3rd Street (Los Angeles)
3rd Street in Los Angeles is a major east-west thoroughfare. It begins in downtown Beverly Hills by Santa Monica Boulevard and ends at Alameda Street in Downtown Los Angeles, and in Downtown Los Angeles, 3rd Street shares a one-way couplet with 4th Street. East of Alameda it becomes 4th Street, where it heads to East Los Angeles, where it turns back into 3rd Street upon crossing Indiana Street. 3rd Street eventually becomes Pomona Boulevard in Monterey Park, where it finally ends at the Pomona Freeway (SR 60).[1]
3rd Street passes along the south side of The Grove and "The Original" Farmers Market at Fairfax Avenue, near the headquarters of The Writers Guild of America, West. There are also many other restaurants, boutiques, and antique stores on this specific strip of 3rd Street, which is less upscale and more relaxed than nearby Robertson Boulevard and Melrose Avenue.[2]
3rd Street is parallel to two other major thoroughfares, Wilshire Boulevard to the south and Beverly Boulevard to the north. It is four lanes wide east of Doheny Drive, and passes through the same communities as Wilshire Boulevard.
[edit] Located on 3rd Street
- Beverly Center
- The Farmer's Market at the Grove
- Joan's on Third
- Cedars Sinai Medical Center
- St. Vincent Medical Center
- Pyrrha Jewelry
- Alexis Bittar
[edit] Education and transportation
- Los Angeles Board of Education Headquarters
- Evelyn Thurman Gratts Elementary School, 3rd Street and Lucas Avenue
- Miguel Contreras Learning Complex, 3rd Street and Lucas Avenue
- Metro Local bus lines 16 and 316 serve west 3rd Street.[3] Line 316 is proposed to be replaced by Metro Rapid line 716. Montebello Transit line 40 serves east 3rd Street.
The Metro Gold Line runs on 3rd Street between Indiana Street and Atlantic Boulevard.
[edit] References
- ^ Exact location of Third Street
- ^ Zappa, Moon Unit (2001-11-18), ONE STREET AT A TIME; Positively Third Street, The New York Times, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B03E6D91338F93BA25752C1A9679C8B63, retrieved 2008-11-04[dead link]
- ^ Time Schedule: Lines 016/316 -- Downtown Los Angeles - Century City via 3rd St (12/14/08)
Coordinates: 34°02′00″N 118°22′31″W / 34.033208°N -118.37539°E
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