SPRUCING UP MULHOLLAND DRIVE TO BEAUTIFY SCENIC PARKWAY SHIFTS INTO HIGH GEAR.Byline: Kerry Cavanaugh Staff Writer Poor Mulholland Drive For the motion picture, see . Mulholland Drive is a very well-known road in Los Angeles, California named after engineer William Mulholland. A portion of it is also called Mulholland Highway. , long strewn strew tr.v. strewed, strewn or strewed, strew·ing, strews 1. To spread here and there; scatter: strewing flowers down the aisle. 2. with trash and overgrown overgrown said of a part that has not been kept trimmed. overgrown hoof overgrown hooves put unusual stresses on bones and tendons and allow for distortion of the wall and sole. weeds, will be unsightly no more - today teams of volunteers launch a cleanup as part of a beautification beau·ti·fy tr. & intr.v. beau·ti·fied, beau·ti·fy·ing, beau·ti·fies To make or become beautiful. beau campaign. One project is the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy is an agency of the state of California in the United States founded in 1979 and dedicated to the acquisition of land in the Santa Susana and Santa Monica Mountains and the Simi Hills, north and west of Los Angeles, for preservation as open plan to build new overlooks at Deep Canyon, just of Benedict Canyon, and at the Grove, an existing pull-out one mile west of the San Diego Freeway The San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405, and the part of Interstate 5 south of the El Toro Y[1]) is one of the principal north-south highways in Southern California, and the major beltway of I-5 running through Southern California. . City Councilwoman Wendy Greuel announced the beautification effort Friday, saying it will ``go a long way in protecting the Mulholland Scenic Parkway.'' Michael Collins, executive vice president of L.A. Inc., the city's convention and visitors bureau, was enthusiastic: ``Visitors (tour) Los Angeles largely in a car. To have that kind of effort to make a spectacular view more spectacular is laudable.'' The volunteers will launch their effort at the Nancy Hoover Pohl overlook at Fryman Canyon, one of five overlooks maintained by conservancy rangers. The city has agreed to provide routine maintenance along a 22-mile stretch of Mulholland and the Los Angeles Conservation Corps will begin regular maintenance along the drive, thanks to a $35,000 state Proposition 40 park grant awarded by the conservancy. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Los Angeles visitors enjoy a southern view of the city from a Mulholland Drive viewpoint overlooking the Hollywood Bowl. (2 -- color) L.A.'s winding scenic parkway called Mulholland Drive has long needed attention from city officials and cleanup crews. Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer |
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