Miracle Mile is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles , California .
39-581: Miracle Mile may refer to: Places in the United States [ edit ] Miracle Mile, Los Angeles , California, a district of Los Angeles Miracle Mile (Coral Gables) , a shopping area in Coral Gables, Florida Miracle Mile (Manhasset) , New York, a premium shopping district on the North Shore of Long Island Miracle Mile Shops in
78-572: A 1988 apocalyptic thriller cult film Miracle Mile Pace , an annual harness race in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia "Miracle Mile", a race between Roger Bannister and John Landy at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games See also [ edit ] Magnificent Mile , a neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois, US Millionaires' Mile , an informal name given to exclusive residential neighborhoods of various cities Topics referred to by
117-860: A 1991 study by the Los Angeles Department of Transportation , this and the nearby intersection of Wilshire and Veteran are among the busiest in Los Angeles. The B and D subway lines of the Los Angeles Metro Rail run along Wilshire Boulevard from just past the 7th Street/Metro Center before serving the Westlake/;MacArthur Park and Wilshire/Vermont stations, where the D Line continues along Wilshire Boulevardto serve two stations at Wilshire/Normandie and at Wilshire/Western in Koreatown , while
156-522: A developer, publisher, and revolutionary who made and lost fortunes in real estate , farming , and gold mining , donated land to the City of Los Angeles for a boulevard stretching westward from a tract of luxury homes he was developing in Westlake Park (today's MacArthur Park). His conditions for the donation of the 120 ft (37 m) wide by 1,200 ft (370 m) long strip of land along
195-405: A huge commercial success, and proved historically influential. Ross had invented the car-oriented urban form — what Reyner Banham called "the linear downtown" model later adopted across the United States. The moves also contributed to Los Angeles's reputation as a city dominated by the car. A sculptural bust of Ross stands at 5800 Wilshire, with the inscription, "A. W. Ross, founder and developer of
234-441: A windshield. This meant larger, bolder, simpler signage and longer buildings in a larger scale. They also had to be oriented toward the boulevard and architectural ornamentation and massing must be perceptible at 30 MPH (50 km/h) instead of at walking speed. These building forms were driven by practical requirements but contributed to the stylistic language of Art Deco and Streamline Moderne . Ross's moves were unprecedented,
273-556: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Miracle Mile, Los Angeles It contains a stretch of Wilshire Boulevard known as Museum Row. It also contains two Historic Preservation Overlay Zones : the Miracle Mile HPOZ and the Miracle Mile North HPOZ. Miracle Mile's boundaries are roughly 3rd Street on the north, Highland Avenue on
312-469: Is expected to be completed in 2026. Phase 3 of the D Line extension, when fully completed, will extend to UCLA and Westwood/VA Hospital, and will follow Wilshire Boulevard for most of its route. That part will be completed in 2027 in time for the 2028 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, as the Westwood/UCLA station will serve multiple sporting venues. Phase four to downtown Santa Monica is still in
351-681: Is leased mostly for filmmaking , but was also utilized as the west coast campaign office for Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, 2016 . At the border on the Northwest corner is the Writers Guild of America, West , and at the border on the North is the Farmers Market , and The Grove , followed by Pan-Pacific Park . Wilshire Boulevard Wilshire Boulevard (['wɪɫ.ʃɚ]) is a prominent 15.83 mi (25.48 km) boulevard in
390-554: Is located in the city's Wilshire community plan area. Los Angeles Metro's D Line subway is being extended along Wilshire Boulevard to the Veterans Affairs Hospital, from its current terminus at Western Avenue in Koreatown. In 1985, A federal ban on tunneling operations in the area was passed at the behest of the district's congressional representative Henry Waxman after an explosion , caused by
429-461: Is one of Los Angeles's busiest districts, and contains many high-rise residential towers. The Fox and MGM studios are located in a series of skyscrapers, along with many historic Los Angeles hotels. Wilshire Boulevard is also the principal street of Koreatown , the site of many of Los Angeles' oldest buildings and skyscrapers. Koreatown and Mid-Wilshire are among Los Angeles's most densely populated districts. Wilshire Boulevard originated as one of
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#1732772980081468-840: Is within the Los Angeles Unified School District , Board District 4. Landmarks include The Los Angeles County Museum of Art , the Petersen Automotive Museum , SAG-AFTRA , the El Rey Theatre , La Brea Tar Pits , Park La Brea Apartments , 5900 Wilshire , Ace Gallery , the Zachary All building (5467), the Olympia Medical Center , and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures . Johnie's Coffee Shop
507-545: The Los Angeles area of Southern California , extending from Ocean Avenue in the city of Santa Monica east to Grand Avenue in the Financial District of downtown Los Angeles . One of the principal east–west arterial roads of Los Angeles, it is also one of the major city streets through the city of Beverly Hills . Wilshire Boulevard runs roughly parallel to Santa Monica Boulevard from Santa Monica to
546-475: The MacArthur Park lake, but in 1934 a berm was built for it to cross and link up with the existing Orange Street (which ran from Figueroa to Alvarado) into downtown Los Angeles. Orange Street was renamed Wilshire and extended east of Figueroa to Grand. This divided the lake into two halves; the northern half was later drained. The Wilshire Boulevard home of J. Paul Getty was used as the film set for
