Wilshire Boulevard (['wɪɫ.ʃɚ]) is a prominent 15.83 mi (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.

Mar 23, 2013 · Wilshire Boulevard is the product of a dream that nobody ever dreamed, not even Gaylord Wilshire himself. It's a world-famous street that came together in fragments.

S tretching nearly 16 miles from Downtown Los Angeles to Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, Wilshire Boulevard is a kaleidoscope of California culture. You’ll find several chef-driven dining hot spots near mom-and-pop bakeries and generations-old Mexican eateries.

Jul 23, 2020 · Consider a self-driving architectural tour along Wilshire Boulevard from MacArthur Park to Fairfax Avenue, a distance of about 4½ miles.

Jul 10, 2024 · Los Angeles will study the feasibility of permanently closing Wilshire Boulevard, which splits MacArthur Park, to vehicular traffic in favor of an “open streets” concept.

Aug 15, 2019 · From downtown LA to Santa Monica Beach, Wilshire Boulevard provides one of the most eclectic and interesting drives in any major city. Lets start downtown. Wilshire Boulevard begins at Grand Street and is just a stone’s throw from Pershing Square and LA’s Historic district.

Wilshire is one of the only boulevards that has a neighborhood named after it (because for some reason most neighborhoods are named by the streets that run north and south: ie: Fairfax, La Brea, Larchmont, Westwood). Wilshire is the kind of street you’d roll down your windows for.

Parts of what we now know as Wilshire Boulevard date back to the area’s earliest known inhabitants. Tongva Indians gathered building material for their settlements from la brea (“the tar”) pits in today’s Miracle Mile.

Long known as the “Main Street to the beach,” Wilshire Boulevard connects Downtown with the Miracle Mile district, Beverly Hills, Westwood, and the ocean bluffs near Santa Monica, best reflecting the history and ambitions of our sprawling city.

Wilshire Boulevard is lined with irreplaceable historic structures that embody the rich history of the boulevard, of Los Angeles, and of our culture.