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9 unusual facts about Fairfax Avenue


Eritrean American

Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles, California has come to be known as Little Ethiopia, owing to its many Ethiopian and Eritrean businesses and restaurants.

Fairfax Avenue

At the northeast corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax is the former May Company department store building, which has been converted to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Harold A. Henry

In 1955 the district included much of the Wilshire district and in general was bounded by Fountain Avenue, Wilshire Boulevard, Fairfax Avenue and Catalina Street.

KCBS-FM

Although Jack proclaims that the station is run "in a dumpy little building in beautiful downtown Culver City", KCBS-FM was actually at the intersection of Venice Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles, about ½ mile north of Culver City.

May Company California

Two well-known stores were located on the corners of 8th Street and Broadway, and Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue.

Ohrbach's

In 1965, the Miracle Mile store was relocated in the former Seibu Department Store at Wilshire and Fairfax Avenue.

Rami Jaffee

During his high school years, he often spent time at Canter's Deli, down the street from his high school on Fairfax Avenue.

Tom Bergin's

Originally opened on Wilshire Boulevard in 1936 by lawyer Tom Bergin, it has been at its current location on Fairfax Avenue since 1949.

West Hollywood Memorial Walk

West Hollywood Memorial Walk (Memorial Walk) is a memorial and landmark in West Hollywood, California, along the sidewalks of Santa Monica Boulevard between Fairfax Avenue and Doheny Drive, at the eastern border of the City of Beverly Hills.


West Los Angeles Transit Center

The West Los Angeles Transit Center is a terminal located immediately underneath Interstate Highway 10 on Washington Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue.


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