Editing Los Angeles (section)

===Cityscape===
{{Main|List of districts and neighborhoods in Los Angeles}}
{{see also|List of tallest buildings in Los Angeles}}
The city is divided into many different districts and neighborhoods,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/|title=Mapping L.A. Neighborhoods|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=June 7, 2019|archive-date=May 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512031308/http://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usmapguide.com/california/los-angeles-zip-code-map/#regions|title=Los Angeles CA Zip Code Map|website=USMapGuide|access-date=June 6, 2019|archive-date=May 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509050512/https://www.usmapguide.com/california/los-angeles-zip-code-map/#regions|url-status=live}}</ref> some of which had been separately incorporated cities that eventually merged with Los Angeles.<ref name="Abu-Lughod1999">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rrLlt1k59voC&pg=PA66|title=New York, Chicago, Los Angeles: America's global cities|last=Abu-Lughod|first=Janet L.|publisher=U of Minnesota Press|year=1999|isbn=978-0-8166-3336-4|page=66|author-link=Janet L. Abu-Lughod|access-date=October 2, 2011|archive-date=November 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106164925/https://books.google.com/books?id=rrLlt1k59voC&pg=PA66#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> These neighborhoods were developed piecemeal, and are well-defined enough that the city has signage which marks nearly all of them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ladot.lacity.org/WhatWeDo/Operations/NeighborhoodServices/Neighborhoodsigns/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907050707/http://ladot.lacity.org/WhatWeDo/Operations/NeighborhoodServices/Neighborhoodsigns/index.htm|url-status=dead|title=Neighborhood signs |website=LADOT|archive-date=September 7, 2015}}</ref>

====Overview====
[[File:The Griffith Observatory at night, Mt. Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.jpg|thumb|left|View of the [[downtown Los Angeles]] skyline from [[Griffith Park]]]]
The city's street patterns generally follow a [[grid plan]], with uniform block lengths and occasional roads that cut across blocks. However, this is complicated by rugged terrain, which has necessitated having different grids for each of the valleys that Los Angeles covers. Major streets are designed to move large volumes of traffic through many parts of the city, many of which are extremely long; [[Sepulveda Boulevard]] is {{convert|43|mi}} long, while [[Foothill Boulevard (Southern California)|Foothill Boulevard]] is over {{convert|60|mi}} long, reaching as far east as San Bernardino. Drivers in Los Angeles suffer from one of the worst rush hour periods in the world, according to an annual traffic index by navigation system maker, [[TomTom]]. LA drivers spend an additional 92 hours in traffic each year. During the peak rush hour, there is 80% congestion, according to the index.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/04/01/worst-cities-traffic-usa-los-angeles/70762026/ |date=April 1, 2015 |first1=Mary |last1=Bowerman |title=Los Angeles tops worst cities for traffic in USA|website=USA TODAY|access-date=December 31, 2015|archive-date=January 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101060623/http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/04/01/worst-cities-traffic-usa-los-angeles/70762026/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Los Angeles is often characterized by the presence of [[low-rise]] buildings, in contrast to New York City. Outside of a few centers such as [[Downtown Los Angeles|downtown]], [[Warner Center]], [[Century City]], [[Koreatown, Los Angeles|Koreatown]], [[Miracle Mile, Los Angeles|Miracle Mile]], Hollywood, and [[Westwood, Los Angeles|Westwood]], skyscrapers and high-rise buildings are not common in Los Angeles. The few skyscrapers built outside of those areas often stand out above the rest of the surrounding landscape. Most construction is done in separate units, rather than [[Curtain wall (architecture)|wall-to-wall]]. However, downtown Los Angeles has many buildings over 30 stories, with fourteen over 50 stories, and two over 70 stories, the tallest of which is the [[Wilshire Grand Center]].