Mulholland

Famous hilltop road

Mulholland is a surname of Irish origin, most associated in American usage with William Mulholland, the engineer who built the Los Angeles Aqueduct in the early twentieth century.

Mulholland Drive, named for him, is a winding road along the Santa Monica Mountains that has become synonymous with Hollywood glamour and the mythology of Los Angeles.

engineering

aqueduct

Channel conveying water distances

infrastructure · drought · engineering · disaster · irrigation · reservoir · pipeline · municipal · hydrology · diversion

cinematic

David Lynch

  • noirHard-boiled film genre
  • mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
  • surrealDreamlike and strange

thriller · Hollywood · Naomi Watts · dreamlike · identity · illusion · audition · aspiration · dark · psychological

road

Hollywood Hills

Los Angeles celebrity neighborhood

overlook · Sunset Boulevard · Los Angeles · winding · vista · night lights · cruising · motorcycle · sports car · Pacific Coast Highway

celebrity

estates

Large property holdings

exclusive · paparazzi · celebrity homes · wealth · seclusion · hedges · security · views · real estate · luxury

Opposites
road type

Mulhollandfreeway

Highway without tolls

the 405 · Interstate 405 · interstate · highway · expressway

LA cultural geography

MulhollandSkid Row

Impoverished urban district

Compton · Watts · Inglewood · downtown

Phrases
Family

mull, Holland

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G