Fairfax Branch
Fairfax Branch is a library in Los Angeles, Southern California, California. Fairfax Branch is situated nearby to the neighborhood Park La Brea, as well as near the suburb Fairfax District.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Library
- Description: public library in Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as: “Fairfax Branch Los Angeles Public Library”
- Address: CA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Los Angeles County Museum of Art and La Brea Tar Pits.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Museum
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is an art museum located on Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. LACMA is on Museum Row, adjacent to the La Brea Tar Pits. Los Angeles County Museum of Art is situated 3,400 feet southwest of Fairfax Branch.
La Brea Tar Pits
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 2.5.
La Brea Tar Pits comprise an active paleontological research site in urban Los Angeles. Hancock Park was formed around a group of tar pits where natural asphalt has seeped up from the ground for tens of thousands of years.
Petersen Automotive Museum
Museum
Photo: Mbodell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Petersen Automotive Museum is an automobile museum located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles. One of the world's largest collections, the Petersen Automotive Museum is a nonprofit organization specializing in automobile history and related educational programs. Petersen Automotive Museum is situated 4,100 feet southwest of Fairfax Branch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Park La Brea and Fairfax District.
Park La Brea
Neighborhood
Park La Brea is an apartment community in the Miracle Mile District of Los Angeles, California developed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in 1944.
Fairfax District
Suburb
Photo: Kkmd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fairfax District is a neighborhood in the Central region of Los Angeles, California. Historically the Fairfax District has been a center of the Jewish community in Los Angeles.
Miracle Mile
Neighborhood
Photo: DaveofCali, CC BY 2.0.
Miracle Mile is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California. 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.
Fairfax Branch
- Categories: library branch, public library, building, and education
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.07177° or 34° 4′ 18″ northLongitude
-118.35355° or 118° 21′ 13″ westElevation
207 feet (63 metres)Height
27 feet (8.2 metres)Open location code
85633JCW+PHOpenStreetMap ID
way 423517418OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=libraryOpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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