The neighborhood of Shadow Hills is located in the foothills of the Verdugo Mountains at the extreme north eastern corner of the City of Los Angeles and the southern part of the community of Sunland. The area is one of the last remaining sections of Los Angeles zoned for equestrian use. Shadow Hills is adjacent to the Hansen Dam park and recreation area.
In the mid 1960’s, residents of the neighborhood formed a property owners association and successfully prevented the construction of an exit ramp from the Foothill Freeway in order to preserve the area’s rural character and property values.
The City of La Cañada Flintridge, CA, is about 11mi NNE of Los Angeles, in the Cresenta Valley. La Canada Flintridge is bounded to the north by the Angeles National Forest and Pasadena to the south. The city is sometimes referred to as just “La Canada”, and was originally two separate communities of La Canada and Flintridge. It is located north of the cities of Glendale and Pasadena.
La Canada Flintridge has mild winters and hot summers typical of Southern California. There are several small ski resorts about 30 miles northeast (Mount Baldy, Mountain High, Mount Waterman), and Santa Monica State Beach is only about a 35 minute drive on weekends. The city is home to Descanso Gardens, Devil’s Gate Dam and Reservoir, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In 2010, the La Canada Flintridge Unified School District earned the 2nd highest API (Academic Performance Index) in the state and is ranked as one of the top school districts in California. The district has 3 elementary schools, and 1 middle school / high school; part of the south-western area of the city is served by the Glendale School District. There are also 3 private high schools, and 4 private elementary schools.
The City of Glendora, CA, known by residents as the “Pride of the Foothills”, is an affluent city with a variety of housing architectures, consistently high-ranking schools, and low crime rates. It is located about 23 miles east of Downtown Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley, bordered on the west by Azusa and the east by San Dimas.
The city’s history is reflected in the wide range of home styles found in Glendora such as Queen Anne, Folk Victorians, ranch styles, multi-family complexes, and modern mansions in some of the more expensive neighborhoods like Bluebird Hill, Morgan Ranch, or Hidden Springs. Many professional golfers have played at the Glendora Country Club’s 18-hole “invitation only” golf course.
Folk Victorian Home in Southern California
Years of renovation and investment in the downtown area have resulted in many structures being upgraded into modern commercial buildings, although you can read about the original architecture and layout by reading one of the many historical placards placed along Glendora Ave.
Glendora Down Town / Old Town
Glendora has a large school system divided into two districts, which are considered to be among the best in the state- they have consistently ranked in the top brackets of performance and most schools are designated as California Distinguished Schools. There are 8 elementary schools, 2 middle schools, 1 main high school and 2 continuation high schools, as well as 4 private schools (St. Lucy’s Priory all girls college-prep high school,
St. Dorothy Kindergarten through 8th grade boys and girls School, Hope Lutheran Church Preschool through 8th grade boys and girls school, and Foothill Christian Preschool through 8th grade boys and girls school).
Glendora’s list of past and present notable residents include motivational speaker Tony Robbins, Harry Snyder and Esther Snyder (the founders of In-N-Out Burger), and George Dexter Whitcomb, the city’s founder.
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What once was a large meadowy area with orange trees and dirt roads, now Anaheim is a city that has become Orange County’s playground. Anaheim was one of the first areas to be developed in the 1800’s for farming interests, and it was the center for track home developments in the middle part of the last century.
Because of it’s blue collar industries, Anaheim was largely inhabited by working families living in modest homes with very little culture for advanced professional movement within the city. If someone wanted to move up, they moved away from Anaheim.
Once Disneyland anchored itself in this city within deep Orange County, tourism grew to support the resort, and eventually tourist attractions established themselves independently of the mighty mouse.
Anaheim is a large city that often uncomfortably sits within the Southern California capital of suburban life. Today, Anaheim is the playground for Orange County, Los Angeles County, and San Diego locals. With 3 national sports teams, Disneyland Resort, Convention Centers that host world class performances, and venues for music performances, Anaheim is a go-to destination for locals.
The surrounding housing is smaller in the immediate areas due to it’s roots of modest residents. In the 1980’s and 1990’s a surge of development brought large houses into Anaheim’s hills. The area had so many larger-than-necessary homes it gained national attention and spawned the term McMansions.
Due to it’s proximity to so many freeways, it’s center location to most of the points of interest in Orange County, Anaheim is a necessary point of importance for the county.
As it was historically, Anaheim is a great place for first time buyers because of it’s large pool of modestly sized homes. However currently, the area offers industries for professional development and cultural sites for a enriching home to plant roots. It’s also a great place to live for people who are advanced in their professions, with larger homes, and locations that suite people with above modest means.
Anaheim is a large city with many community districts outside of the large modern parts of the city.
