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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.
Lankershim was originally named Toluca. [1] The center of the town, laid out by James Boon Lankershim and his brother-in-law I.N. Van Nuys, was the "intersection of present day Chandler Blvd. and Lankershim Blvd." [1] Lankershim agreed to be annexed to the City of Los Angeles in 1923.
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.
In October 1887, J.B. Lankershim and eight other developers organized the Lankershim Ranch Land and Water Company, purchasing 12,000 acres (49 km 2) north of the Cahuenga Pass from the Lankershim Farming and Milling Company. [3] Lankershim established a townsite which the residents named Toluca along the old road from Cahuenga Pass to San Fernando.
North Hollywood station is located on two large blocks near the intersection of Lankershim Boulevard and Chandler Boulevard. The B Line platform is located under Lankershim and the original entrance to the station, under three colorful arched canopies called "Kaleidoscope Dreams," [ 23 ] is located on the block east of Lankershim and north of ...
At least three suspects are still at large after a Toluca Lake shooting that killed three people Monday night, Los Angeles police said.
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]
Images from the crash showed the bus windshield broken and hanging off the front bumper and the bus frame crumpled into the passenger side door.