| Franklin Avenue | |
| Location: | Los Angeles, California |
| Maint: | Bureau of Street Services, City of L.A. DPW |
| Direction A: | West |
| Terminus A: | Sierra Bonita Avenue in Whitley Heights |
| Junction: | Highland Avenue in Hollywood /Vine Street in Hollywood Western Avenue in Los Feliz Vermont Avenue in Los Feliz |
| Direction B: | East |
| Terminus B: | Clayton Avenue/Ronda Vista Drive in Los Feliz |
Franklin Avenue is a street in Los Angeles. It is the northernmost thoroughfare in Hollywood, north of Hollywood Boulevard, and the southern border of the Hollywood Hills. It is the center of the neighborhood of Franklin Village.[1]
Franklin Avenue begins as a residential street off Sierra Bonita Avenue. Continuing east, Franklin is the southern border of Whitley Heights,[2] and turns into a major east–west thoroughfare in the Hollywood Hills. Franklin Avenue ends in Los Feliz.
Listing landmarks from west to east, the Magic Castle is furthest west, at Franklin and N Orange Drive. The first house in the Hollywood area, built by Tomás Urquidez in 1854, was at the intersection of what would become Franklin and Outpost Drive.[3] Hollywood United Methodist Church is located Franklin and Highland Avenue,[4] and Montecito Apartments is located at Franklin and Cherokee Avenue.
Hollywood Tower, often cited as the inspiration for the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror attractions at Disney parks in Florida, California, Paris and Tokyo,[5] is located one block west of Franklin and Gower Street, an intersection that has been cited as one of the better places to photograph the Hollywood Sign.[6] Château Élysée, a former residential apartment house for movie stars and now the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre, is located in the Franklin Village neighborhood at Franklin and Bronson Avenue,[7] as is Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre[8] and Villa Carlotta.[9]
Immaculate Heart High School is located at Franklin and Western Avenue, and John Sowden House is located at Franklin and Normandie Avenue. Shakespeare Bridge is located further east, near the intersection of Franklin and St. George Street in the Franklin Hills area of the Los Feliz district of Los Angeles.[10]