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58-605: The equestrian center complex is within Griffith Park , in a separate small section across the Los Angeles River from the main park area and the Los Angeles Zoo . The Equidome was built in 1982, and is used for sporting events such as equestrian shows, dressage competitions, and rodeos . It is occasionally used for music concerts . The arena has 45,000 square feet (4,200 m) of floor space. Annual events held in

116-642: A Miyawaki forest near the Bette Davis Picnic Area has attracted Western toads from the Los Angeles River . Much of the exposed rock in Griffith Park is marine or non-marine sedimentary rock of Neogene and Quaternary formations, including the Lower, Middle and Upper Topanga , as well as the Monterey and Fernando formations. Both inclined bedding and fossil-bearing strata are common. Also present

174-465: A brief stay, but Issei internees arrested in the days and weeks following the outbreak of the war arrived soon after to take their place. Up to 550 Japanese Americans were confined in Griffith Park from 1941 to 1942, all subsequently transferred to Fort Lincoln , Fort Missoula and other DOJ camps. On July 14, 1942, the detention camp became a POW Processing Center for German, Italian and Japanese prisoners-of-war , operating until August 3, 1943, when

232-614: A broad spectrum of donors, in addition to $ 1.7 million from the city, and added to the park in July 2010 bringing the park's total acreage to 4,310 acres (1,740 ha). A statue of a standing bear, created in 1976 by Noack Foundry based on the design of German sculptor Renée Sintenis originally created in 1932, is located in the park. Its plaque reads "To the people of the United States of America in gratitude for their aid, friendship and protection. Presented to our sister city, Los Angeles by

290-464: A capacity of 420 people, and a multipurpose/community room with a capacity of 20–25 people. The area has barbecue pits, lighted baseball diamonds, lighted outdoor basketball courts, a children's play area, a community room, lighted handball courts, an indoor gymnasium with no weights, picnic tables, a lighted soccer field, and lighted tennis courts. Delano Park in Van Nuys has an auditorium, barbecue pits,

348-526: A facility in Sainte-Thérèse . Due to air quality remediation efforts and decreasing market share of GM products, the factory was closed. In 1999, The Plant shopping center opened on the former factory site, anchored by big box retailers and a 16-screen movie theater multiplex. Through the following years there were additions to The Plant shopping center. Sound City Studios is a well-respected recording studio in Van Nuys. Van Nuys, along with Chatsworth,

406-498: A frequent target of police activity. More than 200 gay men socialized through the day. Hired as part of a welfare project, 3,780 men were in the park clearing brush on October 3, 1933, when a fire broke out in the Mineral Wells area in the northern part of the current park. Many of the workers volunteered or were ordered to fight the fire. In all, 29 men were killed and 150 were injured. Professional firefighters arrived and limited

464-491: A girls' camp and boys' camp in the park. As his reputation in the city was tainted by his crime, the city refused his money. In 1912, Griffith designated 100 acres (40 ha) of the park, at its northeast corner along the Los Angeles River, to be used to "do something to further aviation". The Griffith Park Aerodrome was the result. Aviation pioneers such as Glenn L. Martin and Silas Christofferson used it; afterwards

522-471: A large population of developmentally disabled people living in the San Fernando Valley. The Social Security Administration once operated a branch office on Van Nuys Boulevard north of Victory Boulevard in Van Nuys. This location was closed in 2011, and moved to Panorama City on Roscoe Blvd and Van Nuys Blvd. The Van Nuys Recreation Area is in Van Nuys. The area has an auditorium and gymnasium with

580-494: A lighted baseball diamond, a children's play area, a lighted football field, an indoor gymnasium with no weights, picnic tables, and a lighted soccer field. The Van Nuys adjacent Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area to the west is a large open space park behind Sepulveda Dam . The Metro Orange Line bicycle path connects Van Nuys to it and other valley destinations. It has numerous recreation facilities and natural areas, including

