East Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

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East Hollywood is a community that forms the eastern portion of the Hollywood district in the City of Los Angeles, California.

It encompasses part of Hollywood east of Western Avenue and north of U.S. Route 101. The northern border is Hollywood Boulevard, and the eastern boundary is North Hoover Street.^[1] This includes the smaller communities of Thai Town, Virgil Village, and Little Armenia, and lies near Los Feliz and Silver Lake.

Several cutting-edge environmental demonstration projects are located in East Hollywood, including Eco-Home, Los Angeles Eco-Village, and the Bicycle Kitchen.

Contents 1 Landmarks 2 Transportation 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Landmarks

• Barnsdall Art Park, which includes the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Hollyhock House and a city-run arts center. The park, located on small but scenic Olive Hill, was donated to the City of Los Angeles by oil heiress Aline Barnsdall.
• The Braille Institute
• Church of Scientology West Coast headquarters (in a striking blue building, formerly Cedars of Lebanon hospital)
• Los Angeles City College
• Self-Realization Fellowship
• Three hospitals at Sunset Boulevard and Vermont Avenues: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Queen of Angels, and Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
• Zankou Chicken's first American store.

[edit] Transportation

East Hollywood is served by the Red Line subway which runs north-south along Vermont Avenue and east-west along Hollywood Boulevard, with stations at Vermont/Santa Monica, Vermont/Sunset and Hollywood/Western. Over a dozen bus lines run on the major thoroughfares, including Metro's Rapid and Local service lines and Los Angeles Department of Transportation's DASH shuttle lines serving Hollywood and the Griffith Observatory. The freeway U.S. Route 101 cuts northwest from downtown Los Angeles, with all its freeway connections, through Hollywood to the San Fernando Valley.

[edit] References

1. ^ East Hollywood boundaries. Retrieved on 2008-03-05.

[edit] External links

• EastHollywood.net
• "This is East Hollywood" - Short film spotlighting the diversity and uniqueness of the community.

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