Miracle Mile district

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The Miracle Mile district is a historic, museum-rich stretch of Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles known for its Art Deco architecture and cultural institutions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf commercial district
historic district
neighborhood
architecturalStyle Art Deco
Streamline Moderne
characterizedBy early auto-oriented commercial design
mid-rise office buildings
retail storefronts
city Los Angeles
country United States of America
surface form: United States
daylightSavingTimeZone Pacific Time Zone
surface form: Pacific Daylight Time
developedBy A. W. Ross
developmentBegan 1920s
economyBasedOn cultural attractions
retail
tourism
fireProtection Los Angeles Fire Department
governedBy Los Angeles City Council
hasDesignation historic preservation overlay zone
hasFeature mid-20th-century commercial buildings
Museum Row
surface form: museum row

pedestrian-friendly streetscape
hasLandmark Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
El Rey Theatre
La Brea Tar Pits
surface form: La Brea Tar Pits and Museum

Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Petersen Automotive Museum
Saban Theatre
hasNearbyDistrict Beverly Grove
Fairfax District
Hancock Park
Beverly Grove
surface form: Mid-Wilshire
knownFor Art Deco architecture
cultural institutions
museums
locatedIn California, United States
surface form: California

Los Angeles
United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedOn Wilshire Boulevard
partOf Central Los Angeles
policeJurisdiction Los Angeles Police Department
primaryThoroughfare Wilshire Boulevard
state California, United States
surface form: California
timeZone Pacific Time Zone
transportServedBy D Line (Los Angeles Metro)
surface form: Los Angeles Metro D Line

Los Angeles Metro bus lines
zoningType commercial
residential

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Central Los Angeles contains Miracle Mile district
this entity surface form: Mid-Wilshire
Central Los Angeles contains Miracle Mile district
this entity surface form: Wilshire Center–Koreatown Community Plan Area
Wilshire Boulevard contains Miracle Mile district
Los Angeles County Museum of Art locatedIn Miracle Mile district
Petersen Automotive Museum locatedInCulturalArea Miracle Mile district
this entity surface form: Museum Row on the Miracle Mile
Ahmanson Building partOf Miracle Mile district
La Brea Tar Pits partOf Miracle Mile district