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Van Nuys Boulevard is a major north–south arterial road that runs through the central San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles County, California.The boulevard was notable for its cruising lifestyle that was prevalent in the 1960s and 1970s, which was depicted in the 1979 film Van Nuys Blvd.
Van Nuys 6609 Van Nuys Boulevard northwest corner of Kittridge, opened September 21, 1951, [9] with 125,000 sq ft (11,600 m 2) total space. [10] This would later become a branch of Dearden's , a department store selling furniture, appliances and jewelry aimed at Latino residents.
Saint-Laurent-Du-Var, 1960. This photo shows a mall on the French Riviera, in the town of Saint-Laurent-Du-Var. The Cap3000 Mall has more than 300 stores and 50 restaurants, many of which overlook ...
The Broadway–Valley shopping center, as it was then known, opened on October 10, 1955, as a single strip of stores along Van Nuys Blvd. north of Roscoe Blvd, with 89,000 square feet (8,300 m 2) of retail space adjacent to and sharing a parking lot with a 226,000-square-foot (21,000 m 2) Broadway department store designed by architect Welton Becket.
The fictitious town of Gemco, California, is located in Van Nuys, California, near Woodman Avenue and Saticoy Street. It appeared on a map in the 1980s, possibly as a copyright trap, and is now in many mapping databases. It actually was the shorthand name used by the Southern Pacific Railroad to refer to the General Motors Van Nuys Assembly plant.
The United States Postal Service operates the Civic Center Van Nuys Post Office at 6200 Van Nuys Boulevard in Van Nuys (closed and moved outside the Van Nuys civic center to 6531 Van Nuys Blvd, Van Nuys, CA 91401) [22] and the Van Nuys Post Office at 15701 Sherman Way in the Lake Balboa neighborhood in Los Angeles, west of Van Nuys. [23] [24] [25]
Discover which classic drive-in restaurants are worth a visit on your next road trip. They had their heyday in the 1950s and '60s, but there are still plenty of drive-ins to discover.
Victory Boulevard in Van Nuys, 2002. When Van Nuys was plotted in 1911, Victory Boulevard was called 7th Avenue. [2] Around 1916, the name was changed to Leesdale Avenue when the city of Los Angeles annexed the San Fernando Valley after the Los Angeles Aqueduct was completed. [2]