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33-468: Granada Hills may refer to the following places in the United States: Granada Hills, Los Angeles Granada Hills, Austin, Texas [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

66-542: A dairy farm and orchard known as the Sunshine Ranch which grew apricots, oranges, walnuts and beans. Vestiges of former citrus groves can still be seen in orange, lemon or grapefruit trees in many residential yards. In 1916, the San Fernando Valley's first oil well was drilled in what is now Granada Hills. The oil well was located at the northern tip of Zelzah Avenue. Granada Hills was founded in 1926 as "Granada;"

99-408: A gym, picnic tables, tennis courts, classrooms, a dance room and a library. Programs are offered in sports, and arts and crafts. Zelzah Park, an unstaffed park, has a bridle path , a children's play area, and picnic tables. Los Angeles City Council District 12 encompasses Granada Hills, with councilmember John Lee serving. Granada Hills is served by two Neighborhood Councils: Granada Hills

132-604: A high proportion compared to the rest of the city. Granada Hills is composed mostly of Mid-century modern architecture. Of note is the "Balboa Highlands" tract built by iconic developer Joseph Eichler as well as the Knollwood Country Club area and Knollwood Grove tract. Many of these homes, which are North of Rinaldi/West of Balboa, have been featured in movies, commercials, magazine pictorials and appear in books about Eichler or mid-century architecture. White Oak Avenue, between San Fernando Mission and San Jose Street,

165-624: A significant design movement. The MCM design aesthetic is modern in style and construction, aligned with the Modernist movement of the period. It is typically characterized by clean, simple lines and honest use of materials, and generally does not include decorative embellishments. On the exterior, a MCM home is normally very wide, partial brick or glass walls, low footprints with floor to ceiling windows and flat rooflines, while exposed ceilings and beams, open floor plans, ergonomically designed furniture and short staircases connecting rooms throughout

198-474: A small intermittent stream, and grass and picnic areas. This 672-acre (2.72 km ) park includes hiking trails and fire roads, including a grassy promontory from which a view of the northeastern portion of the San Fernando Valley may be seen. Mission Point and its environs are popular mountain biking and hiking areas. The view from the top of Mission Point (called "Mission Peak" by many residents),

231-589: A style characterized by clean simplicity and integration with nature. Like many of Wright 's designs, Mid-century architecture was frequently employed in residential structures with the goal of bringing modernism into America's post-war suburbs. This style emphasized creating structures with ample windows and open floor plans, with the intention of opening up interior spaces and bringing the outdoors in. Many Mid-century houses utilized then-groundbreaking post and beam architectural design that eliminated bulky support walls in favor of walls seemingly made of glass. Function

264-538: Is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles . The community has a sports program and a range of city recreation centers. The neighborhood has fourteen public and ten private schools. The Granada Hills area is situated on the traditional homelands of the Tongva and Chumash . The Tongva village of Ceegenga may have been the closest village located to the Granada Hills area. The community began as

297-662: Is characterized by a minimalist, clean-lined approach that looks to combine functionality with beauty, well-crafted, classic, and timeless. With an emphasis being put on utilizing natural materials to improve daily life through unique, purposeful design , durability and reliability. The Scandinavian mid-century modern goal was to minimize, quality over quantity, curated contrast, and cozy togetherness. The Nordic style united innovation, simplicity, and elegance. Scandinavian modern designers, such as Børge Mogensen , Hans Wegner , Finn Juhl , Arne Vodder , Verner Panton , and Alvar Aalto , stood out in this movement. The Case Study Houses

330-428: Is extremely difficult to heat or cool, while Keck and Keck were pioneers in the incorporation of passive solar features in their houses to compensate for their large glass windows. The city of Palm Springs, California is noted for its many examples of Mid-century modern architecture. Architects include: Examples of 1950s Palm Springs motel architecture include Ballantines Movie Colony (1952) – one portion

363-571: Is in California's 27th congressional district as of 2023 and represented by Republican Mike Garcia . It was in the 38th State Assembly district , and the 20th State Senate district until the 2014 redistricting. Thirty-two percent of Granada Hills residents aged 25 and older have earned a four-year degree by 2000, an average percentage for the city. Schools within the Granada Hills boundaries are: Los Angeles Fire Department Stations 18 (Knollwood/Granada Hills) and 87 (Granada Hills) are in

