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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 ...
In turn, these were bought up by the real-estate developers and by the late 1920s a massive effort was underway to market the area to prospective home owners throughout the country. As part of this effort, in 1927, in an effort to capitalize on the glamour and proximity of Hollywood, Lankershim was renamed "North Hollywood". [8]
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]
Lankershim, California may refer to: Lankershim, Los Angeles County, California or West Lankershim, annexed by the city of Los Angeles and renamed to North Hollywood in 1927 Lankershim Boulevard, which runs through the area; A station of San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad in Madera County, California
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
Lankershim, Los Angeles County, California (1896–1927) an archaic placename for what is now North Hollywood, Los Angeles, or adjacent West Lankershim (?–1927) Lankershim Depot in North Hollywood, built 1896 as Toluca Depot of the Southern Pacific Railroad , used 1911–1952 as dual Southern Pacific- Pacific Electric station
El Portal Theater, also known as El Portal Center for the Arts, is a historic former theater located at 5265-5271 Lankershim Boulevard and 11200-11220 Weddington Street in North Hollywood, California. Built as a single theater in 1926, the venue was rebuilt as a three-theater performing arts complex in the late 1990s. [1]