12-634: Olympic Boulevard may refer to: Olympic Boulevard (Los Angeles) , a major arterial in Los Angeles Olympic Boulevard (Melbourne) , an inner city road in Melbourne, formerly part of Swan Street Olympic Blvd Expressway , an urban expressway in Seoul, South Korea [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about roads and streets with
24-457: A secular institution. Crossroads started with three rooms in a Baptist church offering grades seven and eight, and an initial enrollment of just over 30 students. The name Crossroads was suggested by Robert Frost 's poem, " The Road Not Taken ", in which Frost writes: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. As St. Augustine's grew to junior and senior high school,
36-667: Is a private/independent , college preparatory school in Santa Monica, California , United States. The school is a former member of the G20 Schools Group. The school was founded in 1971 as a secular institution affiliated with St. Augustine By-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Santa Monica. Although the founders, and many of the school's original students, came from the former St. Augustine By-the-Sea Episcopal Day School in Santa Monica, Crossroads School has always been
48-533: Is a major arterial road in Los Angeles, California . It stretches from Ocean Avenue on the western end of Santa Monica to East Los Angeles —farther than Wilshire Boulevard and most other streets. Its path runs parallel to and north of Pico Boulevard from Santa Monica to Downtown Los Angeles , and parallel to and south of Santa Monica Boulevard on its western end and Wilshire Boulevard past Beverly Hills . Like other major Los Angeles streets, Olympic
60-511: Is at least four lanes in width. Unlike other east-west arterial roads such as Wilshire Boulevard , Santa Monica Boulevard , and Sunset Boulevard , it does not cross major attractions and sites and therefore contains far less traffic. While Wilshire crosses through the heart of Los Angeles, Olympic runs through the southern end of principal areas such as West Los Angeles , Westwood , Century City , Beverly Hills , Hancock Park , Koreatown , Westlake and Downtown Los Angeles . Little Ethiopia
72-534: Is east of Fairfax Avenue and Olympic. Proceeding east on Olympic, it breaks off in Downtown LA's Fashion District but continues on from there, passing the southern areas of Boyle Heights , East Los Angeles , Commerce , and Montebello with an eastern terminus in Pico Rivera as a small neighborhood street. Olympic Boulevard is primarily a commercial, urban street. There is a grass divider with trees in
84-523: The Metro E Line that stop on or near Olympic Boulevard: one on 26th Street in Santa Monica outside the Bergamot Station and another slightly south of Olympic Boulevard at Bundy Drive . 34°02′42″N 118°15′54″W / 34.0451°N 118.2650°W / 34.0451; -118.2650 Crossroads School (Santa Monica, California) Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences
96-488: The Santa Monica portion. Around Carthay , Olympic passes through residential neighborhoods. A number of schools are located on Olympic as well. Crossroads School is located at Olympic and 20th in Santa Monica, New Roads Middle School is located at the Franklin/Berkeley St. area in Santa Monica. and Wildwood School is located in between Bundy and Barrington. Los Angeles High School is located slightly to
108-451: The east of Olympic and Highland Avenue . Olympic expands to six lanes starting east of Santa Monica and generally maintains a speed limit of 45 miles per hour (72 km/h). Even so, due to Los Angeles traffic, Olympic often becomes congested. It was originally named 10th Street, but was renamed Olympic Boulevard for the 1932 Summer Olympics , as that was the occasion of the tenth modern event. Tenth Street School, at Olympic and Grattan,
120-409: The founders started Crossroads with a separate board of directors and separate campus, which eventually merged in the 1980s under the name Crossroads. Co-founder Paul Cummins became the first headmaster and served until 1995. The 2004 book Hollywood, Interrupted , by the far-right propagandist Andrew Breitbart and Mark Ebner , dedicated a large section to Crossroads; it depicted the school (and
132-517: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Olympic_Boulevard&oldid=775658636 " Category : Road disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Olympic Boulevard (Los Angeles) Olympic Boulevard (formerly 10th Street )
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#1732794033140144-607: Was founded in 1888 and has kept the original name. Parts of the old 10th Street exist as smaller streets near Hancock Park, in Westlake, and in the Central City East area southeast of Downtown. Bus service throughout Olympic Boulevard is served between Santa Monica and Century City by Santa Monica Transit line 5, between Century City and Downtown LA by Metro Local line 28, and from The Fashion District east by Metro Local lines 62 and 66. There are two rail stations on
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