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Westlake Lake is a private 125-acre artificial lake (51 ha) with 8 miles (13 km) of shoreline in the Conejo Valley in Southern California. The boundary between the cities of Westlake Village and Thousand Oaks crosses the lake. It was built in 1969. Over 1,300 houses are located either on or within access of the lake.
Westlake, also known as the Westlake District, [1] is a residential and commercial neighborhood in Central Los Angeles, California, United States. It was developed in the 1920s. Many of its elegant mansions have been turned into apartments and many new multiple-occupancy buildings have been constructed.
Lake Sherwood is an unincorporated community in the Santa Monica Mountains, in Ventura County, California overlooking Lake Sherwood reservoir. It is a body contact lake (swimming, fishing, standup paddleboarding (SUP), and boating are allowed), located south of the Conejo Valley and city of Thousand Oaks, and west of Westlake Village. The lake ...
Westlake Village is a city in Los Angeles County, California on its western border with Ventura County. Upon its incorporation in 1981, Westlake Village became the 82nd municipality of Los Angeles County. [5] [6] The population of the city was 8,029 at the 2020 census, down from 8,270 at the 2010 census. [3]
The Elks Lodge No. 99 / Park Plaza Hotel, now The MacArthur, is located at 607 Park View Street across from MacArthur Park in the Westlake district of Los Angeles, California. Completed in 1926, it was designed by architect Claud Beelman, later to become renowned an Art Deco designer, when he was practicing as Curlett + Beelman.
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The cabin was built from 1929 to 1930, costing $12,000 (equivalent to $212,930 in 2023). It was designed by Paul R. Williams, who had designed other buildings for celebrities such as Frank Sinatra. It was the only alpine structure he ever worked on. [1] [2] Chaney rarely used the cabin, as he died of lung cancer in 1930. It was sold in 1932 and ...
The park was named for Henricus Wallace Westlake, a Canadian physician who had moved to Los Angeles around 1888, settled in the area and donated a portion of his property to the city for a park. [12] [13] In the mid-19th century the area was a swampland; by the 1890s, it was a vacation destination, surrounded by luxury hotels.