Here is a photo of the corner of Vanowen at Sepulveda in Van Nuys.
Wooden power lines create a chaotic and technologically primitive presence at one of LA’s busiest intersections.
A two-story tall “mini-mall” is set back from the street with an oil filled asphalt parking lot as its welcoming face. Junk food sellers offer donuts and pizza to a local population that is more than 50% obese.
There is not one pleasant place to sit and read a paper, walk a dog, or stroll and meet a neighbor for a pleasant chat. The environment is dirty, criminally threatening, choked with exhaust fumes and lacking in any civic pride. It is also ugly.
One would never know that behind this mini-mall is a relatively opulent residential neighborhood of large homes on generously sized lots.
While city planners desperately propose certain upgrades for the faded commerce of Van Nuys Boulevard, the real eyesore is Sepulveda. This boulevard is, ironically, a much busier and more prosperous road than VNB, with stores like Target and Costco just down the road.
Here in Van Nuys 