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Two Family House Designs: 1928
Matot Construction Co. produced many thousands of homes in the Western United States in the 1920s. In a 1928 book of designs, there are many homes which feature styles characteristic of Los Angeles neighborhoods, the little bungalows in Spanish, Tudor or Colonial which used to dot the streets all over our city, especially in the…
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Postmistress of Van Nuys
Among the charming relics of the past is a look to what people cared about 62 years ago. In 1960, the United States Postal Service issued a limited edition of stamps to commemorate the Golden Jubilee (50 years) of the Camp Fire Girls. Readers of the Valley Times would see the postmistress (yes, that is…
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A House Fancy Enough for a Fireman
To those who don’t know it, Valerio Street in Van Nuys, especially between Van Nuys Boulevard and Kester, is lined with many exquisite, old, historic homes on large properties. Often these houses have Spanish architecture, swimming pools, and many fruit trees. One of these, at 14721 Valerio, is on a 15,000 sf lot. The home…
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Clearing Away Parks and Houses for the Hollywood Freeway.
In the 1950s and early 60s, the expansion of the Ventura and Hollywood Freeways was accomplished by massive bulldozing of parks and houses. North Hollywood, never rich in parkland, suffered the loss of some 20 acres of parkland to accommodate the construction of the 170 which today slices through and forms a new border between…
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Million Dollar (or Nearly Million Homes) For Sale in Lake Balboa
Just west of the 405, along delightful little streets nestled along the runways of Van Nuys Airport, several homes are on the market in Lake Balboa, asking price around a million dollars. These are photos from Redfin. 7475 Shoshone Ave. 5 bedrooms, 3 baths. $905,000 7527 Louise Ave. 2 beds, 1 bath, 819 SF. $1,000,000…
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North Hollywood After WWII
Of all the areas of the San Fernando Valley, perhaps North Hollywood has undergone the most drastic changes, for better and worse. The Los Angeles Public Library has thousands of images online of North Hollywood. I pulled a few from the period 1948-1962. California was undergoing convulsive expansion as the state population skyrocketed, and millions…
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