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Lankershim Boulevard was named after Isaac Lankershim, one of the area's founding families, and is one of the oldest streets in what is now North Hollywood. The boulevard was a major thoroughfare for the town of Toluca (which was renamed Lankershim in 1896 and North Hollywood in 1927), connecting it to Los Angeles by way of the Cahuenga Pass.
West Lankershim agreed to be annexed to the City of Los Angeles in 1919. [2] [1] West Lankershim has been described as the "Valley Plaza area of North Hollywood" [3] or as basically what is now called Valley Village. [2] The name of the local post office was changed from Toluca to Lankershim in 1912. [4] In 1925 the population of Lankershim was ...
The building was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1980 [3] and it was refurbished in 1990, [1] after which it became the Lankershim Art Center, a gallery and theater space that features 493 square feet (45.8 m 2) of gallery/performance space, a 367 square feet (34.1 m 2) dance floor, and a 364 square feet (33.8 m 2) 44 ...
In 2015, Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood was part of the first San Fernando Valley CicLAvia, an event sponsored by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority in which major roads are temporarily closed to motorized vehicle traffic and used for recreational human-powered transport. [23]
Originally a "rather tough beer bar," [1] the Palomino, located at 6907 Lankershim Boulevard, was founded by Western swing bandleader Hank Penny and his business partner Amand Gautier, had originally opened the club around 1949-50 as the Palomino. Penny staged "jazz nights" there where West Coast jazz musicians could come to jam.
This is a list of notable districts and neighborhoods within the city of Los Angeles in the U.S. state of California, present and past.It includes residential and commercial industrial areas, historic preservation zones, and business-improvement districts, but does not include sales subdivisions, tract names, homeowners associations, and informal names for areas.
In 1991, Larrabee Studio acquired another studio located at 4162 Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood and renamed it Larrabee North. Originally founded by Len Kovner in 1973 as Davlen Sound Studios, Giorgio Moroder purchased the space in 1983 and renamed it Oasis Recording Studios. [4]
The project would re-develop 15.6 acres (63,000 m 2) with 600,000 square feet (56,000 m 2) of commercial space and nearly 1500 residential units in three high-rise towers. The project was awarded to Trammell Crow Company and High Street Residential by the Los Angeles Metro board.