Studio City is a neighborhood in the city of

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, in the southeast San Fernando Valley, just west of the Cahuenga Pass. It is named after the studio lot that was established in the area by film producer Mack Sennett in 1927, now known as Radford Studio Center.

History

Originally known as Laurelwood, the area that Studio City occupies was formerly part of Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando. Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando was a Mexican land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California, granted in 1846 by Governor Pío Pico to Eulogio F. de Celis. This land changed hands several times during the

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, and was eventually owned by James Boon Lankershim (1850–1931), and eight other developers, who organized the Lankershim Ranch Land and Water Company. In 1899, however, the area lost most water rights to Los Angeles, so subdivision and sale of land for farming became untenable. Construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct began in 1908, and water reached the San Fernando Valley in November, 1913. Real estate boomed, and a syndicate led by

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, business manager of the ''

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'', with Hobart Johnstone Whitley, Isaac Van Nuys, and James Boon Lankershim acquired the remaining of the southern half of the former Mission lands—everything west of the Lankershim town limits and south of present-day Roscoe Boulevard excepting the Rancho Encino. Whitley platted the area of present-day Studio City from portions of the existing town of Lankershim, as well as the eastern part of the new acquisition. In 1927, Mack Sennett began building a new studio on donated by the land developer. The area around the studio was named Studio City. In 1955, Studio City's Station 78 became the first racially integrated station in the Los Angeles City Fire Department.

Population

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The 2000 U.S. census counted 34,034 residents in the Studio City neighborhood—5,395 people per square mile, among the lowest

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for the city but about average for the county. In 2008, the city estimated that the resident population had increased to 37,201. In 2000, the median age for residents, 38, was considered old for city and county neighborhoods; the percent of residents age 19 and older was among the county's highest.
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, 5.4%; Blacks, 3.7%; and others, 4.1%. Iran (7%) and the United Kingdom (6.7%) were the most common places of birth for the 21.1% of the residents who were born abroad—a low percentage for Los Angeles. The median yearly household income in 2008 dollars was $75,657, considered high for the city. The percent of households earning $125,000 and up was high for Los Angeles County. The average household size of 1.9 people was low when compared to the rest of the city and the county. Renters occupied 55.9% of the housing stock and house- or apartment-owners held 44.1%. In 2000, there were 837 families headed by single parents, the rate of 11.2% being low for the city of Los Angeles. There were 2,591 veterans, 8.8% of the population, a high figure for the city.

Geography

According to the

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project of the ''Los Angeles Times,'' Studio City is bordered on the north by Valley Village, on the east by Toluca Lake and Universal City, on the south by Hollywood Hills West, on the southwest by Beverly Crest and on the west by Sherman Oaks.
Colored map, Mapping L.A., ''Los Angeles Times The Los Angeles River and Tujunga Wash flow through Studio City. The two concrete-lined channels merge just west of Colfax Avenue and north of Ventura Boulevard adjacent to Radford Studio Center.

Notable people

Film and television

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, film director * Dana Andrews, film actor and past president of the Screen Actors' Guild *

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, actor and playwright * Ed Asner, film, television, stage, and voice actor, past president of the SAG *

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, actor, singer-songwriter, businessman and owner of the California Angels baseball team *

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, animator, director and co-founder of Hanna-Barbera studios * Bonnie Bartlett, television and film actress *

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, actor and environmentalist * Joseph Benti, television news anchor * Mayim Bialik, film and television actress * Robert Blake, actor *

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, actress *

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, actor * Smiley Burnette, comedic actor, singer-songwriter and inventor * George Clooney, actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter * Gary Cole, actor *

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, actress * Barry Crane, television producer and director * Jon Cryer, actor *

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, actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild * Brad Davis, actor * Jimmy Dore, comedian and political commentator * Yvonne De Carlo, actress of film, television, and theater * Zooey Deschanel, actress * Leonardo DiCaprio, actor and producer * Charles S. Dutton, stage, film, and television actor and director * Zac Efron, actor * Erik Estrada, actor *

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, actor * Betty Garrett, actress, singer and dancer * Jennie Garth, actress *

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, actress, film producer * Cuba Gooding Jr., actor * Ryan Gosling, actor * Gary Graver, film director and cinematographer * Tom Green, actor, comedian * Earl Holliman, Golden Globe winning film and television actor. * Lucy Hale, actress and singer * Neil Patrick Harris, actor, singer, writer and magician * Laurel Holloman, actress * Vanessa Hudgens, actress and singer * Allison Janney, actress * aleXis Kline, entertainer extraordinaire * Mila Kunis, actress

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* Lucy Lawless, actress * Lucy Liu, actress * Seth MacFarlane, actor, singer, comedian and producer *

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, actress *

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, actor and photographer * Kevin McKidd, film and television actor * Alyssa Milano, actress *

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, science educator, comedian, television host, actor, and mechanical engineer * Jack Osbourne, reality show star *

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, actor and comedian * Jason Priestley, television actor * Michael Richards, actor, comedian, writer and television producer *

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, actor *

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, director and screenwriter * William Shatner, actor, musician, recording artist, and author * Melville Shavelson, film director, producer, screenwriter, and author * Mason Shefa, director of experimental films * Anna Nicole Smith, model, actress and television personality *

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, actor and producer * Jonathan Stark, actor, writer, producer * Linda Stirling, actress, showgirl, model and college professor * Lyle Talbot, film, TV and stage actor; a founder of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG); honorary mayor of Studio City in the 1960s *

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, child actor; PBS Frontline documentary producer *

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, game show host * Renee Valente, producer, former president of the Producers Guild of America * Sofía Vergara, actress * Nancy Walker, actress, comedian and director * Anton Yelchin, actor *Alina Nastase Romanian- Spanish actress *Hayley McLaughin Scottish- American actress

Music

Literature

* Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, journalist and playwright * Lorin Morgan-Richards, author and illustrator * Jerry Pournelle, science-fiction author and blogger * Israel Regardie, occultist

Sports

* Zack Greinke, Major League Baseball pitcher * Clayton Kershaw, Major League Baseball pitcher * Joc Pederson, Major League Baseball outfielder * Justin Turner, Major League Baseball player * Jrue Holiday, National Basketball Association player

Other

* David Burtka, chef and actor * Peter Hurkos, allegedly manifested extra-sensory perception * James B. Potter Jr., Los Angeles City Council member *

Jerome Vered Jerome Vered (born March 13, 1958) is a Studio City, California writer, publicly known for his record-setting success as a contestant on the U.S. television game show ''Jeopardy!'' Biography Vered graduated from Harvard College and the USC School ...

, record-setting contestant on the game show ''Jeopardy!'' *

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, Los Angeles City Council member * Sam Yorty, mayor of Los Angeles

Education

Almost half of Studio City residents aged 25 and older (49.4%) had earned a four-year degree by 2000, a high percentage for both the city and the county. The percentage of those residents with a

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was also high for the county.

Schools

Schools within the Studio City boundaries are: *

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, private, 4-12, 3921 Laurel Canyon Boulevard * Campbell Hall School, private, K-12, 4533 Laurel Canyon Boulevard * Carpenter Community Charter School,

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, K-5, 3909 Carpenter Avenue * Harvard-Westlake School, private, 10-12, 3700 Coldwater Canyon Avenue * Walter Reed Middle School, LAUSD, 6-8, 4525 Irvine Avenue * Oakwood School, private, K-6, 11230 Moorpark Street * Rio Vista Elementary School, LAUSD, K-5, 4243 Satsuma Avenue * St. Charles Borromeo School, private, K-8, 10850 Moorpark Street

Public library

* The Studio City branch of the

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is at the corner of Moorpark Street and Whitsett Avenue.

Parks and recreation

The Studio City Recreation Center (commonly known as Beeman Park) is in a residential neighborhood on Rye Street at Beeman Avenue. It has an auditorium, barbecue pits, a lighted baseball diamond, an outdoor running and walking track, lighted outdoor basketball courts, a children's play area, picnic tables, unlighted tennis courts, and many programs and classes including the second-largest youth baseball program in the public parks. Moorpark Park, an unstaffed pocket park at the corner of Moorpark Street and Laurel Canyon Boulevard, has a children's play area and picnic tables. Woodbridge Park, on Elmer Avenue at Moorpark Street, on the eastern border of Studio City has a children and toddler's play area. Wilacre Park, a 128-acre natural mountain park with the lower trailhead for the Betty B Dearing hiking trail, is on Fryman Road at Laurel Canyon Boulevard. It has a large parking lot, restrooms and a picnic area. It is part of the

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and is managed by the Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority. Fryman Canyon Park is a 122-acre nature park accessed via the Nancy Hoover Pohl Overlook on Mulholland Drive with the upper trailhead of the Betty B Dearing hiking trail. The park is part of the

and is managed by the Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority. Coldwater Canyon Park is a nature park adjacent to Wilacre Park and Fryman Canyon Park. It contains an amphitheater and the headquarters for the conservation group TreePeople. It can be accessed via a parking lot near the corner of Mulholland Drive and Coldwater Canyon Avenue and via the Betty B Dearing Trail. The park is managed by the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks (LA Parks). This park is not to be confused with an unrelated park with the name Coldwater Canyon Park, three miles to the south on North Beverly Drive in the city of Beverly Hills. In addition, Studio City has the Studio City Mini-Park, an unstaffed pocket park.

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is a linear park that abuts the Los Angeles River.

Notable places

Studio City Theater converted into Book Store

* Radford Studio Center (formerly known as CBS Studio Center) * Dr.

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Place (honorary street name for Ventura Place) * Los Angeles River walk (see

* Exterior of ''

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'' house *

Campo de Cahuenga The Campo de Cahuenga, () near the historic Cahuenga Pass in present-day Studio City, California, was an adobe ranch house on the Rancho Cahuenga where the Treaty of Cahuenga was signed between Lieutenant Colonel John C. Frémont and General An ...

* Metro Red Line

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* Several buildings by Rudolph Michael Schindler

Local government

The northeast part of Studio City is in City Council District 2, represented by Paul Krekorian, and the southwest section is in

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, represented by Nithya Raman. The community is represented within the city of Los Angeles by the Studio City

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. The area is represented by Los Angeles County District 3 Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, State Senator

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, California Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian and U.S. Representative Brad Sherman.

References

External links

Studio City Neighborhood Council

Studio City Residents Association

Studio City Chamber of Commerce

Studio City crime map and statistics
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