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Los Feliz Boulevard

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Los Feliz Boulevard
Los Feliz Boulevard treelined with Deodar trees, heading east near Los Feliz and Edgemont
Maintained byBureau of Street Services, City of L.A. DPW
Length5 miles (8.0 km)
LocationLos Angeles County, California
West endWestern AvenueinLos Feliz
34°06′28″N118°18′33″W/ 34.1077°N 118.3092°W/34.1077; -118.3092
Major
junctions
Vermont Avenuein Los Feliz
I-5inAtwater Village
East endGlendale Avenue inGlendale
34°07′43″N118°15′10″W/ 34.1286°N 118.2528°W/34.1286; -118.2528
Los Feliz neighborhood, as mapped by theLos Angeles Times

Los Feliz Boulevardis a street inGlendaleandLos Angeles,California,United States.

The west-east thoroughfare runs throughLos AngelesandGlendale.It is the primary thoroughfare of theLos Feliz neighborhood.It starts off at its easternmost point at Glendale Avenue in Glendale as Los Feliz Road. After passing theMetrolinkrailroad tracks in western Glendale, it enters Los Angeles and becomes Los Feliz Boulevard.

Los Feliz passes throughAtwater Villageand serves as the demarcation of the south east corner ofGriffith Park.It is exit 141 off theGolden State Freeway.From there it generally parallels the southern border of Griffith Park, offset by a couple of residential blocks. After Griffith Park, at theAmerican Film Institute Conservatory,it swerves to a north-south street and ends. It then merges and becomesWestern Avenue,which runs all the way down to its southern terminus near the tide pools in theSan Pedroarea. Going north onVermont Avenueleads to theGreek TheatreandGriffith Observatory.

Notable landmarks

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Transportation

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Los Feliz Boulevard exit on Interstate 5 in 1958

The following lines operate on Los Feliz Boulevard:

References

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  1. ^Designated Historic-Cultural Monuments,Los Angeles City Cultural Heritage Commission
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