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Los Angeles Neighborhoods
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Beverly Hills and Century City If you only have a day to see L.A., see Beverly Hills. Love it or hate it, it delivers on a dramatic, cinematic scale of wealth and excess. Beverly Hills is the town's biggest movie star, and she always... |
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Downtown L.A. For the past few decades, Los Angeles has continually tried to reinvent its downtown area, cultivating new businesses, attractions, yuppie lofts, and cultural landmarks to create a core for a city that... |
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Hollywood Hollywood, like much of Los Angeles, is as much an idea as it is a place. Since the 1920s, Hollywood has lured us with its carefully manufactured images promising showbiz glitz and glamour. As visitors... |
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Long Beach, San Pedro and Palos Verdes The coastline south of Venice mellows into a string of low-key beach communities. Those around the bulge of the Palos Verdes Peninsula -- including Redondo Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, and Rancho Palos... |
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Pasadena Area Although seemingly absorbed into the general Los Angeles sprawl, Pasadena is a separate and distinct city. Noted for its Tournament of Roses, seen around the world each New Year's Day, the city brims with... |
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San Fernando Valley There are some Angelenos who swear, with a sneer, that they have never set foot in "the Valley." Some even claim they have no idea of its whereabouts. But without the dreaded Valley, the world would be... |
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Santa Monica, Venice and Malibu The desirable, varied communities of Santa Monica, Venice, and Malibu curve along L.A.'s coastline. These high-rent areas hug Santa Monica Bay in an arc, from the ultracasual, ultrarich Malibu to the bohemian-seedy... |
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West Hollywood West Hollywood is not a place to see things (like museums or movie studios) as much as it is a place to do things -- like go to a nightclub, eat at a world-famous restaurant, or attend an art gallery opening... |
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Wilshire Boulvard, Museum Row and Farmer's Market The three-block stretch of Wilshire Boulevard known as Museum Row, east of Fairfax Avenue, racks up five intriguing museums and a prehistoric tar pit to boot. Only a few blocks away is the historic Farmers... |
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