Valley Glen

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Valley Glen is a district of the US metropolis of Los Angeles . The district is a suburb and site of a college .

location

Valley Glen is one of the suburbs of Los Angeles. and is located in the San Fernando Valley . The borough borders Panorama City and Sun Valley to the north, the Hollywood Freeway separates it from North Hollywood and Valley Village to the east, Sherman Oaks to the south , and Van Nuys to the east along Burbank Boulevard . The Tujunga Wash flows through it.

population

According to the 2000 census, Valley Glen had 59,230 people at the time, and in 2008 the city of Los Angeles estimated it to be 62,846. 45.2% of the residents were Latinos , 39.5% white. A relatively large proportion for Los Angeles County (49%) were born overseas. The average household size is 2.9 people. The median household income in 2008 was $ 46,175. 62.9% of households lived for rent.

history

Today's Valley Glen was originally part of North Hollywood . The originally rural area attracted people with the establishment of film studios in the San Fernando Valley. The influx was increased by the boom in the aviation industry, which was also located in the San Fernando Valley, during the Second World War . It was also around this time that the Valley's first synagogue was established on land known as Valley Glen .

In order to meet the needs of the growing population of the San Fernando Valley, the Los Angeles Valley College was founded in 1949 , which in 1951 then moved to today's campus in what is now Valley Glen. In 1968 North Hollywood was split by the construction of the Hollywood Freeway, the present Valley Glen was now separated from the rest of North Hollywood.

There was finally a referendum to name the separated area after the old Jewish community Valley Glen. This was also followed by an eastern part of Van Nuys . In 2004 the city of Los Angeles recognized the current Valley Glen as an independent district.

education

Public schools

Entrance to the Los Angeles Valley College campus.

Valley Glen is home to Los Angeles Valley College . It is a so-called community college . The Ulysses S. Grant High School is located in the immediate vicinity of the college campus . In addition to this public high school, Valley Glen is home to James Madison Middle School and four public elementary schools .

Private schools

Valley Glen is the location of a private school covering grades 2 to 12 and four privately owned primary schools.

Attractions

Great Wall of Los Angeles.

The Great Wall of Los Angeles is located along the Tujunga Wash flood basin on the eastern border of Los Angeles Valley College .

Immediately north of the mural is the Tujunga Green Way hiking trail .

In the college is a 1975 opened museum of the history of the San Fernando Valley, the Los Angeles Valley College Historical Museum .

Sons and daughters

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Scott Garner: Neighborhood Spotlight: In Valley Glen, a modest suburb comes of age . In: Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles June 2, 2017 (English, latimes.com [accessed February 13, 2020]).
  2. ^ A b Valley Glen in the Los Angeles Times Mapping LA project .
  3. ↑ Home: Los Angeles Valley College. official website. Retrieved February 13, 2020 .
  4. ^ Ulysses S. Grant High School. official website. Retrieved February 13, 2020 .
  5. ↑ James Madison Middle School and Magnets. official website. Retrieved February 13, 2020 .
  6. ↑ a b Schools in and around Valley Glen in the Los Angeles Times Mapping LA project .
  7. ^ Where Art and Greenery Meet: Hiking Along The Tujunga Wash. In: kcet.org. September 16, 2011, accessed February 13, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Borislav Stanic, Museum Compandium to Los Angeles , Museon Publishing, Beverly Hills 2014, ISBN 978-1-889224-03-9 , p. 152.

Coordinates: 34 ° 11 '18 "  N , 118 ° 25' 4"  W.