Cahuenga Boulevard

Cahuenga Boulevard was named after the Cahuenga Pass, which connects the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles. The pass itself was named after the former villagers who lived in the area, who went by either Cabueng-na or Kaweenga. ==Route==

The majority of the route is bifurcated by the Hollywood Freeway, US-101. Cahuenga Boulevard East travels from Odin Street, near The Ford to Barham Boulevard, where it transitions into W. C. Fields Drive as it approaches Universal City. To reach the rest of Cahuenga Boulevard, travelers must cross the freeway via Pilgrimage Bridge, the Mulholland Drive Viaduct, or the Barham Boulevard Overpass. The western route of Cahuenga Boulevard transitions into Highland Avenue outside of the Hollywood Bowl. Cahuenga Boulevard emerges again at an intersection where Lankershim Boulevard crosses the Los Angeles River. This section of Cahuenga Boulevard is a north-south route that passes under the Ventura Freeway and travels through the east side of the valley until terminating with Victory Boulevard at the southern entrance to Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery. Cahuenga Boulevard passes through many neighborhoods. South of Cahuenga Pass, the boulevard passes through Hollywood, Whitley Heights, the Hollywood Hills, and the Hollywood Dell. It connects to Studio City and Universal City in the San Fernando Valley. The section north of the Los Angeles River passes through the neighborhoods of Toluca Lake and North Hollywood. ==Landmarks==

on the northeast corner of Cahuenga and Hollywood The southern portion of Cahuenga Boulevard has been referred to as the "heart of old Hollywood". The intersection between Cahuenga and Hollywood Boulevards had been an important intersection from the early history of Los Angeles, and by 1915 it had a trolley stop, a bank and a hardware store. Trolley cars were used on the boulevards until the 1960s when they were replaced with busses. Historically a number of important Los Angeles buildings were located on the road including the Technicolor building from the 1940s through the 1960s and the World Book and News building. Owl Drug Company in the Julian Medical Building on the south-east corner of Cahuenga and Hollywood Boulevard was a notable company in the 1930s. Security Trust and Savings, located on the north-east corner of Hollywood and Cahuenga was an important financial institution for early Hollywood, and Creque Building on the south-west corner of the intersection is notable as well. The Halifax Hotel, owned by world-famous classical pianist Van Cliburn, was located just north of Hollywood Boulevard, at Cahuenga and Yucca Street. Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd Alley, a popular film location in the 1920s, is located just south of the Hollywood and Cahuenga. The Buster Keaton studio, originally belonging to Charlie Chaplin, was located on Lillian Way, one block east of the boulevard. The boulevard appears in several of his films. 1542 Cahuenga Boulevard, which formerly adjoined the Toribuchi Grocery at 1546, appeared in the 1921 Keaton film The Goat, which featured Keaton running from the police past them. It is now a strip mall. In another Keaton film, Three Ages (1923), Keaton is seen running from the police past the Los Angeles Police Department Hollywood building and former fire station, now the location of Edmonds Tower at 1629. The Los Angeles Fire Department Museum and Memorial, listed as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument and on the National Register of Historic Places, is located at 1355 North Cahuenga Boulevard. The Iliad Bookshop, The Baked Potato, and Theatre of NOTE are all located on the northern portion of Cahuenga Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley. ==References==