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Essay On Mulholland Drive

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Enjoy Los Angeles spectacular view with the Mulholland Drive Are you fond of admiring the spectacular panoramic view of Los Angeles? Do you want to drive on the quiet roads and forget about the traffic jams? Or just like the adventure feeling when driving on the winding roads and exploring the untapped scenery. The historic route Mulholland Drive, which located in the eastern Santa Monica Mountain, South California, will give you all those wonderful feelings. About the Mulholland Drive Mulholland Drive (or Mulholland Scenic Parkway and Corridor) is not an unknown name, it appears in countless movies, films, songs, and novels. Riders who have seen the famous film “Mulholland Drive” when standing on this road will appreciate it and understand why the director said that “ The visitors can feel the history of Hollywood on the road”. If you don’t have much interest in movies, the spectacular views from each overlook and the tight turns will be enough to keep you spirited. Moreover, dotting on the road is the stunning houses with the amazing architectures and gardens, some of them belong to the celebrities in the world. The Mulholland Corridor was constructed in 1924 with the aim of providing the access to the mountain and ocean for the inhabitants in urban areas. …show more content…

The San Gabriel Mountains, San Fernando Valley, the Verdugo Hills, and of course the Universal City are the destinations you can see from here. Being different from the others, viewers often prefer to come to the Universal City Overlook in the evening and look down to a lot of small lights shining in the darkness of a modern city. Especially, this place is quite bustling on the Fourth of July and New Year’s Eve, many inhabitants and tourists flock to the Universal City Overlook to contemplate the colourful firework displays between the background of Los Angeles’

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