Downtown Anaheim is located in the heart of the Colony Historic District. Downtown is the administrative heart of the city where you find City Hall, Anaheim West Tower, Anaheim Police Headquarters, the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce and the Main Library.
Anaheim Ice (formerly Disney Ice), the Downtown Anaheim Farmer’s Market, a food hall in a historic 1919 Sunkist packing house, and the Center Street Promenade are also located in Downtown Anaheim. In the Fall of 2007, The Muzeo, the newest major museum in Orange County, opened its doors for the first time and is located next to Anaheim West Tower.
Pearson Parkis also located in Downtown Anaheim, and is named after Charles Pearson, who was Mayor of Anaheim during the time Walt Disney opened Disneyland in Anaheim. One of the major attractions located in Pearson Park is the Pearson Park Amphitheater.
In the Colony Historic District just west of Downtown Anaheim is the Mother Colony House, which was built by George Hanson and was the first house built in Anaheim, the Founder of Anaheim. Today, it is Anaheim’s and Orange County’s oldest museum still open to the public. The Stoffel Houseis a Victorian Mansion located next door to the Mother Colony House. Originally the Victorian Home was occupied by the Stoffel Family, early pioneer residents of Anaheim. The home served as headquarters for the local Red Cross until the early 1990s.
In 2010–2011, the Woelke-Stoeffel house became refurnished and is now part of the Founder’s Park complex. Founder’s Park includes the Mother Colony house and a carriage house, which serves as a museum of Anaheim’s agricultural history.
Laurel Canyon is named for it’s thoroughfare, Laurel Canyon Boulevard. However, unlike other nearby canyon neighborhoods, Laurel Canyon has houses lining one side of the main street most of the way up to Mulholland Drive. There are many side roads that branch off the main canyon, but most are not through streets, giving a rare self-contained nature of the neighborhood.
Laurel Canyon found itself a nexus of counterculture activity and attitudes in the 1960s, becoming famous as home to many of L.A.’s rock musicians, such as Frank Zappa; Jim Morrison of The Doors; The Byrds; Buffalo Springfield; and Love.
The icon of Laurel Canyon is the Canyon Country Store, on Laurel Canyon Boulevard, the most tangible relic of the area’s musical heyday. The Country Store is a neighborhood institution and a purveyor of surprisingly good wines and delicious custom-made deli sandwiches. Resolutely ungentrified by the same owners since 1982, the red-brick building still packs a flower-power punch in its psychedelic murals, bougainvillea-splashed patio.
The area continues to appeal to residents with bohemian and artistic sensibilities, in part due to the area offering some of the most affordable real estate in the Hollywood Hills West area. Since Laurel Canyon offers some small lots without a view, the neighborhood allows buyers to purchase in the Hollywood Hills at a much lower price point than neighboring areas. While this is true, the neighborhood is also home to numerous examples of modern architecture as well as lots with panoramic views. Laurel Hills is a subdivision located within the Laurel Canyon area.
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Like most neighborhoods in the Valley, Sherman Oaks is a city that is beautiful to people who wish to live a suburban life. Sherman Oaks is a very popular suburban neighborhood with a many residential single family homes. Many have swimming pools and located close to shopping and restaurants. It has easy access because it’s close to major freeways.
The best thing about living in a suburban area is having clean and large community parks and other sites for recreation.
The Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Park is in Sherman Oaks. It’s a popular site for family gatherings. The park has an auditorium, two lighted baseball diamonds, six unlighted baseball diamonds, lighted indoor basketball courts, lighted outdoor basketball courts, a children’s play area, a 60-person community room, a lighted American football field, an indoor gymnasium without weights, picnic tables, a lighted soccer (football) field, and lighted tennis courts. Located in the same place as the park, the Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Pool is a seasonal outdoor heated swimming pool. HOMES FOR SALE
The Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Senior Citizen Center (also known as Bernardi Center), also on the park grounds, has an auditorium and multi-purpose room; its banquet capacity is 200 and its assembly capacity is 300. The senior center also has two community/meeting rooms; one can hold 50 people and one can hold 30 people. The senior center has two kitchens, a play area, a shuffle board place, a stage, and two storage rooms. The Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Tennis Courts facility in the Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Park has eight courts.
In addition the city operates the Sherman Oaks Castle Park, with arcade, batting cages, and miniature golf facilities.
Encino is a very popular suburban neighborhood with a many residential single family homes. Many have swimming pools and located close to shopping and restaurants. It has easy access because it’s close to major freeways.
The city has many notable sites of history and recreation centers. Los Encinos State Historic Park in Encino includes the original nine-room de la Ossa Adobe, the Garnier Building, a blacksmith shop, a pond, and a natural spring.
The Sepulveda Dam Recreation Area and park includes a basin and has the Encino Golf Course and the Balboa Golf Course, having a total of 36 golf holes. The Balboa Municipal Golf Course, a short-length golf course, was lengthened in 2008.
