Everything about Van Nuys totally explained
Van Nuys is a district in the
San Fernando Valley region of the City of
Los Angeles, California. The TV show
Beverly Hills 90210 was filmed on a set in Van Nuys.
Geography
Van Nuys is located at (34.1833, -118.4333).
Description
Lot sales began at the new town of Van Nuys on
February 22,
1911. The area is named after
Isaac Van Nuys, who founded the San Fernando Homestead Association in 1869, a group which purchased much of the land that now makes up the community. He also built the first wood frame house in the
San Fernando Valley in 1872.
Van Nuys is in the heart of the San Fernando Valley and home to about 100,000 people; the main thoroughfare,
Van Nuys Boulevard, is noted for its car dealerships. It also functions similar to a "county seat" for the Valley, with its Government Center (Erwin Street Mall) containing a branch of the
Los Angeles County Superior Court, Van Nuys police station, the Van Nuys offices for Los Angeles City Hall, Van Nuys State Office Building and a branch of the
Los Angeles Public Library.
Van Nuys used to be the home for a major manufacturing plant for
Chevrolet. When the plant was dismantled in 1998, the site was converted into a shopping mall called
The Plant.
Like many central San Fernando Valley neighborhoods, Van Nuys was a middle-class neighborhood as late as the
1970s, but the demographics of the area have changed considerably since then. Income levels have significantly declined (with
inflation taken into account) and the neighborhood has taken on characteristics of
South Los Angeles like the majority of the eastern San Fernando Valley. It is now a largely
Latino neighborhood. There are, however, large notable pockets of
Armenian Americans,
Ugandan Americans,
Rwandan Americans,
Filipino Americans,
African Americans, and
Thai Americans as well.
In late 2004, the San Fernando Valley's first historic district was proposed for an area of early 20th Century bungalows north of Victory between Van Nuys Boulevard and Kester. According to the November 23, 2004,
Los Angeles Times, "The neighborhood has become a melting pot of ethnic groups and home styles. Many of the surviving prewar gems are fronted by
Old Glory and valued at more than $400,000. Nearby stand such historic buildings as
Van Nuys High School (1914),
St. Elisabeth Catholic Church (1920) and the 12th Church of
Christ Scientist (1932)."
Notable locations
Emergency services
Fire service
Los Angeles Fire Department operates
Station 39
(Van Nuys),
Station 90 (Van Nuys Airport Area),
Station 100 (West Van Nuys/Lake Balboa), and
Station 102 (South Van Nuys/Valley Glen), serving the community.
Police service
The
Los Angeles Police Department operates the nearby Van Nuys Community Police Station at 6420 Sylmar Avenue, 91401, serving the neighborhood
(External Link).
Education
Primary and secondary schools
Public schools
Van Nuys is part of the
Los Angeles Unified School District.
Adult schools:
Van Nuys Community Adult School (on the same campus as Van Nuys High School)
6-12 schools:
Robert Fulton College Preparatory
K-12 school:
Valley Alternative Magnet School
High schools:
Van Nuys High School
Birmingham High School
CHAMPS Charter High School
Middle schools:
Van Nuys Middle School
Mulholland Middle School
Elementary schools:
Columbus Avenue Elementary School
Bassett Street School
Cohasset Elementary School
Sylvan Elementary School
Stagg Street School
Gault Street School
Van Nuys Elementary School
Private schools
Children's Community School - an independent, progressive elementary school.
St. Elisabeth's School, Preschool through 8th- Home of the Learning Academies and the Junior High Information Technology Prep - Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Erwin elementary School
Public libraries
The Van Nuys Branch Library of the Los Angeles Public Library serves the community.
Timeline
See timeline.
1872 — Eugene Garnier buys Rancho Encino and erects house of limestone beside de Osa adobe. Isaac Van Nuys builds first wood-frame house in Valley.
1911 — Van Nuys was settled by the Los Angeles Surburban Home Company. HJ Whitleythe Father Of Hollywood was the General Manager of the Syndicate. Pacific Electric Red Cars reach Valley from Los Angeles. Burbank and San Fernando officially incorporate.
1914 — Universal City opens as a studio-cum-town. Floods inundate Van Nuys and cut off Valley from Los Angeles.
1928 — St. Francis Dam break kills more than 400 people and ends career of William Mulholland. Metropolitan Field, the future Van Nuys Airport, opens. Stop signs posted at major intersections.
1932 —Van Nuys city hall built.
1942 — President Franklin Roosevelt orders all West Coast residents of Japanese heritage — including 3,100 in Valley, many of them Americans — relocated to inland camps. National Guard squadron at Griffith Park moves to new Van Nuys Army Airfield.
1943 — Birmingham Army Hospital built for paraplegic wounded at Balboa Blvd. and Vanowen St. in Van Nuys
1949 — Standard Airlines crash in Santa Susana Pass kills 35 people. Bethlehem Star Parade tradition begins in Van Nuys. Valley College opens.
1953- Birmingham Army Hospital becomes Birmingham Jr. High School, the third Jr. High School in Van Nuys.
1960 — Ventura Freeway completed across the Valley. National Guard jets leave Van Nuys Airport over noise complaints. Population of Valley hits 840,000.
1965 — Passenger helicopter service begins between Van Nuys and Los Angeles International Airport. Journalist Tom Wolfe writes of Valley car culture in The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby.
1966 — Busch Gardens amusement park opens in Van Nuys.
1970 —Women join assembly line at Van Nuys GM plant. Bethlehem Star Parade ends due to waning interest.
1992 —General Motors plant in Van Nuys closes.
Notable Residents
Brooke White
Five Star 80's pop group, they lived here 1990 - 2001
Nikki SixxFurther Information
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