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The West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval is an event that takes place anually on October31. The largest Halloween street party in the United States (spanning over one mile ofSanta Monica Boulevard from La Cienega Boulevard on the East to Doheny and theBeverly Hills border on the West), the 2005 Carnaval was reported to have more than350,000 people in attendance, with some traveling from other countries specifically forthis event.Christopher Street West ("CSW")CSW is a Gay Pride parade and festival that was first held in June of 1970 in Hollywoodto commemorate the first anniversary of Stonewall riots in New York. Afterincorporation the event moved to West Hollywood and is typically held the secondweekend in June so as not to conflict with the larger celebrations in San Francisco andNew York, and with Father's Day (because many deputies request that day off and do notwant to work overtime on that day).Frontrunners GLBT Pride Run is a 5k/10k run/walk held on the Sunday morning ofGLBT Pride.West Hollywood FolkloreLegend has it that when ZIP codes were being assigned in the 1960s, the ZIP code of thegrowing gay area of West Hollywood was designated 90069, out of sequence, becausethe person who was assigning the ZIP codes for Los Angeles County was a frequentcustomer of Ciro's on Sunday nights and thought the "69" code could be used to identify[citation needed]the area as tolerant of the gay community in the era before the Stonewall riots.External linksMaps and aerial photos · Coordinates: 34.087909° -118.37216°Street map from Google Maps or Yahoo! MapsTopographic map from TopoZone• West HollywoodOfficial Website• West HollywoodConvention &Visitors Bureau• West Hollywood CityMap & Data• Avenues of Art &Design OfficialWebsite