_from_Pico_Bld.JPG) Avenue of the Stars fromPico Boulevard | |
| Maintained by | Bureau of Street Services, City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works |
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| South end | Pico Boulevard |
| North end | Santa Monica Boulevard |
TheAvenue of the Stars is the main thoroughfare inCentury City, Los Angeles, in the southwestern part of the U.S. state ofCalifornia.
The avenue is one of the main roads in Century City, a neighborhood of West Los Angeles. It runs from theHillcrest Country Club at WestPico Boulevard north to theLos Angeles Country Club atSanta Monica Boulevard.[1] It is crossed byConstellation Boulevard,West Olympic Boulevard, and two smaller streets: Galaxy Way and Empyrean Way.[1]
Like most of Century City, the land on which this avenue was built was originally part of a ranch owned by cowboy actorTom Mix (1880–1960).[2] Later, the land became thebacklot of20th Century Fox.[2] It was later sold toAlcoa, which hired real estate developerWilliam Zeckendorf (1905–1976) to develop Century City.[2]
The first building on the avenue, theGateway West Building, was designed by architectWelton Becket (1902–1969) and built in 1963.[2][3] Located on the southwest corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and the Avenue of the Stars, it was demolished in 2015. The second building was theHyatt Regency Century Plaza, designed by architectMinoru Yamasaki (1912–1986), and built from 1964 to 1966.[2] At the same time, theGateway East Building, on the southeast corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and the Avenue of the Stars, was completed in 1965; its exact address is 1800 Avenue of the Stars.[4] Five years later, the1900 Avenue of the Stars building, designed by architectAlbert C. Martin, Jr. (1913–2006), was completed in 1970.[5]
More buildings in the central section of the avenue came later. For example, theCentury Plaza Towers, designed by architectMinoru Yamasaki (1912–1986), was built from 1972 to 1975.[2] TheFox Plaza, designed byWilliam Pereira (1909–1985), was built from 1985 to 1987.[2] TheSunAmerica Center, located at 1999 Avenue of the Stars, and designed by the architectural firmJohnson Fain, was built from 1989 to 1990.[6] The 2000 Avenue of the Stars building was built from 2004 to 2007.[7]
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The high-rise buildings along the avenue are home to many offices and diplomatic consulates. Some of them include: