[1] The street extends between Wilshire Boulevard in Mid-Wilshire, Los Angeles, on the north and Rolling Hills, on the south.

The commercial corridor in the Hyde Park neighborhood is known as "the heart of African American commerce in Los Angeles".

With the abandonment of the streetcar system in the 1950s, the railway median was narrowed, the driving lanes improved and the street reconfigured for automobiles, buses and trucks.

[9]: 1-1 Many local residents were disappointed that 71 mature street-line trees were cut down in 2012 to make way for the Space Shuttle Endeavour to be moved from LAX to the California Science Center in nearby Exposition Park.

[16] The project includes pocket parks, outdoor sculptures, murals, street furniture, and landscaping.