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It seems a bit weird to say that Miracle Mile is "often confused with the Magnificent Mile in Chicago". The phrasing calls to mind some tourist confused about whether he is in Los Angeles or Chicago. --
Mathew5000 17:47, 12 September 2007 (UTC)reply
western boundary at Fairfax?
If one accepts that Fairfax is the western boundary of the Miracle Mile (as stated in the article), the photo captioned "The Miracle Mile is lined by many high-rise buildings" isn't of the Miracle Mile at all.
Steve Bob (
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It's hard to define the western boundary. But I believe Fairfax is technically the boundary of "The Mile".
However, I live just west of Fairfax, but still consider myself in the Miracle Mile District.
ASoh (
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Good question. During travels across the US of A I have heard the term "Miracle Mile" often used in local TV and radio advertising, often for areas where there are several car/truck dealerships located on one major thoroughfare.
I doubt if there is any need for the total distance among those dealerships to be even close to a mile in total distance from the first to the last firm.
I would tend to believe the term "Miracle Mile" is more of a buzz word to remind consumers that such an area exists. The Mighty Obbop mumbled this while in his shanty
70.243.109.194 (
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No offense, but your opinion - just like mine - is not relevant to the historical question. It is true that by the mid 1950's to 60's there were a large number of "Miracle Miles". I clearly recall a MM (open) mall opening around 1960 in Pontiac, MI (my hometown). It's now long gone. The
Miracle Mile in Manhasset, NY claims to be "the" one Billy Joel is referring to. This claim is repeated in the stub on the
village of Manhasset. Given that BJ is and was a New Yorker, this may be true. The L.A. Miracle Mile long predates the NY one. I don't know whether the term has earlier origins, and THIS article certainly avoids stating a date, but another on-line source claims that the term was first applied to this project in 1928 (
https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/how-the-miracle-mile-got-its-name-a-brief-history-of-las-unlikely-retail-district). I believe that one (in NY) was named about 1955. fwiw
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Support Straight forward, and in line with what was recently agreed. Someone's working hard!
Skinsmoke (
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Non-support per
Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names)#United States the correct format for U. S. place names is city, state, with the county included if further disambiguation is needed. None of the above are notable enough to rate the single name designation.
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western extension of the metro
the article talks at length about a possible western extension of the metro (subway). this is the expo line that has been operational since May 2016. it does not serve the miracle mile so I think it is best to completely remove that section. (sorry couldn't find my login info - user dirkjot ) — Preceding
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