los Angeles	8.5	13.7	Venice Boulevard (SR 187)
	8.6	13.8	I-10 (Santa Monica Freeway) – Santa Monica, Los Angeles	Interchange; I-10 exit 7A
	9.8	15.8	Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles–Beverly Hills line	10.2	16.4	Olympic Boulevard
Beverly Hills	10.6	17.1	Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles	11.0	17.7	San Vicente Boulevard
	11.1	17.9	3rd Street
	11.3	18.2	Beverly Boulevard	Center of the so-called "studio zone"
West Hollywood	11.8	19.0	Melrose Avenue
	12.3	19.8	Santa Monica Boulevard (SR 2)
	12.6	20.3	Sunset Boulevard	North end of La Cienega Boulevard
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

^ Monreal, Jane (March 20, 2008). "Top 7 restaurant rows in SoCal". ABC 7. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
^ Julyan, Robert (1996). The Place Names of New Mexico. ISBN 9780826316899.
^ "Route of La Cienega Boulevard" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved March 23, 2024.

External links

[1] Monreal, Jane (March 20, 2008). "Top 7 restaurant rows in SoCal". ABC 7. Retrieved 4 June 2014.

[2] Julyan, Robert (1996). The Place Names of New Mexico. ISBN 9780826316899.

[Google-3] "Route of La Cienega Boulevard" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved March 23, 2024.

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-'''La Cienega Boulevard''' is a major north–south [[arterial road]] in the [[Los Angeles metropolitan area]] that runs from El Segundo Boulevard in [[Hawthorne, California|Hawthorne]] to the [[Sunset Strip]] in [[West Hollywood, California|West Hollywood]] to the north. It was named for [[Rancho Las Cienegas]], literally "The Ranch Of The Swamps," an area of marshland south of [[Rancho La Brea]].
+'''La Cienega Boulevard''' is a major north–south [[arterial road]] in the [[Los Angeles metropolitan area]] that runs from the [[Sunset Strip]] in [[West Hollywood, California|West Hollywood]] in the north to El Segundo Boulevard in [[Hawthorne, California|Hawthorne]] in the South. It was named for [[Rancho Las Cienegas]], literally "The Ranch Of The Swamps," an area of marshland south of [[Rancho La Brea]].
 ==Route description==
-From south of Fairview Boulevard and from north of Obama Boulevard (formerly Rodeo Road), La Cienega Boulevard is a regular surface street.  Offices for [[A&E Network]], [[History (U.S. TV channel)|The History Channel]] and the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] are located on La Cienega as were the studios of [[Citadel Broadcasting]] flagships [[KABC (AM)|KABC]] and [[KLOS]], two of Los Angeles' biggest radio stations, which were demolished for an apartment and shopping complex, currently under construction. La Cienega Boulevard was formerly the location of the headquarters of the defunct book publisher [[Price Stern Sloan]]. A portion of La Cienega in and adjacent to [[Beverly Hills]] is known as "Restaurant Row" for its large number of upscale restaurants.  South of Olympic, La Cienega through between the [[Pico-Robertson]] and [[South Carthay, Los Angeles|South Carthay]] neighborhoods in [[West Los Angeles]] and through the [[Crestview, Los Angeles|Crestview]] neighborhood in [[West Los Angeles]] into [[Culver City, Los Angeles|Culver City]] and is known for its large number of automotive-related business including several used car dealerships and many body shops and auto mechanics.<ref>{{cite episode | title = June 9, 2007
+La Cienega Boulevard's northern terminus is the [[Sunset Strip]] in [[West Hollywood, California|West Hollywood]]. It runs as a surface street in a due south direction through [[Beverly Hills]] and a section known as "Restaurant Row" for its historic tradition of upscale restaurants. South of Olympic, La Cienega runs through between the [[Pico-Robertson]], [[South Carthay, Los Angeles|South Carthay]], and [[Crestview, Los Angeles|Crestview]] neighborhoods of [[West Los Angeles]]. South of the [[Interstate 10 in California|Santa Monica Freeway, the I-10]], it briefly borders [[Culver City, California|Culver City]], and passes the La Cienega/Jefferson station of the [[E Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Metro E Line.]]
- | series = Car Talk
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- | airdate = June 9, 2007
- | number = 200723}}</ref>
 [[Image:West Hollywood - La Cienega Blvd.JPG|thumb|right|Looking north on La Cienega from Santa Monica Blvd]]
+Between [[Manchester Avenue|Obama Boulevard]] and [[Manchester Avenue]], most of La Cienega Boulevard is a divided, limited access expressway with few [[traffic light|traffic signals]]. In the late 1940s, as part of the proposed ''[[Laurel Canyon Freeway]]'', La Cienega  was constructed to [[freeway]] standards with several grade-separated interchanges. Emergency [[call box]]es like those found along the area's [[freeway]]s were also installed along that stretch in the early 1970s. The ''[[Laurel Canyon Freeway]]'' was never completed. This stretch of La Cienega passes through the [[Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area]], [[Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles, California|Baldwin Hills]], the [[Inglewood Oil Field]], and [[Ladera Heights, California|Ladera Heights]].
-It continues south passing Interstate 10, and the [[E Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Metro E Line]].
+South of [[Manchester Avenue]], La Cienega becomes a surface street once more, running parallel to the [[Interstate 405 (California)|San Diego (405) Freeway]] through [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]]. It terminates at [[El Segundo Boulevard]] in [[Hawthorne, California|Hawthorne]] along the west side of the freeway. A non-contiguous segment also named La Cienega Boulevard runs along the east side of the 405 freeway, roughly between [[El Segundo Boulevard]] and [[Rosecrans Avenue]] in an unincorporated strip of [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]].
-Unusually for [[Southern California]], south of the [[Interstate 10 in California|Santa Monica (10) Freeway]], La Cienega was built to [[freeway]] standards in the late 1940s as part of the proposed ''[[Laurel Canyon Freeway]]'', part of [[California State Route 170|State Route 170]].  The SR 170 freeway was never completed south of [[U.S. Route 101 (California)|U.S. Route 101]], and the stretch of La Cienega from just north of Fairview Blvd in [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]], through [[Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles, California|Baldwin Hills]] and along the [[Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area]] to [[Obama Boulevard]] in Los Angeles is a divided, limited access expressway with few [[traffic light|traffic signals]].  As such, emergency [[call box]]es like those found along the area's [[freeway]]s were installed along that stretch in the early 1970s.
-South of Fairview Boulevard, La Cienega runs parallel to the [[Interstate 405 (California)|San Diego (405) Freeway]] and terminates at [[El Segundo Boulevard]] in [[Del Aire, California|Del Aire]] along the west side of the freeway. A non-contiguous segment also named La Cienega Boulevard runs along the east side of the 405 freeway, roughly between El Segundo Boulevard and [[Rosecrans Avenue]] in Del Aire.
 ===La Cienega Design Quarter===