Wilshire Boulevard

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major arterial road street thoroughfare

Wilshire Boulevard is a major east–west thoroughfare in Los Angeles, California, known for its cultural landmarks, commercial districts, and role as a central artery of the city.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Wilshire corridor	2
Wilshire Blvd.	1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	major arterial road ⓘ street ⓘ thoroughfare ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ surface form: Wilshire Blvd.
contains	Beverly Hills ⓘ surface form: Beverly Hills business district Koreatown ⓘ surface form: Koreatown commercial corridor MacArthur Park frontage ⓘ Miracle Mile district ⓘ Museum Row ⓘ Westwood Village vicinity ⓘ Wilshire Center ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
easternTerminus	Downtown Los Angeles ⓘ Grand Avenue ⓘ
hasDesignation	Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument sites along its route ⓘ
hasLandmark	Beverly Wilshire Hotel ⓘ Bullocks Wilshire building ⓘ Equitable Building of Hollywood and Vine vicinity via connection routes ⓘ La Brea Tar Pits ⓘ surface form: La Brea Tar Pits and Museum Los Angeles County Museum of Art ⓘ One Wilshire building ⓘ Petersen Automotive Museum ⓘ Wiltern Theatre ⓘ
historicalSignificance	associated with development of Miracle Mile as an early automobile-oriented shopping district ⓘ spurred early 20th-century westward expansion of Los Angeles ⓘ
knownFor	commercial districts ⓘ cultural landmarks ⓘ high-rise office buildings ⓘ historic architecture ⓘ role as a central artery of Los Angeles ⓘ shopping districts ⓘ
length	approximately 15.83 miles ⓘ approximately 25.5 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Central Los Angeles ⓘ Downtown Los Angeles ⓘ Los Angeles ⓘ Los Angeles County ⓘ Santa Monica ⓘ Westside of Los Angeles ⓘ surface form: Westside region of Los Angeles
namedAfter	Henry Gaylord Wilshire ⓘ
partOf	Los Angeles street grid ⓘ
passesThrough	Beverly Hills ⓘ Brentwood ⓘ Century City ⓘ Downtown Los Angeles ⓘ Koreatown ⓘ MacArthur Park ⓘ surface form: MacArthur Park area Beverly Grove ⓘ surface form: Mid-Wilshire Miracle Mile ⓘ Santa Monica ⓘ Westside of Los Angeles ⓘ surface form: West Los Angeles Westlake ⓘ Westwood ⓘ
publicTransitServedBy	Los Angeles Metro B Line connection at Wilshire/Vermont ⓘ Los Angeles Metro D Line (subway) along Wilshire corridor ⓘ Los Angeles Metro E Line connection at Downtown terminus vicinity ⓘ Metro Rapid Line 720 ⓘ multiple Los Angeles Metro bus lines ⓘ
role	major east–west transportation artery in Los Angeles ⓘ
westernTerminus	Ocean Avenue ⓘ Santa Monica ⓘ
zoningCharacter	high-density urban corridor ⓘ mixed commercial and residential ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

MacArthur Park → adjacentTo → Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ

MacArthur Park Lake → adjacentTo → Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ

Wilshire Boulevard → alsoKnownAs → Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wilshire Blvd.

Santa Monica Boulevard → crosses → Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ

Wilshire Community Plan Area → hasTransportationCorridor → Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ

Westlake/MacArthur Park station → isPartOfCorridor → Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wilshire corridor

Miracle Mile → knownFor → Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures → locatedOn → Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ

Ahmanson Building → locatedOn → Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ

Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles → locatedOn → Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ

Art of the Americas Building → locatedOn → Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ

BCAM → locatedOn → Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ

Los Angeles County Museum of Art → locatedOn → Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ

Miracle Mile district → locatedOn → Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ

Petersen Automotive Museum → locatedOn → Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ

Wilshire Center → locatedOn → Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ

Miracle Mile → mainStreet → Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ

Westwood → majorStreet → Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ

Wilshire Center → majorStreet → Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ

Wilshire Community Plan Area → namedAfter → Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ

Westlake/MacArthur Park station → nearStreet → Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ

D Line → primaryCorridor → Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ

Miracle Mile district → primaryThoroughfare → Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ

Red Line as B Line and D Line → serves → Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ

subject surface form: D Line (Los Angeles Metro)

this entity surface form: Wilshire corridor

Hancock Park → transportServedBy → Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