Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/hereinvannuys/sets/72057594053107151/
I was riding my bike, around the Sepulveda Dam Recreational Area, when I made a detour into this Encino neighborhood just west of Balboa, north of Burbank Blvd.
The steep-gabled roofs, pastel colors, and clerestory windows told me that I might have stumbled into somewhere already protected by the Lotta Living police. I saw a sign on Louise Street that said, “Encino Village”… but later investigations on Google turned up nothing informative.
But this quiet and architecturally distinctive relic from the era of Rob and Laura Petrie has to have some history. If anyone can inform me, please do.
Here in Van Nuys 
More history, if you’re still interested, at encinovillage.blogspot.com and a recent item at laobserved.com
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It does have a history – Encino Village was built over the years 1955-56 by a single developer with homes all designed by architect Martin Stern. He later went on to design the Sands Hotel in Vegas and now has a small museum in Las Vegas dedicated to his work. Many of the homes have been modified but many are still in their original condition with original owners. It’s a quiet little haven of about 400 homes with only 3 ways into the development.
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