Mid-City | |
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Neighborhood of Los Angeles | |
Mid-City signage located at the intersection of
La Brea Avenue and the Santa Monica Freeway |
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Location within Los Angeles | |
Coordinates: 34°02′30″N 118°21′20″W / 34.0418°N 118.3555°WCoordinates: 34°02′30″N 118°21′20″W / 34.0418°N 118.3555°W | |
Country | United States of America |
State | California |
County | Los Angeles |
Time zone | Pacific |
Zip Code | 90019 |
Area code(s) | 323 |
Mid-City is a neighborhood in Central Los Angeles, California.
Attractions include restaurants and a post office named for singer Ray Charles, who had his recording studio in Mid-City. The neighborhood hosts eleven public and private schools. The Crenshaw/LAX Line from north-south is proposed to serve this area.
The City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation has posted Mid-City signage to mark the area. City installed signs are at the following intersections (from east to west): Hoover Street and Washington Boulevard , Vermont Avenue and Pico Boulevard , Western Avenue and Pico Boulevard , Normandie Avenue and the Santa Monica Freeway , and La Brea Avenue and the Santa Monica Freeway.
Google Maps outlines an area labeled “Mid-City” that roughly runs from Hoover Street on the East to La Cienega Boulevard & Robertson Boulevard on the West. The North is roughly bordered by Olympic Boulevard and the Santa Monica Freeway is on the South.
The Mapping L.A. project of the Los Angeles Times states as follows:
Mid-City is bounded on the north by Pico Boulevard, on the east by Crenshaw Boulevard, on the south by the Santa Monica Freeway, on the southwest by Washington and National boulevards, on the west by Robertson Boulevard and on the northwest by Cadillac Avenue and La Cienega Boulevard.
It is flanked by Carthay and Mid-Wilshire to the north, Arlington Heights to the east, Culver City and West Adams to the south, Palms to the southwest, Beverlywood to the west and Pico-Robertson to the northwest.