Melrose Avenue is a shopping, dining and entertainment destination in Los Angeles that starts at Santa Monica Boulevard, at the border between Beverly Hills and West Hollywood. It ends at Lucile Avenue in Silver Lake. Melrose runs north of Beverly Boulevard and south of Santa Monica Boulevard.
Paved in 1909, Melrose Avenue's namesake comes from the Massachusetts town of the same name. One of the most famous landmarks located on Melrose Avenue is Paramount Pictures.
Melrose Avenue is renowned throughout the world as one of Los Angeles’ most walkable and unique shopping, dining and entertainment destinations. Downtown Melrose encompasses the 22 blocks along Melrose Avenue that stretch from Fairfax to Highland. More than 300 alternative and independent stores offer a wide array of merchandise found nowhere else in the city.
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