Wilshire/La Brea station
Wilshire/La Brea station is an under construction, underground rapid transit station on the D Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and La Brea Avenue.Photo: Downtowngal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Apartment building
- Description: under-construction LA Metro Rail station
- Also known as: “Wilshire La Brea” and “Wilshire/La Brea”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include La Brea Tar Pits and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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.
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 1 mile west of Wilshire/La Brea station.
El Rey Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The El Rey Theatre is a live music venue in the Miracle Mile area of the Mid-Wilshire region in Los Angeles, California. This art deco building was designed by Clifford A. El Rey Theatre is situated 1,600 feet west of Wilshire/La Brea station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mid-Wilshire and Miracle Mile.
Mid-Wilshire
Suburb
Photo: DaveofCali, CC BY 2.0.
Mid-Wilshire is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California. It is known for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Petersen Automotive Museum, and the Miracle Mile shopping district.
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.
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.
Wilshire/La Brea station
- Categories: metro station, building, and residential building
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.06134° or 34° 3′ 41″ northLongitude
-118.34375° or 118° 20′ 38″ westElevation
276 feet (84 metres)Height
89 feet (27 metres)Open location code
85633M64+GFOpenStreetMap ID
way 1498075461OpenStreetMap feature
building=apartmentsWikidata ID
Q17066434
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Wilshire/La Brea station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “威爾希爾／拉佈雷拉站”
- Chinese: “威爾希爾／拉布雷拉站”
- Chinese: “威爾榭／拉佈雷拉站”
- Chinese: “威爾榭／拉布雷拉站”
- Esperanto: “Wilshire/La Gudro”
- French: “Wilshire/La Brea”
- Spanish: “Wilshire/La Brea”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include E. Clem Wilson Building and Miracle Mile Station Los Angeles Post Office.
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