585-647: The Miracle Mile , is home to many of Los Angeles's largest museums and cultural institutions. The area just to the east, between Highland Avenue and Wilton Place, is referred to as the Park Mile. Between Westwood and Holmby Hills, several tall glitzy condominium buildings overlook this part of Wilshire, which is variously referred to as Millionaire's Mile, the Wilshire Corridor, and Condo Canyon. The Wilshire Corridor, located next to Century City ,
624-615: The 1800s, Wilshire Boulevard was known as "Calle de los Indios." Before the Spanish settlements of Los Angeles, much of the length of Wilshire Boulevard can be traced back to the indigenous Tongva people who used it to bring back tar from the La Brea pits in today's Miracle Mile section of Wilshire Blvd, back to their settlement on the coast. This road was later used by Spanish explorers and settlers, calling it El Camino Viejo ('The Old Road'). The route that ultimately became Wilshire crossed
663-456: The 1950 film Sunset Boulevard : it was demolished in 1957. All of the boulevard is at least four lanes in width, and most of the portion between Hoover Street and Robertson Boulevard has a raised center median. The widest portion of the boulevard is located in the business district of central Westwood , where mobs of pedestrians crossing Wilshire at Westwood Boulevard must traverse ten lanes (including two left-turn pockets). According to
702-516: The 1988 film (see below) The Miracle Mile , by Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle, 2006 Songs [ edit ] "Miracle Mile" (song) , by Cold War Kids, 2013 "Miracle Mile", by Down with Webster from Down with Webster "Miracle Mile", by Icehouse from Code Blue "Miracle Mile", by Soul Asylum from While You Were Out Other uses [ edit ] Miracle Mile (film) ,
741-463: The 35 acres (14 ha) barley field he was subdividing were that it be named for him and that railroad lines and commercial or industrial trucking would be banned. The road first appeared on a map under its present name in 1895. A historic apartment building on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and South Kenmore Avenue, the Gaylord, carries his middle name. Wilshire Boulevard formerly ended at
780-658: The B Line branches off north along Vermont Avenue to eventually terminate in North Hollywood . The construction of the future D Line Extension along Wilshire Boulevard commenced in November 2014. The construction timeline would see the project from the existing Wilshire/Western station to the planned Wilshire/La Cienega station on the corner of Wilshire and La Cienega Boulevard, to be completed by 2025. The second phase got officially under way on February 23, 2018 from Wilshire/La Cienega to Century City Station, and it
819-619: The Miracle Mile. The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , designed by Renzo Piano , is located in the former May Company Department Store on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue. A new contemporary structure for the museum's theaters is located behind the building. Miracle Mile contains two Historic Preservation Overlay Zones. The Miracle Mile HPOZ comprises 1,347 properties. Its boundaries are Wilshire Boulevard to
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#1732772980081858-467: The Miracle Mile. Vision to see, wisdom to know, courage to do." As wealth and newcomers poured into the fast-growing city, Ross's parcel became one of Los Angeles's most desirable areas. Acclaimed as "America's Champs-Élysées ," this stretch of Wilshire near the La Brea Tar Pits was named "Miracle Mile" for its improbable rise to prominence. Although the preponderance of shopping malls and
897-1164: The Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada Miracle Mile, a shopping area in Stockton, California Miracle Mile, a shopping area in St. Louis Park, Minnesota "Miracle Mile", South Main Street in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin , so named for a string of lottery-winning tickets sold there Miracle Mile Road, the southernmost alignment of Arizona State Route 77 Miracle Mile Historic District , Tucson, Arizona "Miracle Mile", Red Hill Avenue, connecting San Rafael and San Anselmo, California Music [ edit ] Albums [ edit ] Miracle Mile (Guardian album) , 1993 Miracle Mile (Latch Key Kid album) , 2008 Miracle Mile (Strfkr album) , 2013 Miracle Mile (Wayne Horvitz album) , 1992 Miracle Mile (soundtrack) , by Tangerine Dream, from
936-444: The United States. He also required merchants to provide automobile parking lots, all to aid traffic flow. Major retailers such as Desmond's , Silverwoods , May Co., Coulter's , Harris and Frank , Ohrbach's , Mullen & Bluett , Phelps-Terkel , Myer Siegel , and Seibu eventually spread down Wilshire Boulevard from Fairfax to La Brea. Ross ordered that all building facades along Wilshire be engineered so as to be best seen through
975-458: The buildup of methane seeping up through the district's long-depleted oil wells, destroyed a department store. The ban was implemented despite the fact that methane deposits abound in most of Los Angeles. In late 2005, the ban was overturned, owing to tunneling techniques that make it possible to mitigate the methane concern. A westerly extension of the subway was then supported by many civic officials in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, and Santa Monica,
1014-530: The central pathways constructed by the Tongva tribes residing in the region prior to the exploration of the conquistadores. At the time of the founding of Los Angeles, Wilshire Boulevard was one of the main arteries connecting the largest Tongva village in the area, then known as Yaanga , which eventually became Union Station, to the Pacific Ocean. From the founding of Los Angeles through nearly all of
