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Sentries of the Past.
There are ten houses along the west side of the 6600 block of Norwich in Van Nuys. They are all ranches, built in the early 1950s, solid and compact. Unusual for Los Angeles, the houses are all original. There are no tear downs. There aren’t any protective fences, walls or gates on any of the…
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Bernie Sanders’ Van Nuys.
Medicare For All: Create a Medicare for All, single-payer, national health insurance program to provide everyone in America with comprehensive health care coverage, free at the point of service. No networks, no premiums, no deductibles, no copays, no surprise bills. Medicare coverage will be expanded and improved to include: include dental, hearing, vision, and home-…
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Mementos From a 1950s Girlhood in Van Nuys
Anne Clark Seidel (1936-2018) was born in Ft. Smith, AR and moved with her parents to Los Angeles in 1942. The family owned a house at 14936 Camarillo in Sherman Oaks where Anne grew up. An obituary from 2018 summarized her life. Her son, Dave Cox, is a vintage dealer of antiques, cameras, and thrift store items and now lives…
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Crossing Ventura.
Sometime in late 2018, early 2019, I’m not sure exactly when, they created a pedestrian crosswalk, with flashing lights, across Ventura Boulevard. at Ventura Canyon Avenue. The crossing is about a block east of Woodman and a few doors down from Yok Ramen at 13608 Ventura where I go about once a week. This is in…
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Valley Rents Near All-Time High as Vacancies Drop.
“Vacant apartments in the Valley are scarce, rents are heading toward all-time highs, and observers expect little change for the next three years.”-LA Times 8/24/1969 Most of the new apartments will be large, luxury, high-rent operations because land is so expensive. Landlords are choosey and many refuse to rent to tenants who have pets or…
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Progress Report.
On a brief walk, after dropping off a package at the UPS on Van Nuys Bl. I walked west on Sylvan, south on Vesper, ending this set of photos at the new fire station on Oxnard. There is a small but significant amount of new apartments going up. They are pleasant additions to the neighborhood…
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