Resources

Organizations

• Miracle Mile Chamber of Commerce: The MMRC works to promote the Miracle Mile district as a burgeonning cultural and business center.
• Park La Brea Residents Association: The PLBRA is an organization of volunteers who have joined together since 1988 to work actively for the benefit of the community and all its residents.
• Wilshire Vista Neighborhood Association: This neighborhood association is just south of MMRA, between Fairfax and Hauser, San Vicente and Pico.
• Directory of Neighborhood Homeowner Associations: Provided by the Larchmont Chronicle, the local newspaper which covers the Miracle Mile, Hancock Park, and neaby areas.
• Wilshire Center:The Wilshire Center is located 10 minutes east of the Miracle Mile, along the Wilshire corridor toward downtown Los Angeles.
• Westside Economic Collaborative: The WEC’s mission is to bring business, government and residents together to strengthen Westside communities.

Events

• Miracle Mile Art Walk: Four times a year, on the third Saturday of the months of January, April, July, and October, the Mid City West Community Council presents the Miracle Mile Art Walk

Museums

• Los Angeles County Museum of Art
• Peterson Automotive Museum

Neighborhood Social Groups

• Miracle Mile Moms: If you ever hang out at the park on 8th & Curson, this is your group

Articles and Reports

• Miracle Mile on Wikipedia: The online encyclopedia offers a variety of interesting statistics, demographics and a history of the area.
• Cruising Down Miracle Mile, BrooWaha (September, 2006): “…In the early 1920s [developer A.W.] Ross turned 18 acres of empty land west of downtown into a bustling commercial district…”
• The Palm at the End of The Mind, Jacket Magazine (July, 2006): Marjorie Perloff writes about Thomas Hines’s Wilshire, Ed Ruscha’s Sunset and Robbert Flick’s Pico.
• Wilshire Vista Resource Guide, 2006 (1.8MB, PDF): This PDF guide is packed full of useful neighborhood businesses and insider information.

Multimedia Presentations

• Curating the City: Wilshire Blvd.: Presented by the Los Angeles Conservancy, this multimedia application offers a fascinating tour of the Wilshire Corridor from downtown to Santa Monica, including a section focused on the Miracle Mile and Carthay Circle.

Real Estate Resources

• Trulia – Homes for Sale: Trulia shows homes available for sale from around the Miracle Mile area, on a map. A demographic and home pricing guide for the Miracle Mile is also available.
• Miracle Mile Topographical Map: View a topographic map of the Miracle Mile, provided by Topozone.