Valley Village

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Valley Village is a district of the US city of Los Angeles and is located in the San Fernando Valley . It is an area dominated by single-family houses and small shops.

location

Valley Village is bordered by North Hollywood to the north and east , Studio City to the south, and Sherman Oaks and Valley Glen to the west . It is bounded to the north by Burbank Boulevard, to the west by Coldwater Avenue, to the south by the Ventura Freeway and to the east by the Tujunga Wash , a tributary of the Los Angeles River .

population

According to the 2000 census, there were 24,190 people in Valley Village at the time. According to estimates by the City of Los Angeles, there were 25,665 people in the area in 2008. 66.7% of the population are white, an above-average proportion for Los Angeles County and the City of Los Angeles. The most common origins are Russian (7.2%) and German (7.1%). 28.9% of the population were not born in the United States . The median income per household in Valley Village is $ 55,470.

history

In the 1930s, film studio employees began building houses in what is now Valley Village. The US Post recognized the "Valley Village" address. However, it was part of North Hollywood until 1991 .

In June 2015, a house on Hermitage Avenue that was occupied by Marilyn Monroe in the 1940s was demolished .

Valley Village in pop culture

The series " The Sarah Silverman Program. " Is set in Valley Village.

Sons and Daughters of Valley Village

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Valley Village on sanfernandoguide.com
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Valley Village in the project Mapping LA the Los Angeles Times
  3. ↑ Aaron Curtiss, Name Changes, Neighborhood Doesn't: Geography: Residents of Valley Village can now officially say they are not a part of North Hollywood. , Los Angeles Times February 13, 1991.
  4. ^ A Question of Historic Preservation in Valley Village , KCET, July 31, 2015.

Coordinates: 34 ° 10 ′  N , 118 ° 24 ′  W