1053-553: The development in the 1960s of financial and business districts in downtown and Century City lessened the Miracle Mile's importance as a retail and business center, the area has regained its vitality thanks to the addition of several museums and commercial high-rises. The black and gold Deco Building in Art Deco style at 5209 Wilshire was built in 1929, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . It
1092-423: The east, San Vicente Boulevard on the south, and Fairfax Avenue on the west. Major thoroughfares include Wilshire and Olympic boulevards, La Brea and Fairfax avenues, and 6th Street. Google Maps identifies an irregularly shaped area labeled "Miracle Mile" that runs from Ogden Drive on the west to Citrus Avenue and La Brea Avenue on the east. The area is roughly bordered on the north by 4th Street and on
1131-429: The intersection of Figueroa Street . One Wilshire , built in 1966 at the junction of Wilshire and Grand, is said to be "the main hub of the internet for the entire Pacific Rim" because so many telecommunications companies rent space there. Aon Center , Los Angeles' third-largest tower, is at 707 Wilshire Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles. The stretch of the boulevard between Fairfax and Highland Avenues , known as
1170-404: The multiple downtowns that characterize contemporary Los Angeles. Ross's insight was that the form and scale of his Wilshire strip should attract and serve automobile traffic rather than pedestrian shoppers. He applied this design both to the street itself and to the buildings lining it. Ross gave Wilshire various "firsts," including dedicated left-turn lanes and timed traffic lights, the first in
1209-450: The north, San Vicente Boulevard to the south, La Brea Avenue to the east, and Orange Grove Avenue to the west. It is located in the city's Wilshire community plan area. The Miracle Mile North HPOZ primarily consists of single-family residences which are uniform in scale, massing and setbacks, the majority of which were built from 1924 to 1941. Its boundaries are Gardner and Detroit streets, between Beverly Boulevard and Third Street. It
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1248-481: The original pueblo of Los Angeles and five of the original Spanish land grants, or ranchos . Wilshire was pieced together from various streets over several decades. It began in the 1870s as Nevada Avenue in Santa Monica, and in the 1880s as Orange Street between Westlake (now MacArthur) Park and downtown. Nevada and Orange were later renamed as parts of Wilshire. In 1895, Henry Gaylord Wilshire (1861–1927),
1287-497: The planning stages and has no funding. Metro Local Line 20, Metro Rapid Line 720, and Santa Monica Transit Line 2 operate along Wilshire Boulevard. Due to the high ridership of line 720, 60-foot (18 m) NABI & New Flyer articulated buses are used on this route, and bus lanes are in place along some segments of the line. The aging sections of Wilshire Boulevard in the city of Los Angeles are notorious for their giant potholes . Wilshire Boulevard runs through or near
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1365-408: The south by 12th Street. In the early 1920s, Wilshire Boulevard west of Western Avenue was an unpaved farm road, extending through dairy farms and bean fields. Developer A. W. Ross saw potential for the area and developed Wilshire as a commercial district to rival downtown Los Angeles. The "Miracle Mile" nickname first appeared in local newspapers on January 27, 1929. The Miracle Mile development
1404-569: The three cities through which the proposed extension runs. In early 2008, the project—which is destined to terminate in Santa Monica—received $ 5 billion in federal funds. In late 2008, Measure R passed, releasing $ 10 billion in reserve funds to start work on public transit projects in Los Angeles County. Service to three new stations, La Brea Station, Fairfax Station and La Cienega Station, is expected to begin in 2025. The area
1443-558: The west boundary of Beverly Hills. From the east boundary, it runs a block south of Sixth Street to its terminus. Wilshire Boulevard is densely developed throughout most of its span, connecting five of Los Angeles's major business districts and Beverly Hills. Many of the post-1956 skyscrapers in Los Angeles are located along Wilshire; for example, the Wilshire Grand Center , the tallest building in California, sits at
1482-935: Was designed by the architecture firm of Morgan, Walls & Clements , which also designed the Wiltern Theatre , the El Capitan Theatre , and other notable buildings in Los Angeles. Landmark buildings past and present, as well as some of the well-known businesses lining Wilshire during its main period as a retail center of Los Angeles (1930s–1960s). Architects : MWC = Morgan, Walls, & Clements , WB = Welton Becket & Associates Styles : AD = Art Deco, Ch = Churrigueresque , ︎SCR = Spanish Colonial Revival , SM = Streamline Moderne Italics indicate demolished buildings. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), The Petersen Automotive Museum , Craft Contemporary , George C. Page Museum , and La Brea Tar Pits pavilions, among others, create "Museum Row" on
1521-578: Was initially anchored by the May Company Department Store with its landmark 1939 Streamline Moderne building on the west and the E. Clem Wilson Building on the east, then Los Angeles's tallest commercial building. The Wilson Building had a dirigible mast on top and was home to a number of businesses and professionals relocating from downtown. The success of the new alternative commercial and shopping district negatively affected downtown real estate values, and triggered development of
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