638-468: A lighted soccer field, and lighted tennis courts. Located in the same place as the park, the Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Pool is a seasonal outdoor heated swimming pool. The Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Senior Citizen Center (a.k.a. Bernardi Center), also on the park grounds, has an auditorium and multi-purpose room. The senior community hall also has two community/meeting rooms, two kitchens, a play area,

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696-580: A petition and several original deeds that stated "Sherman Oaks" to Braude. They argued that the area was a part of Sherman Oaks until the 1960s, when ZIP Codes labeling the area as Van Nuys were established. In October 2005, the Metro Orange Line opened with two stations, Van Nuys station (Los Angeles Metro) and Sepulveda station . In 2014, a "Great Streets" project was introduced by Mayor Eric Garcetti with Van Nuys Blvd. to be redesigned between Victory Blvd. and Oxnard Street. Also, Sepulveda Blvd.

754-471: A shuffle board area, a stage, and two storage rooms. The Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Tennis Courts facility in the Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Park has eight courts. Fifteen percent of Van Nuys residents aged 25 and older had earned a four-year degree by 2000, an average figure for both the city and the county, but the percentage of the same-age residents who had less than a high school diploma (43.1%)

812-495: A trust fund for the improvements he envisioned, and after his death in 1919 the city began to build what Griffith had wanted. The amphitheater, called the Greek Theatre , was completed in 1930, and Griffith Observatory was finished in 1935. Subsequent to Griffith's original gift, further donations of land, city purchases, and the reversion of land from private to public have expanded the park to its present size. In December, 1944

870-491: A wildlife preserve, cricket complex, and archery range at Woodley Park . The Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Park is in Sherman Oaks , near Van Nuys. The park has an auditorium, two lighted baseball diamonds, six unlighted baseball diamonds, lighted indoor basketball courts, lighted outdoor basketball courts, a children's play area, a 60-person community room, a lighted football field, an indoor gymnasium without weights, picnic tables,

928-536: Is a popular hiking area. Orientation maps are located at the entrance to the parking lot near Griffith Observatory . A service road leads from the observatory to numerous hiking routs on and around Mount Lee; however, the immediate area where the Hollywood Sign is located is closed to the public since the area is home to the main communication tower for the City of Los Angeles. Hiking up to Wisdom tree on Cahuenga Peak from

986-413: Is home to numerous pornographic film studios, distributors, and manufacturers. Grupo TACA operates a Van Nuys-area TACA Center at 6710 Van Nuys Boulevard. Various parts of the 1984 film The Terminator were filmed in Van Nuys. The Los Angeles Fire Department operates Station 39 (Van Nuys), Station 90 Van Nuys Airport Area , Station 100 West Van Nuys , and Station 102 East Van Nuys , serving

1044-428: Is late Miocene intrusive rock , generally strongly weathered and easily cleaved, as well as some dikes and purple and gray andesitic extrusive rock bodies. Faulting as well as clear contacts between rock bodies are also common. With its wide variety of scenes and close proximity to Hollywood and Burbank , various locations in the park have been used extensively in movies and television shows. Griffith Park

1102-490: Is located in Van Nuys. The closest airport with commercial airline service is Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank . It can be accessed via Amtrak and Metrolink service, or by Amtrak Thruway 1C daily bus connections, from Van Nuys station . The FlyAway bus service travels hourly from its terminal at Woodley and Saticoy Avenues to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Van Nuys has two Metro G Line stations:

1160-666: Is served by the 405 (San Diego Freeway) passing through it. Other nearby freeways include the Route 101 (Ventura Freeway) , the Route 170 (Hollywood Freeway) , the Route 118 (Simi Valley Freeway) , and the Golden State Freeway section of Interstate 5 . Valley Presbyterian Hospital is a 350-bed hospital at 15107 Vanowen St, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, CA 91405. It was founded in 1958 and initially designed by noted architect William Pereira . It has 350 beds, as well as an emergency room which can handle pediatric patients. Also in Van Nuys

