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The substation is seen briefly in the music video for “Get U Down Pt. 2,” by Warren G. The tunnel and substation are featured in the 2005 skateboarding video game Tony Hawk's American Wasteland , in which the player takes the tunnel to ride from Downtown LA to East LA.
Los Angeles portal; List of Los Angeles placename etymologies; Transportation in Los Angeles; Pico and Sepulveda; Los Angeles streets, 1–10; Los Angeles streets, 11–40; Los Angeles streets, 41–250; Los Angeles Avenues; List of streets in the San Gabriel Valley
From approximately 1920 to 1955, Central Avenue was the heart of the African-American community in Los Angeles, with active rhythm and blues and jazz music scenes. [2] [3] Local luminaries included Eric Dolphy, Art Pepper, Chico Hamilton, Clora Bryant, and Charles Mingus.
Western Avenue is a major four-lane street in the city of Los Angeles (west of Downtown) and through the center portion of Los Angeles County, California. It is one of the longest north–south streets in Los Angeles city and county, apart from Sepulveda Boulevard. It is about 29 miles (47 km) long.
The sequence of streets in the song was parodied in the 1985 song "Born in East L.A." by Cheech Marin. But instead of listing the streets sung by Randy Newman, listed are Soto Street, Brooklyn Avenue, City Terrace, and Whittier Boulevard, all streets of East Los Angeles.
The streets were renamed in 1910, when the city of Hollywood was annexed into Los Angeles. [2] Beginning in the 1920s, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the area began to see an influx of money and influence as movie and music businesses moved to the district, turning the local farms and orchards into movie backlots.
A retail four-disc collection, Portal 2: Songs to Test By (Collector's Edition), was released on October 30, 2012 through Ipecac Recordings. Three of the discs include the music already available (listed above), while the fourth disc includes songs from Portal. A mini-comic, "Turret Lullaby", is also included. [21]
Streets change from west to east (for instance West 1st Street to East 1st Street) at Main Street. All of these streets run through Downtown Los Angeles. In addition, many of the streets also run through Westlake and Boyle Heights. 1st, 4th, 6th/Whittier, 7th, [1] and Olympic have crossings over the Los Angeles River; the others do not.