The Balboa course is a community gem. It has a banquet room, back nine play, cart rental, club rental, classes, a lighted driving range, a lounge, practice chipping greens, practice putting greens, and a restaurant.
The Balboa Sports Complex in Encino includes a lighted baseball diamond, lighted outdoor basketball courts, a children’s play area, a community room, a lighted football field, a lighted handball court, an indoor gymnasium without weights and with a capacity for 400 people, an unlighted soccer field, lighted tennis courts, and lighted volleyball courts.
Home to most of LA’s major movie studios – including Warner Bros, Disney and Universal – ‘the Valley’ is an exercise in sprawl. Car culture was also basically invented in the Valley, which claims to have given birth to the mini-mall, the drive-in movie theater, the drive-in bank and the drive-in restaurant.
Attractions are few and scattered about; Burbank has the studios, and North Hollywood, west of here, is home to a growing arts scene. Studio City, west of Universal, has some superb sushi on Ventura Blvd. At last count there were 21 sushi bars within a six-block radius, which is why some call it LA’s Sushi Row. Studio City’s grooviest shopping and cafe strip can be found on leafy Tujunga Blvd.
Note that temperatures here are usually 20°F (11°C) higher – and pollution levels worse – than in areas further south. But it’s not all bad. In fact, with lower-cost housing and the lack of congestion, the Valley is more laidback and down to earth than elsewhere in the city.
Burbank consists of two distinct areas: a downtown, in the foothills of the Verdugo Mountains, and flatlands, at the east end of the San Fernando Valley.
The neighborhood within Burbank set at the foothills of the Verdugo Mountains has a more upscale feeling than the communities to the West of the 5. The yards tend to be spacious, remodeled and many have been added onto. You will also find newer homes which were built after tearing down the original home. West of the 5 is flatter, and feels more middle income. A great community for bike riding, pushing strollers and walking. There is a 2 mile running/biking path along Chandler Blvd. In the Southwest corner of Burbank is the Equestrian community which is well-treed and has many charming homes.
Entertainment has generally replaced the defense industry as the primary employer, who are attracted by the relative safety and security offered by its own police and fire departments, highly rated schools and hospital. Other reasons cited are its small town feel while located only 10 minutes away by car to the hip clubs and restaurants of Hollywood.
The revitalized downtown Burbank provides an urban mix of shopping, dining, and entertainment. The San Fernando Strip is an exclusive mall designed to be a modern urban village, with apartments above the mall. An upscale shopping district is located in the state-of-the-art Empire Center neighborhood. The Burbank Town Center is a retail complex adjacent to the downtown core that was built in two phases between 1991 and 1992.
North Hollywood is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles. It is home to the NoHo Arts District and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The neighborhood is an major transportation hub, and is also home to many television and film studios.
Many small, independent creative studios are based in North Hollywood, including some of the most affordable sets for low-budget film production.
The community is transitioning from a suburban neighborhood into more of a metropolitan center, due in large part to the construction of Metro Stations. North Hollywood is also home to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. It has a diverse array of homes for sale.
Universal Studios is located on the border between Hollywood and North Hollywood, easily accessible through one of NoHo’s main streets and Lankershim Blvd.
The new NoHo Arts District has several modern theaters, art galleries, cafes and shops. The area offers more than 20 professional theatres producing new work and classics, diverse art galleries, public art and professional dance studios and music recording venues.
Coming soon is a $1 billion mixed-use development at Lankershim and Chandler called the “NoHo Art Wave”, next to the Metro Red and Orange line terminals. Also coming is a subway connecting North Hollywood to Hollywood, East Hollywood, Koreatown, Westlake and downtown Los Angeles along the Metro Rail Red Line.
Faircrest Heights is a primarily residential district in the Westside of the city of Los Angeles, part of the Crestview neighborhood. ‘Faircrest’ refers to its location on Fairfax Avenue in the eastern part of the Crestview neighborhood.
Faircrest Heights is included in the general neighborhood of Mid City in Los Angeles. It sets in the west of the neighborhood and is comfortably distant from Downtown Los Angeles and providing a bedroom community feel. Faircrest also has a metropolitan feel with the greatest pearls of Los Angeles only a bike ride away.
Faircrest Heights is a solidly middle class community. The houses in Faircrest Heights were built in the late 1930s and early 1940s, and they consist of primarily Spanish Colonial Revival, English Revival, and Minimal Traditional style single family residences, with some small apartment buildings (mostly in the areas north of Pickford Street).
The boundaries of Faircrest Heights are Pico Boulevard on the north, Fairfax Avenue on the east, Washington Boulevard on the south, and La Cienega Boulevard on the west.