1218-683: Is served by the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner and Coast Starlight , and the Metrolink Ventura County Line . The Amtrak Thruway 1C provides daily connections from Van Nuys station to Santa Monica and Westwood/ UCLA to the south, Burbank Airport to the east, and Newhall and Bakersfield to the north. Van Nuys Boulevard is the planned route for the East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit Project , scheduled to open by 2031. Van Nuys

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1276-751: The Chevrolet Impala , Corvair , and later was the primary location for the Nova , Camaro , and Pontiac Firebird . Other models built were the Chevrolet Monte Carlo , Chevelle , the Oldsmobile Omega , and the Pontiac Ventura . Badge engineered versions of the Impala, Nova and Camaro were also manufactured at this location. In October 1989, GM announced that Camaro and Firebird production would be moved to

1334-711: The Civilian Conservation Corps camp contained within Griffith Park was converted to a holding center for Japanese Americans arrested as "enemy aliens" before they were transferred to more permanent internment camps. The Griffith Park Detention Camp opened almost immediately after the Pearl Harbor attack, taking in 35 Japanese immigrants suspected of fifth column activity because they lived and worked near military installations. These men, mostly fishermen from nearby Terminal Island , were transferred to an Immigration and Naturalization Service detention station after

1392-743: The Lake Balboa neighborhood in Los Angeles, west of Van Nuys. The U.S. Census Bureau operates the Los Angeles Regional Office in Van Nuys. The California Department of Developmental Services operates the North Los Angeles County Regional Center on Sherman Way west of Sepulveda Boulevard, but they closed that location and moved to a new location on Oakhurst and Plummer in Chatsworth in 2016. The agency serves

1450-674: The Los Angeles Aqueduct , providing it with the water required for further growth. Van Nuys was the first new stop on the San Fernando Line of the Pacific Electric Railway red cars system, which boosted its early land sales and commercial success. From as far as Alhambra, in 1917, day trips were organized for potential buyers of five-acre farms. Van Nuys became the Valley's satellite Los Angeles municipal civic center with

1508-442: The Los Angeles River ) in 1882 and started an ostrich farm there. Although ostrich feathers were commonly used in making women's hats in the late 19th century, Griffith's purpose was primarily to lure residents of Los Angeles to his nearby property developments, which supposedly were haunted by the ghost of Antonio Feliz (a previous owner of the property). After the property rush peaked, Griffith donated 3,015 acres (1,220 ha) to

1566-798: The Los Angeles Zoo , the Autry Museum of the American West , the Griffith Observatory , and the Hollywood Sign . Due to its appearance in many films, the park is among the most famous municipal parks in North America. It has been compared to Central Park in New York City and Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, but it is much larger, less tamed, and more rugged than either of those parks. The Los Angeles Recreation and Parks Commission adopted

1624-644: The Valley Municipal Building , it is the most populous neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley. In 1909, the Suburban Homes Company – a syndicate led by Hobart Johnstone Whitley , general manager of the board of control, along with Harry Chandler , H. G. Otis, M. H. Sherman and O. F. Brandt – purchased 48,000 acres of the Farming and Milling Company for $ 2.5 million. Henry E. Huntington extended his Pacific Electric Railway (Red Cars) through

1682-608: The Van Nuys (Los Angeles Metro station) and the Sepulveda (Los Angeles Metro station) which will be rebuilt on elevated bridges by 2024. The G Line connects to the Metro B Line subway at the North Hollywood (Los Angeles Metro station) , for access to Hollywood , Downtown Los Angeles , and other Los Angeles Metro lines. The Metro Busway also uses the Van Nuys station . All stations, and

