| It is a well known fact that when they were deciding | | | | important to know in which neighborhood that part of |
| on where to put the streets of L.A., the planning | | | | the street lies. |
| commission went down to the zoo, got a monkey, put | | | | Also, depending on the street, they change names |
| it on a map of the city and placed a highway where | | | | depending where they are located and even have the |
| ever the fleas fell. | | | | same name when they are not connected at all |
| OK. While that may not be completely true (they did | | | | (Pacific Coast Highway is one of these). Another |
| not get the monkey from the zoo), the system here is | | | | common occurrence with L.A. streets is that they |
| very complicated. The funny thing about L.A. streets is | | | | share the name of a neighborhood but stretch far |
| that, in some cases, they are extremely long. Wilshire | | | | outside it (Burbank Boulevard is one example.) |
| Boulevard goes from the ocean to downtown, about | | | | Now, usually, heavy roadwork is done at night in the |
| thirteen miles. Santa Monica Boulevard, Sunset | | | | summer. So, if you are out and about at 3:00 am in |
| Boulevard, and Sepulveda Boulevard have this similar | | | | July, expect to have to either slow down periodically or |
| characteristic. Since they span more than one | | | | to have to find a different route to get home. |
| neighborhood, when getting an address it is very | | | | |