Victory Boulevard (Los Angeles)

Victory Boulevard (Los Angeles)

Infobox road
highway_name=Victory Boulevard
maint=Bureau of Street Services, City of L.A. DPW
direction_a=West
terminus_a=Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve
junction=Topanga Canyon Blvd. in Canoga Park
Reseda Blvd. in Reseda
Balboa Blvd. in Van Nuys
jct|state=CA|I|405 in Van Nuys
Sepulveda Blvd. in Van Nuys
Van Nuys Blvd. in Van Nuys
jct|state=CA|CA|170 in N. Hollywood
Vineland Ave. in N. Hollywood
W. Burbank Blvd. in Burbank
W. Alameda Ave. in Burbank
Western Ave. in Burbank
direction_b=East
terminus_b=jct|state=CA|CA|134 at Griffith Park
cities=West Hills
Woodland Hills
Canoga Park
Reseda
Tarzana
Lake Balboa
Encino
Van Nuys
Valley Glen
North Hollywood
Burbank
Griffith Park
system=Streets in Los Angeles

Victory Boulevard is a major east-west arterial road that runs convert|25|mi|km| traversing the entire length of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. Through much of the San Fernando Valley, Victory Boulevard divides the affluent communities at the southern end of the Valley (Woodland Hills, Tarzana, and Encino), from the less affluent communities of the central Valley (Canoga Park, Reseda, Lake Balboa, Van Nuys, and North Hollywood). Traveling the convert|25|mi|km|sing=on length of Victory Boulevard reveals the diversity of the San Fernando Valley, from the undeveloped open rolling hills of Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve and the multi-million dollar estates in the hills at the boulevard's western terminus, past the West Valley's major malls at Fallbrook Center and Westfield Topanga, alongside the headquarters of the company (Rocketdyne) that built the rocket engines that sent Americans into space and to the moon, through the Warner Center business district, past Pierce College, through the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Center with Lake Balboa, Pedlow Skate Park and golf courses, then through the largely Latin communities of Van Nuys, Valley Glen and North Hollywood in the center of the valley, crossing the Tujunga Wash, and continuing past Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery with its Portal of the Folded Wing, through Burbank's entertainment district, passing the Nickelodeon studios at Olive Avenue, then veering southeast to its eastern terminus at Griffith Park near the Los Angeles Zoo and Travel Town. Victory Boulevard is one of three Los Angeles boulevards included in the lyrics of Randy Newman's song I Love LA: "...“Century Boulevard (We Love It!), Victory Boulevard (We Love It), Santa Monica Boulevard (We Love It)..." [cite web|title=I Love L.A. Lyrics|url=http://www.lyricsdepot.com/randy-newman/i-love-l-a.html]

History

When Van Nuys was plotted in 1911, Victory Boulevard was called 7th Avenue. Around 1916, the name was changed to Leesdale Avenue. Finally, Leesdale Avenue became Victory Avenue in the mid-1920s. In the mid-1920s, the Leesdale Improvement Association unveiled plans to expand Leesdale Avenue as an convert|80|ft|m|sing=on-wide "great east-and-west boulevard" through the Valley. At that time, the City also changed the name to Victory Boulevard, in honor of soldiers returning from World War I, [cite book|author=Roderick, Kevin|title=The San Fernando Valley: America's Suburb|publisher=Los Angeles Times Books|date=2001|isbn=188379255] and paved the boulevard as far west as Balboa Boulevard where it ended. Victory Boulevard did not extend to the West Valley until the 1950s.cite web|title=The Valley Observed: How Leesdale became Victory Boulevard|url=http://www.americassuburb.com/how_leesdale_became_victory_bo.html]

Communities along Victory Boulevard (west to east)