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396-407: Is located at 10640 Petit Avenue. Mid-century modern MCM-style decor and architecture have seen a major resurgence that began in the late 1990s and continues today. The term was used as early as the mid-1950s, and was defined as a design movement by Cara Greenberg in her 1984 book Mid-Century Modern: Furniture of the 1950s . It is now recognized by scholars and museums worldwide as

429-515: Is the 1935 Albert Frey San Jacinto Hotel – the Coral Sands Inn (1952), and the Orbit Inn (1957). Restoration projects have been undertaken to return many of these residences and businesses to their original condition. Brazil is the only country in the world where an entire city, and in this case the country's capital, Brasília , was built entirely in the mid-century modern style. The city

462-577: The Los Angeles Aqueduct , is located in Granada Hills. The 2000 U.S. census counted 50,535 residents in the 15.11-square-mile neighborhood—or 3,344 people per square mile. In 2008, the city estimated that the population had increased to 53,998, a density of 3,574 people per square mile. In 2000 the median age for residents was 37. The neighborhood is ethnically diverse and includes whites , 55.5%; Latinos , 20.6%; Asians , 16.3%; blacks , 3.4%; and others, 4.2%. Korea (16.0%) and Mexico (13.8%) were

495-519: The "Hills" portion of the name was added 15 years later. Granada Hills is located at the foothills of the Santa Susana Mountains , north of North Hills , Northridge , west of Mission Hills and Sylmar , and east of the Porter Ranch neighborhoods of Los Angeles. The Ronald Reagan Freeway ( State Route 118 ) runs through its southern area. Van Norman Reservoir , the southern terminus of

528-530: The United States. The program began in 1945 and lasted through 1966. The houses were documented by architectural photographer Julius Shulman . Scandinavian design was very influential at this time, with a style characterized by simplicity, democratic design and natural shapes. Glassware ( Iittala – Finland ), ceramics ( Arabia – Finland), tableware ( Georg Jensen – Denmark), lighting ( Poul Henningsen – Denmark), and furniture ( Danish modern ) were some of

561-701: The area. Granada Hills is served by the Los Angeles Police Department Devonshire Community Police Station. The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services operates the Pacoima Health Center in Pacoima , serving Granada Hills. The United States Postal Service Granada Hills Post Office is located at 18039 Chatsworth Street. The Los Angeles Public Library operates the Granada Hills Branch and

594-760: The city during the mid-20th century. Curt Teich in Chicago was the most prominent and largest printer and publisher of Linen Type postcards pioneering lithography with his "Art Colortone" process. Other large publishers include Stanley Piltz in San Francisco, who established the "Pictorial Wonderland Art Tone Series", Western Publishing and Novelty Company in Los Angeles and the Tichnor Brothers in Boston. The printing of mid-century linen post cards began to give way in

627-539: The genres for the products created. In the eastern United States, the American-born Russel Wright and Mary Wright , designing for Steubenville Pottery, and Hungarian-born Eva Zeisel designing for Red Wing Pottery and later Hall China created free-flowing ceramic designs that were much admired and heralded in the trend of smooth, flowing contours in dinnerware. On the West Coast of the United States,

660-427: The glazes. The Tamac Pottery company produced a line of mid-century modern biomorphic dinnerware and housewares between 1946 and 1972. Printed ephemera documenting the mid-century transformations in design , architecture , landscape , infrastructure , and entertainment include mid-century linen post cards from the early 1930s to the late 1950s. These post cards came about through innovations pioneered through

693-491: The highest point in Granada Hills, is striking, taking in most of the San Fernando Valley. In clear weather, one can see the Pacific Ocean and Downtown Los Angeles. The area around the peak is home to deer , golden eagle , bobcats , mountain lions , raccoons , and coyotes . The Granada Hills Recreation Center (also known as Petit Park) features an auditorium, baseball diamonds, basketball courts, children's play areas,

