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Source of the place names in the city of Los Angeles, California
| Place Name | Source |
|---|---|
| Abbot Kinney Boulevard | Abbot Kinney, founder of Venice, California |
| Aliso Street | Named after the Aliso, the old sycamore that stood at the entrance of Jean-Louis Vignes' winery |
| Alvarado Street | Juan Bautista Alvarado, Mexican Governor of Alta California |
Baldwin Hills neighborhood | E. J. "Lucky" Baldwin, mining and real estate investor |
| Beaudry Avenue | Prudent Beaudry, Los Angeles mayor |
Bel-Air neighborhood | Alphonzo E. Bell, Sr., owner of the "Buenos Aires Ranch" |
| Brooklyn Avenue | After Brooklyn, New York, in honor of the many Jewish Americans living in Boyle Heights at the time |
Cahuenga Boulevard Cahuenga Pass | Cahuenga, the Spanish name for the Tongva village of Kawengna, meaning place of the mountain |
| César E. Chávez Avenue | César Chávez Mexican-American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist |
| Comey Avenue | John Lewis Comey John Comey won the naming of this short street in a real estate sales contest in the 1920s. |
Crenshaw neighborhood Crenshaw Boulevard | George Crenshaw, banker and real estate developer |
| Figueroa Avenue Figueroa Street | José Figueroa, Mexican Governor of Alta California |
Glassell Park neighborhood | Andrew Glassell real estate lawyer and owner |
Griffith Park and Griffith Observatory | Griffith J. Griffith, Welsh-American industrialist and philanthropist |
| Huntington Drive | Henry E. Huntington, railroad magnate and business man |
| La Brea Avenue | La Brea, the Spanish name for the oil fields near present-day Hancock Park, meaning tar |
| Lankershim Boulevard | Isaac B. Lankershim, German-American landowner |
| Leimert Park | Walter H. "Tim" Leimert |
Los Feliz neighborhood Los Feliz Boulevard | Rancho Los Feliz, originally granted to José Vincente Feliz |
| Micheltorena Street | Manuel Micheltorena, Mexican Governor of Alta California |
Mulholland Drive Mulholland Highway | William Mulholland, water-services pioneer in Southern California |
| Olvera Street | Augustín Olvera, early Los Angeles judge |
| Olympic Boulevard | Formerly 10th Street; First referred to as Olympic Blvd in 1931 in honor of X Olympiad in 1932 (name change official in 1935) [1] |
| Pico Boulevard | Pío Pico, last Mexican Governor of Alta California |
| Rosecrans Avenue | William Rosecrans, Civil War general and owner of Rancho San Pedro |
Sepulveda Boulevard Sepulveda Pass | Sepúlveda family |
Sherman Oaks neighborhood Sherman Way | Moses Sherman, land developer and streetcar line owner |
Silver Lake neighborhood Silver Lake Boulevard Silver Lake Reservoir | Herman Silver |
| Slauson Avenue | J. S. Slauson, land developer |
Tarzana neighborhood | Tarzana Ranch, owned by the creator of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs |
Tujunga neighborhood Tujunga Avenue | From the Tongva term Tuyunga, meaning mountain range from tu'xuu = old woman tu'xuunga = place of the old woman |
Van Nuys neighborhood Van Nuys Boulevard | Isaac Newton Van Nuys, businessman, banker and real estate developer |
| Vignes Street | Jean Louis Vignes, French settler in Los Angeles who planted European grapes |
Watts neighborhood | C. H. Watts, real estate developer |
Wilmington neighborhood | Wilmington, Delaware, birthplace of founder Phineas Banning |
| Wilshire Boulevard | Gaylord Wilshire, land developer, publisher and outspoken socialist |
| Workman Street, Lincoln Heights | William H. Workman, Los Angeles mayor |
References
^ Roth, M. W. (2007). Concrete utopia: The development of roads and freeways in los angeles, 1910--1950.
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