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Sunset Boulevard is a street in Los Angeles County that reaches from downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Ocean near Malibu. In between, it passes through or near Echo Park, Hollywood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Bel Air, UCLA, Brentwood and Pacific Palisades. Its best-known section is probably the Sunset Strip.
The street (approximately 22 miles long) used to be longer, but the easternmost portion of Sunset Blvd. (from State Route 110 to Mission Road) was renamed Cesar Chavez Avenue in honor of the late Mexican-American union leader.
Landmarks of Sunset Boulevard include the Chateau Marmont, Rock 'n' Roll Ralphs and the Cinerama Dome.
Named after the street, Sunset Boulevard is:
- an Academy Award-winning movie: see Sunset Boulevard (1950 movie)
- a musical, based on the movie, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