1740-573: The 1932 Art Deco Valley Municipal Building (Van Nuys City Hall), a visual landmark and Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument , starting the present-day Government Center complex of government services buildings. In 1991, Marvin Braude, a member of the Los Angeles City Council , redesignated a 45-block area of Van Nuys as a part of Sherman Oaks . This redesignated area included the community of Magnolia Woods. Some area residents had presented

1798-701: The Equidome include: 34°09′31″N 118°18′30″W  /  34.158525°N 118.308291°W  / 34.158525; -118.308291 This article about a sports venue in California is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Griffith Park Griffith Park is a large municipal park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains , in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California . The park includes popular attractions such as

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1856-877: The Greek Theater, the Bronson Canyon / Brush Canyon Trail (3200 Canyon Drive, Los Angeles, CA), and a number of trailheads that begin near the Griffith Park Visitors Center off Crystal Springs Drive in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles (free trail maps are available at the Visitors Center). A once-popular trailhead originating at the top of Beachwood Drive was closed by court order in April 2017. Mount Lee's hiking trails and fire roads are part of Griffith Park; as such it's easy to get lost and be redirected. Maps of

1914-545: The Griffith Park Observatory deck warn of rattlesnakes in the surrounding area. Urban coyotes abound in Griffith Park and are generally active at night. Park visitors report frequent sightings during the day and have had their dogs attacked by coyotes. Visitors are strongly discouraged from feeding Griffith Park coyotes including near "the base of Fern Canyon, where up to eight coyotes per day are present more or less continuously." The newly created habitat of

1972-681: The Los Angeles Zoo, and threatened the Griffith Observatory, but left such areas intact. Several local organizations, including SaveGriffithPark.org, have been working since then with local officials to restore the park in a way that would benefit all. It was the third fire of the year. The city announced a $ 50 million plan to stabilize the burned slopes. The trees along Canyon Drive were allowed to grow back naturally, having been re-seeded by bird droppings. One hundred acres (40 ha) around Cahuenga Peak were purchased with funds from

2030-534: The Sherman Company donated 444 acres (180 ha) of Hollywoodland open space to Griffith Park. This large, passive, eco-sensitive property borders the Lake Hollywood reservoir (west), the former Hollywoodland sign (north), and Bronson Canyon (east) where it connects into the original Griffith donation. The Hollywoodland residential community is surrounded by this land. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor ,

2088-585: The South-western slopes of Mount Lee is accessible. Visitors are expected to comply with safety requirements, and must be prepared and equipped adequately. Trails leading to the Hollywood Sign can be accessed from several official Griffith Park entrances. These include the Mt. Hollywood Trail, which can be accessed from the Griffith Observatory parking lot off Vermont Canyon Road or from Vermont Canyon Road just past

2146-454: The Valley to Owensmouth (now Canoga Park). The Suburban Home Company laid out plans for roads and the towns of Van Nuys, Reseda (Marian) and Canoga Park (Owensmouth). The rural areas were annexed into the city of Los Angeles in 1915. The town was founded in 1911 and named for one of its developers, Isaac Newton Van Nuys , a rancher and entrepreneur of Dutch ancestry. It was annexed by Los Angeles on May 22, 1915, after completion of

2204-614: The aerodrome was demolished, though the rotating beacon and its tower remained for many years. From 1946 until the mid-1950s, Rodger Young Village occupied the area which had formerly been the Aerodrome. Today that site is occupied by the Los Angeles Zoo parking lot, the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum, soccer fields, and the interchange between the Golden State Freeway and the Ventura Freeway . Griffith set up

2262-619: The aerodrome was passed to the National Guard Air Service . Air operations continued on a 2,000-foot (600 m)-long runway until 1939, when it was closed, partly due to danger from interference with the approaches to Grand Central Airport across the river in Glendale, and because the City Planning commission complained that a military airport violated the terms of Griffith's deed. The National Guard squadron moved to Van Nuys , and

