In a city of celebrities, dramatic vistas and bold architecture, one of Los Angeles’ most photographed spots is an unassuming collection of 200 historic streetlights sitting in front of the Los ...

The main drag in Historic Filipinotown is getting 54 new streetlights, but they aren't just going to be any old streetlights. Los Angeles (the Board of Public Works, Bureau of Street Lighting, and ...

The city spokesperson also pointed out that, "additionally, on Circuit 2 the poles of the existing antique streetlights are painted with lead-based paint, and the antique lights depend on an old ...

Counting all of them, there are 209,000 streetlights in Los Angeles. But about 70,000 are decorative fixtures that don’t accommodate LED inserts, said Ed Ebrahimian, director of the bureau.

You can find these new streetlights right next to the old streetlights placed on Bank Street. The city says that’s done by design, to not compete with the old streetlights and the historic downtown.