*West Hills - west of Shoup, Victory Boulevard marks the southern border of West Hills with Woodland Hills to the south
*Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California - Victory Boulevard marks the southern border of Canoga Park between DeSoto and Winnetka, with Woodland Hills to the south
*Woodland Hills - between Shoup Avenue and Corbin Avenue; west of Shoup, Victory Boulevard marks the northern border of Woodland Hills with West Hills to the north
*Reseda - Victory Boulevard marks the southern border of Reseda between Corbin Avenue and White Oak
*Tarzana - Victory Boulevard marks the northern border of Tarzana between Corbin Avenue (west) and Lindley Avenue (east) [cite web|title=Tarzana Neighborhood Council: Tarzana Boundary Map|url=http://www.tarzananc.org/tncfaq.htm]
*Lake Balboa - between White Oak and the jct|state=CA|I|405
*Encino - Victory Boulevard marks the northern border of Encino between Lindley Avenue and White Oak
*Van Nuys - between the jct|state=CA|I|405 and Hazeltine Avenue
*Valley Glen - between Hazeltine Avenue and the jct|state=CA|CA|170 [cite web|title=Valley Glen Map|url=http://www.valleyglen.org/map.htm]
*North Hollywood - between the jct|state=CA|CA|170 and Clybourn Avenue
*Burbank - between Clybourn Avenue and Griffith Park

Landmarks along Victory Boulevard (west to east)

*Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve (formerly Ahmanson Ranch) - a convert|3000|acre|ha|sing=on nature preserve owned and operated by the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy located at the western end of Victory Blvd. in West Hills. [cite web|title=LA Mountains: Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve (formerly Ahmanson Ranch)|url=http://www.lamountains.com/parks.asp?parkid=28]
*Fallbrook Center - 75 acre, one million square foot, open-air shopping center located at Victory Boulevard and Fallbrook Avenue in West Hills; retailers including Mervyn's, Kohl's, Home Depot, Target, Ross, Michael's Arts & Crafts, Designer Shoe Warehouse, Linens 'n Things and Petco. [cite web|title=Fallbrook Center|url=http://officialsite.com/asp/officialsite.asp?RegionID=168&CategoryId=26&Listingid=8407]
*Westfield Topanga - opened in 1964 as California's first enclosed shopping mall, and located at Topanga Canyon Boulevard at Victory Boulevard, Westfield Topanga has been extensively renovated from 2006-2008 and features 230 stores including Macy's, Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Sears and Target. [cite web|title=Westfield Topanga|url=http://www.westfield.com/topanga/]
* Rocketdyne Headquarters - located in Canoga Park, Rocketdyne built the engines for most of the United States' rockets from the 1950s to 1970s. [cite web|title=Boeing: History, Rocketdyne Division|url=http://www.boeing.com/history/bna/rocketdyne.htm]
*Pierce College - opened in 1947 as an agricultural college and the San Fernando Valley's first institution of higher learning, Pierce College today is a two-year public college with almost 100 disciplines and 20,000 students, located on convert|426|acre|ha| with rolling hills, 2,200 trees, thousands of rose bushes, a nature preserve, botanical garden and a forest area boasting giant redwoods; Pierce still maintains large sections of tillable and range land and a convert|226|acre|ha|sing=on farm at the west side of campus, with an equestrian center and small herds of cattle, sheep and goats. [cite web|title=Pierce College|url=http://www.piercecollege.edu/]
* Jewish Home for the Aging - 18855 Victory Blvd., Reseda, CA 91335 [cite web|title=Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging|url=http://www.jha.org/contact_us.htm#address]
*Reseda High School - a public high school in the Los Angeles Unified School District established in 1955; used as the setting for the high school in "The Shield", several episodes of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and in the feature film "Grosse Pointe Blank".
* Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies - located in Tarzana, SOCES is the largest magnet school in the Los Angeles Unified School District, 1780 students in the grades 4-12; #1 High School API test score in LAUSD. [cite web|title=SOCES: Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies|url=http://soces.lausd.k12.ca.us/index.htm]
* Reseda Park and Reseda Recreation Center - park and recreation center located at 18411 Victory Blvd., including barbecue pits, baseball diamond, basketball courts, children's play area, community room, picnic tables, seasonal ppol, tennis courts and volleyball courts. [cite web|title=Reseda Recreation Center|url=http://www.laparks.org/dos/reccenter/facility/resedaRC.htm]
* Sepulveda Basin Off-Leash Dog Park - five-acre off-leash dog park in Lake Balboa, at the corner of Victory Boulevard and White Oak with separate fenced area for small dogs. [cite web|title=Paw Spot: Sepulveda Basin Off-Leash Dog Park|url=http://www.pawspot.com/park-profile/v/nm/SEPULVEDA+BASIN+OFF-LEASH+DOG+PARK/park/137/]
* Pedlow Field Skate Park - convert|8500|sqft|m2|sing=on concrete skate bowl located in Encino at 17334 Victory Blvd. includes rails, steps, walls, a "fun box," "pyramid" and "waterfall." [cite web|title=SoCal Skateparks: Pedlow Skate Park|url=http://www.socalskateparks.com/park/PedlowSkatePark]
* Van Nuys National Guard Armory - located at 17330 Victory Boulevard [cite web|title=Van Nuys National Guard Armory|url=http://www.calguard.ca.gov/dlc/Pages/vannuys.aspx]
*Birmingham High School, Lake Balboa - built in 1953 on the site of a U.S. Army hospital; from 1976-1979, the San Fernando Valley's first professional sports team, the Los Angeles Skyhawks of the American Soccer League, played their home games at Birmingham Stadium on Victory Boulevard. [cite web|title=Birmingham High School|url=http://www.birminghamhs.org/] In May 1967, a rock concert at the football field at Birmingham High featured Jefferson Airplane, The Doors, The Merry-Go-Round, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, The Sunshine Company, and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. [cite web|title=Rock Show at Birmingham|url=http://www.americassuburb.com/memories_from_readers/]
*Lake Balboa - a convert|27|acre|ha|sing=on lake south of Victory Boulevard filled with water reclaimed from the Tillman Water Reclamation Plant featuring fishing, boating, remote-control boating and jogging/walking. [cite web|title=City of Los Angeles Deparatment of Parks and Recreation: Lake Balboa|url=http://www.laparks.org/dos/aquatic/facility/lakeBalboa.htm]
* Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area - a large urban recreation area located south of Victory Boulevard in the central Valley consisting of Balboa Sports Center, Hjelte Sports Center, Lake Balboa/Anthony C. Beilenson Park, Sepulveda Garden Center, The Japanese Garden, Sherman Oaks Castle Park, Woodley Park, Encino Golf Course, Balboa Golf Course, and Woodley Lakes Golf Course. [cite web|title=City of Los Angeles Deparatment of Parks and Recreation: Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area|url=http://www.laparks.org/dos/reccenter/facility/sepulvedaBasinRC.htm]
*Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery, North Hollywood - cemetery founded in 1923; the Portal of the Folded Wings, a tribute to the pioneers of aviation, is on the National Register of Historic Places; Valhalla is the burial site of many aviation pioneers and early Hollywood celebrities, including Oliver Hardy and "Gorgeous George" Wagner. [cite web|title=Find-A-Grave: Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park|url=http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=8420]
*Griffith Park - located at the eastern terminus of Victory Boulevard, Griffith Park is LA's largest park covering convert|4210|acre|ha| with attractions including the Autry National Center, Greek Theatre, Griffith Observatory, L.A. Equestrian Center, Los Angeles Zoo, and Travel Town [cite web|title=Griffith Park|url=http://www.lacity.org/rap/dos/parks/griffithPK/index.htm]

Gallery of Photographs of Victory Boulevard landmarks

Notes

External links

* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&searchtype=address&addtohistory=&country=US&location=UVukIlsKUtlwBVRlqFkddG3fopGmpN0p7GxeQw66t74BzFt6iZ9pQj62BKza35%2fJk5wIXxZrXPihb1E3uHV87%2fG%2fQNHsAN6sp%2bwz7Wdhy9G82zKkIBP2zWtBNd%2fGoOD5Q6STk%2ft5%2bd4%3d#east Mapquest]


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