2320-552: The blaze to 47 acres (19 ha). On May 12, 1961, a wildfire on the south side of the park burned 814 acres (329 ha). It also destroyed eight homes and damaged nine more, chiefly in the Beachwood Canyon area. Another fire occurred c. 1971 in the Toyon Canyon area. Repelled by the ugliness of the devastated area, Amir Dialameh replanted a portion of it himself by hand. Over the course of more than 30 years he tended

2378-562: The characterization of the park as an "urban wilderness" on January 8, 2014. The park covers 4,310 acres (1,740 ha) of land, making it one of the largest urban parks in North America. It is the second-largest city park in California, after Mission Trails Preserve in San Diego, and the 11th-largest municipally-owned park in the United States. After successfully investing in mining, Griffith J. Griffith purchased Rancho Los Feliz (near

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2436-763: The city and the county. The median yearly household income in 2008 dollars was $ 41,134, considered average for the city, but low for the county. The percentages of households that earned $ 40,000 or less were high for the county. Renters occupied 73.9% of the housing stock, and house- or apartment-owners held 26.1%. Van Nuys Boulevard has a long and diverse commercial district along it, as do other major streets crossing through Van Nuys. From December 1947 until August 1992, General Motors operated an automobile factory called Van Nuys Assembly at Van Nuys Boulevard and Arminta Street to augment production efforts at their South Gate Assembly factory, which opened in 1936. The Van Nuys plant manufactured 6.3 million vehicles, including

2494-444: The city of Los Angeles on December 16, 1896. It came with instructions: "Public parks are a safety valve of great cities...and should be accessible and attractive, where neither race, creed nor color should be excluded." Griffith was tried and convicted of shooting and severely wounding his wife in a 1903 incident. When released from prison, he attempted to fund the construction of an amphitheater , observatory , planetarium , and

2552-575: The community. The Los Angeles Police Department operates the nearby Van Nuys Community Police Station at 6420 Sylmar Avenue, 91401, serving the neighborhood. The United States Postal Service operates the Civic Center Van Nuys Post Office at 6200 Van Nuys Boulevard in Van Nuys (closed and moved outside the Van Nuys civic center to 6531 Van Nuys Blvd, Van Nuys, CA 91401) and the Van Nuys Post Office at 15701 Sherman Way in

2610-442: The east side of Griffith Park that would remove 44 trees and replace four acres (1.6 ha) of picnic area, the largest picnic area in the park that is often used for large family gatherings, cultural fairs and festivals, reunions, and other special occasions. The plan may be altered to spare a sycamore that has been designated by the city as a " heritage tree ", a living artifact of Los Angeles history. After its closure in 1966,

2668-487: The garden he built there, with the help of occasional volunteers. Amir's Garden is featured in Visiting... with Huell Howser episode 1306. On May 8, 2007, a major wildfire burned more than 817 acres (331 ha), destroying the bird sanctuary, Dante's View, and Captain's Roost, and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people. The fire came right up to one of the largest playgrounds in Los Angeles, Shane's Inspiration , and

2726-588: The grounds of the Griffith Park Zoo were transformed into a recreation area. Some of the former animal enclosures were left in place, and picnic tables were installed. The annual Bell-Jeff Invitational cross country race has been held in the park on the last Saturday in September since 1973. After 74 years in operation, the Griffith Park Pony Rides closed on December 21, 2022. Griffith Park

2784-468: The neighborhood's major streets, are served by Metro Local , Metro Rapid , and/or other bus lines and systems. The Metro G Line bicycle path and pedestrian walkway runs in a landscaped zone alongside the entire route, to Pierce College, Canoga Park , and the Chatsworth Station on the west, and North Hollywood on the east. Van Nuys also has Amtrak and Metrolink service at Van Nuys station . It

2842-441: The neighboring communities of Lake Balboa , Valley Glen , and Sherman Oaks in an effort to raise their property values. City Council member Tony Cardenas "suggested the change was motivated by racism." The 2000 U.S. census counted 136,443 residents in the 8.99-square-mile Van Nuys neighborhood—or 11,542 people per square mile. In 2000, the median age for residents was 28, considered young for city and county neighborhoods, and

