30 August 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Greater Los Angeles Area
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Wilshire Boulevard in Santa Monica © flickr.com – inazakira/cc-by-sa-2.0
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Wilshire Boulevard is a 15.83 miles (25.48 km)
boulevard in the
Los Angeles area of
Southern California , extending from
Ocean Avenue in the city of
Santa Monica east to
Grand Avenue in the
Financial District of
downtown Los Angeles . One of the principal east-west
arterial roads of Los Angeles, it is also one of the major city streets through the city of
Beverly Hills . Wilshire Boulevard runs roughly parallel with
Santa Monica Boulevard from Santa Monica to the west boundary of Beverly Hills. From the east boundary it runs a block south of Sixth Street to its terminus. The boulevard was named after
Henry Gaylord Wilshir e (1861-1927), a
landowner ,
publisher and
socialist (only in America: A boulevard that stands for income inequality between the poor (homeless camps) and the super rich like no other in the world is named after a socialist. You can’t help but grin).
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25 January 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Miami / South Florida
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Biltmore Hotel © Ebyabe/cc-by-sa-3.0
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Coral Gables, officially the
City of Coral Gables , is a city in
Miami-Dade County , located southwest of
Downtown Miami , with a population of 50,000. Coral Gables is a Mediterranean-themed
planned community known for its climate and historical character.
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