Studio City, Los Angeles, California
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Studio City is an affluent residential neighborhood within the City of Los Angeles, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 in the San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley
The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of southern California, United States, defined by the dramatic mountains of the Transverse Ranges circling it...

. Studio City expands over four ZIP code areas: 91604 and sections of 91602, 91607 and 90210.

The stretch of Ventura Boulevard
Ventura Boulevard
Ventura Boulevard is one of the primary east–west thouroughfares in the San Fernando Valley, USA; as it was originally a part of the El Camino Real , Ventura Boulevard is one of the oldest routes in the San Fernando Valley. It was also U.S...

 that runs through Studio City is the neighborhood's principal commercial corridor.

History

Studio City occupies land formerly part of Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando
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 de Celis...

. This land changed hands several times during the late 19th Century
History of the San Fernando Valley to 1915
The history of the San Fernando Valley from its exploration by the 1769 Portola expedition to the annexation of much of it by the City of Los Angeles in 1915 is a story of booms and busts, as cattle ranching, sheep ranching, large-scale wheat farming, and fruit orchards flourished and faded...

 and was eventually owned by J. B. Lankershim 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 and was no longer viable for farming.

Construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct
Los Angeles Aqueduct
The Los Angeles Aqueduct system comprising the Los Angeles Aqueduct and the Second Los Angeles Aqueduct, is a water conveyance system operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power...

 began in 1908 and water reached the San Fernando Valley in November, 1913. Real estate boomed, and a syndicate led by Harry Chandler
Harry Chandler
Harry Chandler was an American newspaper publisher and investor who became owner of the largest real estate empire in the U.S.-Biography:...

, business manager of the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....

, with Hobart Johnstone Whitley
Hobart Johnstone Whitley
Hobart Johnstone Whitley , also known as H.J. Whitley is the "Father of Hollywood", was a real estate developer who helped create the Hollywood subdivision in Los Angeles, Southern California. He and his wife, Margaret Virginia Whitley named the town while on their honeymoon in 1886...

, Isaac Van Nuys
Isaac Newton Van Nuys
Isaac Newton Van Nuys was an American businessman, real estate developer, banker, and agricultural entrepreneur. He founded the community of Van Nuys in the San Fernando Valley of Southern California in 1911...

, and James Boon Lankershim acquired the remaining 47500 acres (192 km²) 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
Rancho Los Encinos
Rancho Los Encinos was a Spanish grazing concession, and later Mexican land granted cattle and sheep rancho and travelers way-station on the El Camino Real in the San Fernando Valley, in present day Encino, Los Angeles County, California...

. 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
Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett was a Canadian-born American director and was known as the innovator of slapstick comedy in film. During his lifetime he was known at times as the "King of Comedy"...

 began building a new studio
CBS Studio Center
CBS Studio Center is a television and film studio located in the Studio City district of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley. It is located at 4024 Radford Avenue and takes up a triangular piece of land, with the Los Angeles River bisecting the site...

 on 20 acres 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 Fire Department
Los Angeles Fire Department
The Los Angeles Fire Department is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles....

.

Geography

Studio City is located in the southeast section of the San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley
The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of southern California, United States, defined by the dramatic mountains of the Transverse Ranges circling it...

 (the "Valley") in the City of Los Angeles, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

.

Studio City is bordered by the communities of Beverly Crest and Hollywood Hills
Hollywood Hills
The Hollywood Hills is an affluent and exclusive neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, in the southeastern Santa Monica Mountains. It is bound by Laurel Canyon Boulevard to the west, Vermont Avenue to the east, Mulholland Drive to the north, and Sunset Boulevard to the south.-Hollywood Hills...

 to the south, Sherman Oaks to the west, Valley Village and North Hollywood to the north and Toluca Lake and Universal City
Universal City
Universal City may refer to:In the entertainment industry:* Universal City Studios, an alternate name of Universal Studios* Universal City RecordsThe following places owned by Universal Studios:* Universal City, California...

 to the east.

Highway 101
U.S. Route 101
U.S. Route 101, or U.S. Highway 101, is an important north–south U.S. highway that runs through the states of California, Oregon, and Washington, on the West Coast of the United States...

 is the major freeway linking the area to Hollywood, Downtown Los Angeles and the western San Fernando Valley. Access to other parts of the city is also provided by Laurel Canyon Boulevard
Laurel Canyon Boulevard
Laurel Canyon Boulevard is a major street in the city of Los Angeles, California. It starts off at Polk Street in Sylmar in the northern San Fernando Valley near the junction of the San Diego and the Golden State ) freeways. Laurel Canyon Boulevard bypasses the city of San Fernando to the west,...

, Coldwater Canyon Avenue, and Ventura
Ventura Boulevard
Ventura Boulevard is one of the primary east–west thouroughfares in the San Fernando Valley, USA; as it was originally a part of the El Camino Real , Ventura Boulevard is one of the oldest routes in the San Fernando Valley. It was also U.S...

/Cahuenga Boulevards.

Studio City is bounded roughly by Mulholland Drive and the northeastern foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains
Santa Monica Mountains
The Santa Monica Mountains are a Transverse Range in Southern California, along the coast of the Pacific Ocean in the United States.-Geography:...

 to the south, Ethel or Longridge Avenues to the west, Highway 101 or Whipple Street to the north and Lankershim Boulevard to the east.

Population

Many residents work in film, television, music and other entertainment related industries.

According to the 2008 LA Department of City Planning estimates, Studio City has a population of 37,201 and a density of 5,395 people per square mile, among the lowest densities for the City of Los Angeles. The median age is 38.

Education: 49.4% of residents 25 and older have a four-year degree, high for the City of Los Angeles and high for the County of Los Angeles. Within the County of Los Angeles, Beverlywood, Santa Monica and Hollywood Hills have the nearest percentage of residents 25 and older with a four-year degree.

Landmarks

  • CBS Studio Center
    CBS Studio Center
    CBS Studio Center is a television and film studio located in the Studio City district of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley. It is located at 4024 Radford Avenue and takes up a triangular piece of land, with the Los Angeles River bisecting the site...

  • Fryman Canyon Park
  • Wilacre Park
  • Los Angeles River
    Los Angeles River
    The Los Angeles River is a river that starts in the San Fernando Valley, in the Simi Hills and Santa Susana Mountains, and flows through Los Angeles County, California, from Canoga Park in the western end of the San Fernando Valley, nearly southeast to its mouth in Long Beach...

     walk
  • Exterior of Brady Bunch house
  • Exterior of the Wilkersons' House (Malcolm in the Middle
    Malcolm in the Middle
    Malcolm in the Middle is an American television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Network. The series was first broadcast on January 9, 2000, and ended its six-and-a-half-year run on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons and 151 episodes...

    ) - 12334 Cantura Street
  • Exterior of the "Gidget" house (SE corner Hortense St. and Beeman Ave.)
  • Sacred Heart set from Scrubs
    Scrubs (TV series)
    Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...

  • Several buildings by Rudolph Michael Schindler.


Local government officials

Studio City is part of the city of Los Angeles and sits largely within City Council District 2 with portions also lying in council districts 4 and 5.

Studio City is represented to the city of Los Angeles by the Studio City Neighborhood Council, one of 90 such Neighborhood Councils in the city created and funded by the city of Los Angeles.

The area is also represented by Los Angeles County District 3 Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky
Zev Yaroslavsky
Zev Yaroslavsky is a Los Angeles County politician. He served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1975 until 1994, when he was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He was preceded in both offices by Edmund D...

, District 23 California state Sen. Fran Pavley
Fran Pavley
Frances J. "Fran" Pavley is a Democratic politician who currently represents Senate District 23, including portions of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties in the California Legislature. She previously served as a California Assemblywoman and as the first mayor of the Southern California community of...

, California state Assemblyman Mike Feuer and U.S. Rep. Howard Berman
Howard Berman
Howard Lawrence Berman is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He earlier served in the California State Assembly from 1974 to 1982, and as the U.S...

.

