Streetwise Los Angeles (Streetwise) [Folded Map] [Map]

Michael Brown (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Don't leave home without STREETWISE." -- New York Times

"STREETWISE is an absolute travel essential." -- Travel & Leisure

About the Author

STREETWISE Maps, Inc. was founded in 1984 by Michael E. Brown. Before starting the company, he worked in international publishing and acquired a fascination for maps. In 1983 Brown envisioned a new format for a map; one which integrated convenience and modern graphics. He wanted to create a map that would not only visually entice someone to visit a particular city, but reward them as well with exceptional clarity, accuracy, and durability. By making the map as aesthetically pleasing as it was functional, Brown combined his sense of design with his love of travel. The result was an innovative consumer product. In the early years, Brown was not only cartographer and publisher, but shipping manager as well, delivering the maps around the streets of New York on a Harley Davidson motorcycle. STREETWISE Maps, Inc. eventually expanded into publishing maps of cities throughout the world.

Product Details

• Map: 1 pages
• Publisher: Streetwise Maps; Map edition (October 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0935039171
• ISBN-13: 978-0935039177
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,070,352 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #65 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Travel > United States > States > California

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential for Metro Los Angeles, May 17, 2004

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Brent (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Streetwise Los Angeles (Streetwise) (Map)

This map is great! It includes the metro area of Los Angeles, Santa Monica beach -> Downtown (West->East), and from the Santa Monica Mountains/Franklin Ave to the 10 Freeway (North -> South). This is a very popular and dense area including the following communities: "Westside", Santa Monica, Venice, Westwood, UCLA, Rancho Park, Cheviot Hills, Brentwood, Bel Air, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Hollywood, Sunset Strip, Wilshire, Hancock Park, Park LaBrea, Miracle Mile, Cathay Circle, Midtown, Koreatown, and Downtown LA. Plus, there is a smaller freeway map that includes the entire county of L.A., from Thousand Oaks/Malibu on the Northwest to Orange County on the Southeast. If you are visiting L.A., or if you live in L.A., it should help you get around, and figure out where you are. It includes major hotels, metro/subway stops, hospitals, parks, museums, golf courses, studios, colleges, etc. It is a wonderful size (just right), and is very durable (plastic coated). I am buying additional copies for family members! The only thing you need to keep in mind is that there is not "detailed information" for the entire vastness that is L.A., but rather the communities mentioned above. Great for students (UCLA), tourists to Hollywood/L.A., and locals. Detailed information around USC is not on the map because it is located south of the 10 freeway. I have many maps of L.A., and this is the one I always use, and the one my friends want to have!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and Compact - all the Essential Details, April 16, 2005

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davidmbfonz (Rochester, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Streetwise Los Angeles (Streetwise) (Map)

This map of LA includes detailed maps of all the essential areas you're likely to want to visit. It even has the location of major hotels and attractions on it. The overview map of LA is also good for information at a quick glance. All of this is made even more useful and handy by being packaged in such a relatively small and DURABLE laminated map (and it folds up nice and small too!). This map will be with me at all times on my upcoming trip to LA.

UPDATE: Just got back from a week in L.A. and this map was a true lifesaver... perfect, spot-on, with all the right landmarks and coverage of just about all the most common areas you may visit. Within two days, the map helped me feel like I was an old-hand at the L.A. streets. Study it ahead of time, too!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars So helpful, August 15, 2004

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Heather McDonough "rsbryswrrl" (Richmond, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Streetwise Los Angeles (Streetwise) (Map)

I love these little laminated maps, and try to buy one whenever I'm visiting a new city. This one was absolutely indispensable for my trip last winter to Santa Monica, CA.