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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.
North Hollywood is a neighbourhood and district of the greater Hollywood neighborhood, located in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California. The neighborhood contains the NoHo Arts District , El Portal Theater , several art galleries, and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences .
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 ...
View of one part of Valley Plaza, North Hollywood; At left: Owl Drugs' Big Owl market opened in 1951, and was sold and rebranded Thriftimart in 1954. Thriftimart was an American chain of supermarkets in Greater Los Angeles until 1984, founded by Roger M. Laverty.
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.
The building's primary tenant is currently the Art Institute of California-Hollywood. NoHo 14, a 180-unit, fourteen-story apartment building, was built in 2004 as one of the first large-scale developments in the neighborhood. The historic North Hollywood train depot at Lankershim and Chandler Boulevards was restored in 2014 for $3.6 million. [1]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered state agencies to recommend ways to reduce health harms and limit the purchase of candy, soda and other ultra-processed foods.
Lankershim, Los Angeles County, California (1896–1927), pre-annexation settlement, place name and rail stop, or neighboring West Lankershim, both predecessors to today’s North Hollywood; North Hollywood, Los Angeles