Highland Avenue (Los Angeles)

Highland Avenue is a major north/south road that runs from Cahuenga Boulevard and the US 101 Freeway in Hollywood, Los Angeles from the north end to Olympic Boulevard in Mid-City Los Angeles on the south end. (However, it is not a major thoroughfare in its southernmost portion ; it is a small residential street from Olympic Boulevard to Adams Boulevard. For through access, Highland swerves west into Edgewood Place which accesses La Brea Avenue)Highland runs parallel to La Brea Avenue on the east and Vine Street on the west. The neighborhood east of Highland on Wilshire Boulevard and Melrose Avenue is officially known as Hancock Park.At the northern end of Highland is the Hollywood Bowl, a major amphitheater and Los Angeles landmark.To the south is the famous intersection of Hollywood and Highland, location of the Hollywood & Highland Center and its Kodak Theater (venue of the Academy Awards since 2002), and the Hollywood/Highland Metro station for the Red Line subway to Downtown and the Valley.