Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)
Referenced In
Rising Sun
by Michael Crichton"I was driving north toward the Wilshire exit, to meet Senator Morton."
State of Fear
by Michael Crichton"Traffic on Wilshire Boulevard was heavy, the start of afternoon rush hour."
State of Fear
by Michael Crichton"“Haven’t I seen this card before? It looks familiar. It was at that apartment on Wilshire where the lady was paralyzed.”"
Ask The Dust
by John Fante"We drove in moonlight out Wilshire to Highland, then out Highland over Cahuenga Pass."
Play It As It Lays
by Joan Didion"“I go to the Wilshire or the Beverly Hills,” I say."
Play It As It Lays
by Joan Didion"“Just a doctor. On Wilshire.”"
Play It As It Lays
by Joan Didion"“It’s nothing,” the doctor on Wilshire said when she finally went."
City of Night
by John Rechy"sounds of cars rushing along Wilshire—the park so dark, so dark, so dark, under now a starless night"
City of Night
by John Rechy"(a statue of Saint Monica serenely eyeing the long lines of cars turning from Wilshire Boulevard toward the beaches)"
City of Night
by John Rechy"At the restaurant on Wilshire—as we stood waiting to be served (surrounded by tanned faces rejuvenated by the Sun)"
The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler"He was a big curly-headed Irishman from Clonmel, with sad eyes and a smile as wide as Wilshire Boulevard."
The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler"I listened to the swish of tires on Wilshire. I said: “They might have shifted quarters since then but that’s what you have to sell—that’s what you have to sell."
Less Than Zero
by Bret Easton Ellis"Trent comes out and closes the door as we get into his BMW; later he says, 'I got this totally cool penthouse on Wilshire. It’s fantastic."
Less Than Zero
by Bret Easton Ellis"I don’t like driving down Wilshire during lunch hour."
Less Than Zero
by Bret Easton Ellis"After leaving Blair I drive down Wilshire and then onto Santa Monica and then I drive onto Sunset..."
Less Than Zero
by Bret Easton Ellis"…I leave, and as I’m pulling onto Wilshire, Rip pulls in front of me in his Mercedes…"
Less Than Zero
by Bret Easton Ellis"After taking him to some emergency room at some hospital, we go to a coffee shop on Wilshire and sit there until about four and then we go home."
Less Than Zero
by Bret Easton Ellis"Finn’s apartment is on Wilshire Boulevard, not too far away from Rip’s penthouse."