Parks and recreation

The Studio City Recreation Center (also known as Beeman Park) is in Studio City. It has an auditorium, barbecue pits, a lighted baseball diamond, 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 in Studio City, has a children's play area and picnic tables. Woodbridge Park on the eastern border of Studio City with a children and toddler's play area. Wilacre Park, an unstaffed park, is in Studio City. In addition, Studio City has the Studio City Mini-Park, an unstaffed pocket park.

Public schools

Studio City is zoned to Los Angeles USD schools. Carpenter Avenue Elementary School
Carpenter Avenue Elementary School
Carpenter Community Charter School, formerly Carpenter Avenue Elementary School, is a public K-5 elementary school in Los Angeles, California....

, Colfax Charter Elementary School, Rio Vista Elementary School, Walter Reed Middle School
Walter Reed Middle School
Walter Reed Middle School is located in North Hollywood in Los Angeles, California, United States. Originally called North Hollywood Junior High School, it was later renamed in honor of U.S. Army Major Walter Reed....

, and North Hollywood High School
North Hollywood High School
North Hollywood High School, originally called Lankershim High School when it opened in 1927, is a secondary school in North Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. The school mascot is the husky, and the school colors are blue, white and grey....

 serve the community. Carpenter Avenue Elementary School, Rio Vista Elementary School and Walter Reed Middle School are in Studio City. Colfax Charter Elementary School and North Hollywood High School are in Valley Village
Valley Village, Los Angeles, California
Valley Village is a district located in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California, north of Studio City, west and south of North Hollywood, and east of Sherman Oaks. Approximately 22,000 residents live within the boundaries of Valley Village, which consists mostly of single family...

.

Private schools

Studio City is also home to private schools The Emerson Academy Campbell Hall Episcopal School, Oakwood School's Elementary School campus, Harvard-Westlake School's Upper School as well Bridges Academy
Bridges Academy
Bridges Academy is a grade 5-12 middle and college preparatory high school dedicated to educating students who are twice exceptional, or "2e," located in Studio City, Los Angeles, California.- History :...

, a private middle and high school for gifted students with learning disabilities.

Notable residents

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    , film actor.
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  • Gene Autry
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    , performer.
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    , television and film actress.
  • Ed Begley, Jr.
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    , actor and environmentalist.
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    , actor, tried and acquitted of murder.
  • Clancy Brown
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    , actor.
  • Smiley Burnette
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    , country music performer and a comedic actor in Western films and on radio and TV.
  • Pete Candoli
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    , swing and West Coast jazz trumpeter.
  • George Clooney
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    , actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter.
  • Gary Cole
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    , actor.
  • Morty Corb
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    , jazz double-bassist.
  • Miley Cyrus
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    , actress and pop singer-songwriter.
  • William Daniels
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    , actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild
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    .
  • Brad Davis
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    , actor.
  • Yvonne De Carlo
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    , actress of film, television, and theater.
  • Jon Cryer
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    , actor.
  • Charles S. Dutton
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    , stage, film, and television actor and director.
  • Selena Gomez
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    , actress, singer.
  • Erik Estrada
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    , actor.
  • Peggy Gilbert
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    , jazz saxophonist and bandleader.
  • Cuba Gooding, Jr.
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    , actor.
  • Gary Graver
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    , film director and cinematographer.
  • Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
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  • Neil Patrick Harris
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     & David Burtka
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  • Peter Hurkos
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    , actor and photographer.
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    , actress.
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  • James B. Potter, Jr.
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     (born 1931), Los Angeles City Council member, 1963–71.
  • Uan Rasey
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    , trumpet player.
  • Michael Richards
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  • Linda Stirling
    Linda Stirling
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    , showgirl, model and actress.
  • Alex Trebek
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    , game show host.
  • Eddie Van Halen
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    , guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter and producer.
  • Al Viola
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    , jazz guitarist.
  • Nancy Walker
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    , actress and comedienne of stage, screen, and television.
  • Sam Yorty, Mayor of Los Angeles from 1961 to 1973.
  • Dweezil Zappa
    Dweezil Zappa
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    , rock guitarist.
  • Frank Zappa
    Frank Zappa
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    , composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director.


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