2900-631: The northwest by Northridge . Its street and other boundaries are Roscoe Boulevard on the north, Sepulveda Boulevard , the Tujunga Wash , Woodman Avenue and Hazeltine Avenue on the east, Oxnard Street on the south, the Sepulveda Basin on the southwest and Odessa and Hayvenhurst avenues and Balboa Boulevard on the west. Some former Van Nuys neighborhoods won approval in 2009 by the Los Angeles City Council to break off from Van Nuys and join

2958-607: The people of free Berlin ". This is the same bear as that used to create the Golden Bear awards for the Berlin International Film Festival each year. Much of the park comprises wild, rugged natural areas with hiking and equestrian trails, and this terrain separates the park into many areas or "pockets" of activities. Within the various areas are concessions, golf courses, picnic grounds, train rides, and tennis courts. In 2014, two baseball fields were proposed on

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3016-543: The percentages of residents aged 10 or younger and 19 to 34 were among the highest in Los Angeles County. The neighborhood was considered "moderately diverse" ethnically within Los Angeles. The breakdown was Hispanics , 60.5%; whites , 23.1%; Asians , 6.4%; blacks , 6%; and others, 4%. Mexico (41.5%) and El Salvador (17.3%) were the most common places of birth for the 49.8% of the residents who were born abroad—a high percentage for Los Angeles. There were 4,917 families headed by single parents or 21.3%, considered high for both

3074-428: The prisoners were transferred elsewhere. The camp was changed to the Army Western Corps Photographic Center and Camouflage Experimental Laboratory until the end of the war. On 17 March 1968, in Los Angeles, to protest entrapment and harassment by the Los Angeles Police Department , two drag queens known as "The Princess" and "The Duchess" held a St. Patrick's Day party at Griffith Park, a popular cruising spot and

3132-425: The trails and the land around the hills should be studied before attempting to hike the area for the first time. An adult mountain lion , named P-22 , inhabited the park from 2012 to 2022. An image of the cougar was captured on an automatic camera. P-22 is likely not the first mountain lion to have taken up residence in Griffith Park, although the duration of his stay was remarkably long. A mountain lion's body

3190-441: Was found in Griffith Park sometime in 1996 or 1997, after being hit by a vehicle. Another mountain lion was sighted several times in Griffith Park in 2004 and rangers found evidence (including deer remains) to support its presence there. An urban ecologist monitors wildlife within the park. The ecologist has also been conducting a raptor study in the communities surrounding the park through volunteers since 2017. Permanent signs on

3248-422: Was high for Los Angeles. Schools within the Van Nuys boundaries are: The Los Angeles Unified School District operates neighborhood public schools: Charter schools include: Van Nuys Middle School was moved into Sherman Oaks in 1991. The school continues to use the name "Van Nuys" despite the move. The Van Nuys Branch Library of the Los Angeles Public Library serves the community. Van Nuys Airport

3306-430: Was resurfaced between Victory Blvd and Oxnard Street in May 2014. A new Los Angeles County family services building was built on the southwest corner of Van Nuys Blvd. and Saticoy Street in 2016. Van Nuys is bordered on the north by North Hills , on the northeast by Panorama City , on the east by Valley Glen , on the south by Sherman Oaks , on the southwest by the Sepulveda Basin , on the west by Lake Balboa , and on

3364-462: Was the busiest destination in Los Angeles for on-location filming in 2011, with 346 production days, according to a FilmL.A. survey. Projects included the TV series Criminal Minds and The Closer . Some sites within the park that have appeared in media include: Van Nuys Van Nuys ( / v æ n ˈ n aɪ z / ) is a neighborhood in the central San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California . Home to Van Nuys Airport and

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