Wilshire, Los Angeles, California

Wilshire, Los Angeles, California

Wilshire (pronounced wilsher by residents) is a region of the City of Los Angeles, California.

The Wilshire area is north of the I-10, east of Beverly Hills, west of Downtown LA and south of Hollywood. Wilshire contains, or abuts the districts of Mid-City West and Mid-Wilshire.

It refers to those areas that are centered around Wilshire Boulevard roughly between Hoover St. and La Cienega Blvd, but also any adjacent to Wilshire Blvd, between Downtown Los Angeles and Beverly Hills.

It is a collection of wealthy, middle, and working class neighborhoods that cluster around Wilshire Boulevard. Unlike other parts of Los Angeles, the wealthier neighborhoods of Wilshire, such as Larchmont and Hancock Park, are set not in the hills but rather on leveled land north of Wilshire Boulevard and east of Beverly Hills. On the lower end, Koreatown is an example of a somewhat struggling neighborhood undergoing a revival.

For a map see http://www.allncs.org/west_wilshiremap.htm

Some also include Echo Park & Westlake (listed below) as a part of a Greater Wilshire.

Education

Wilshire is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Los Angeles Public Library operates the Wilshire Branch.

Wilshire

*Carthay
**Carthay Circle
**Carthay Square
**South Carthay
**Little Ethiopia
*Fairfax District
*Olympic Park
*West Pico
**Picfair Village
**Pico Del Mar
**Pico Park
**Wilshire Highlands
**Wilshire Vista
*Arlington Heights
**Western Heights
*Country Club Park
*Greater Hancock Park
**Brookside Park (or just Brookside) [http://www.latimes.com/classified/realestate/news/communities/la-re-guide27feb27,0,4033622.story?coll=la-realestate-communities]
**Fremont Place
**Hancock Park
**Larchmont
***Larchmont Village
**Windsor Square
*La Brea-Hancock
*Ridgewood-Wilton
*St. Andrews Square
*Wilshire Park
**Longwood Highlands
**Park Mile
**Windsor Village
*Harvard Heights
*Lafayette Square
*Wellington Square
*Miracle Mile
**Miracle Mile North
**Miracle Mile South
*Park La Brea
*Wilshire Center
*Koreatown

Echo Park & Westlake

*Angelino Heights
*Echo Park
*Historic Filipinotown
*Lafayette Park
*Pico-Union
**Temple-Beaudry
*Westlake
**MacArthur Park


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