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726-679: The house often defines the home's interior. The mid-century modern movement in the U.S. was an American reflection of the International and Bauhaus movements, including the works of Gropius , Florence Knoll , Le Corbusier , and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe . Although the American component was slightly more organic in form and less formal than the International Style, it is more firmly related to it than any other. Brazilian and Scandinavian architects were very influential at this time, with

759-413: The industrial designer and potter Edith Heath (1911–2005) founded Heath Ceramics in 1948. The company was one of the numerous California pottery manufacturers that had their heyday in post-war United States, and produced Mid-Century modern ceramic dish-ware. Edith Heath's "Coupe" line remains in demand and has been in constant production since 1948, with only periodic changes to the texture and color of

792-506: The internationalist oeuvre, inspired by Scandinavian Moderns such as Alvar Aalto , Sigurd Lewerentz and Arne Jacobsen , and the late work of Le Corbusier himself, was reinterpreted by groups such as Team X , including structuralist architects such as Aldo van Eyck , Ralph Erskine , Denys Lasdun , Jørn Utzon and the movement known in the United Kingdom as New Brutalism . Pioneering builder and real estate developer Joseph Eichler

825-406: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Granada_Hills&oldid=932854001 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Granada Hills, Los Angeles Granada Hills

858-410: The most common places of birth for 29.2% of the residents who were born abroad. The median yearly household income in 2008 was $ 83,911. Renters occupied 26.4% of the housing stock. The average household size of 2.9 people was considered average for Los Angeles. The percentages of married men (60.4%) and women (58.5%) were among the county's highest. There were 4,032 veterans, or 10.5% of the population,

891-685: The quarterback , an alumnus), is home to the Los Angeles Rampage women's soccer team and formerly home to the San Fernando Valley Quakes . In 1963, the Granada Hills Little League won the Little League World Championship in baseball. O'Melveny Park , the second largest park in Los Angeles, consists of a large undeveloped area and a much smaller developed section with several dozen citrus trees,

924-463: The use of offset lithography . The cards were produced on paper with a high rag content, which gave the post card a textured look and feel. At the time this was a less expensive process. Along with advances in printing technique, mid-century linen postcards allowed for very vibrant ink colors. The encyclopedic geographic imagery of mid-century linen post cards suggests popular middle-class attitudes about nature , wilderness , technology , mobility and

957-400: Was a program creating a series of architectural prototype-homes involving major mid-century architects, including Charles and Ray Eames , Craig Ellwood , A. Quincy Jones , Edward Killingsworth , Pierre Koenig , Richard Neutra , Ralph Rapson , Eero Saarinen , and Raphael Soriano to design and build modern efficient and inexpensive model homes for the post-WWII residential housing boom in

990-638: Was as important as form in Mid-century designs, with an emphasis placed on targeting the needs of the average American family. In Europe, the influence of Le Corbusier and the CIAM resulted in an architectural orthodoxy manifest across most parts of post-war Europe that was ultimately challenged by the radical agendas of the architectural wings of the avant-garde Situationist International , COBRA , as well as Archigram in London. A critical but sympathetic reappraisal of

1023-607: Was declared a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument on August 3, 1966, for the 101 Deodar Cedar trees that line the street. The trees are native to the Himalayas and appreciated for their size, beauty and timber. White Oak Avenue trees were used as the back-drop in the flying bicycle scenes in the 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial . Granada Hills Charter High School 's stadium, the John Elway Stadium (named after

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1056-427: Was inaugurated in 1961, and is the third most populous city in the country, behind only São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro . In addition to the memorable buildings by architect Oscar Niemeyer , there are also works by Athos Bulcão , Marianne Peretti , João Filgueiras Lima , and landscaping by Burle Marx . Architects include: Scandinavia had a great influence on the mid-century modern furniture . The style design

1089-479: Was instrumental in bringing Mid-century modern architecture ("Eichler Homes") to subdivisions in the Los Angeles area and the San Francisco Bay region of California , and select housing developments on the east coast. George Fred Keck , his brother Willam Keck, Henry P. Glass , Mies van der Rohe, and Edward Humrich created Mid-century modern residences in the Chicago area. Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House

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