Yucca Corridor, Los Angeles
Yucca Corridor | |
|---|---|
 Cherokee Ave | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Los Angeles |
| City | Los Angeles |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
The Yucca Corridor is a small, diverse and densely populated neighborhood in Hollywood, California, along Yucca Street between Vine Street and Highland Avenue. Yucca Corridor is about a half-mile long and a quarter-mile wide.
The Yucca Corridor lies a block to the north of the busiest section of Hollywood Boulevard. The area has a heavy concentration of shops and eateries catering to tourists, in addition to the many bars and nightclubs. Yucca Corridor is very good to bus and subway transit. It is a major route on the MTA bus system. In addition, two Red Line subway stations (at Vine and Highland) are a block away. Yucca Street is also Los Angeles's first Bicycle Friendly Street (BFS). The street has shared lane markings (SLMs), bicycle pass-through diverters, and unique street signs.
Buildings in the Yucca Corridor vary widely in age and condition. There are mostly two-level retail buildings along Hollywood Boulevard and two- to six-level apartment buildings on the interior. There are also a few apartment towers, including the historic Contently and Montecito buildings. Landmarks in the Yucca Corridor include the First National Bank of Hollywood building, the Pacific Theater, the Hollywood Greyhound station, and a portion of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Other landmarks in the immediate vicinity of the corridor include the Capitol Records Building, Grauman's Egyptian Theatre, Grauman's Chinese Theater, Kodak Theater, and Frederick's of Hollywood Building.
History
The name Yucca Corridor was proposed at the first general meeting of the Ivar Hill Community Association in April 1991, by its then President Joe Shea to help city officials become accustomed to thinking of it as a one neighborhood. Until then, individual streets that crossed Yucca Street were the focus of different crime eradication efforts. The use of a single term caught on as separate Neighborhood Watch groups — the Ivar Hawks, Cherokee Condors, and Wilcox Werewolves — began working in unison as the United Streets of Hollywood in 1989.[1] The group brought surveillance cameras to the most troubling Wilcox corner at Yucca Street. Through group efforts the neighborhood also got foot patrols by police. With these efforts the community began to slowly turn around in the 1990s. The 1994 Northridge earthquake damaged and emptied the corridor's most crime infested buildings. This gave the city an opportunity to redevelop the community into a safer and more tourist-friendly place. [2] These efforts succeeded so well that by the mid-2000's many of those who fought to save this historic part of Hollywood could no longer afford to live there. In 2007 studio and one bedroom apartments were renting for $800 to $3000 per month and condos were selling in the high $800,000s. [3]
References
- ^ http://articles.latimes.com/2007/mar/04/real estate/re-guide 4
- ^ http://articles.latimes.com/2007/mar/04/real estate/re-guide 4
- ^ http://articles.latimes.com/2007/mar/04/real estate/re-guide 4
