Westwood, Los Angeles, California

Westwood is a district in western Los Angeles, California. Developed by the Janss family in the 1920s, it is best known as the home of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the epicenter of a large Persian population. The eastern portions of the district are often thought of as a distinctly different neighborhood, Holmby Hills.

Geography

Located in the northern central portion of Los Angeles' West Side, Westwood is bordered by Brentwood on the west, Bel-Air on the north, Century City and Beverly Hills on the east, West Los Angeles on the southwest, Rancho Park on the southeast, and unincorporated Sawtelle on the south and southwest. The district's boundaries are generally considered to be Santa Monica Boulevard on the southeast, the city limits of Beverly Hills on the northeast, and Sunset Boulevard on the north; its southwestern boundary is the San Diego Freeway between Santa Monica and Wilshire boulevards, and Veteran Avenue between Wilshire and Sunset.

Related Topics:
West Side - Brentwood - Bel-Air - Century City - Beverly Hills - West Los Angeles - Rancho Park - Sawtelle - San Diego Freeway

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Transportation

Westwood's major thoroughfares include Santa Monica, Sepulveda, Beverly Glen, Wilshire, Westwood, and Sunset Boulevards. The district is served by the San Diego Freeway. Numerous bus lines serve the area, and recently instituted bus rapid transit service runs along Wilshire.

Related Topics:
Wilshire - Sunset - Bus rapid transit

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The area's notorious traffic (q.v.) has led to calls for the extension of the Wilshire leg of the Los Angeles Metro's Red Line subway to Westwood from its current endpoint at Western Avenue in Koreatown.

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Los Angeles Metro - Subway - Koreatown

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The Metro and Caltrans have also begun a project to widen the San Diego Freeway between the its interchanges with the Marina Freeway (CA/SR-90) in Culver City and the Ventura Freeway (US-101) in Sherman Oaks; the project, which will finally add a northbound carpool lane to the congested route, is not scheduled for completion until 2007 at the earliest.

Related Topics:
Caltrans - Marina Freeway - CA/SR-90 - Culver City - Ventura Freeway - US-101 - Sherman Oaks - Carpool lane

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