Reseda Boulevard

Infobox road
highway_name=Reseda Boulevard
maint=Bureau of Street Services, City of L.A. DPW
direction_a=South
terminus_a=Marvin Braude Mulholland Gateway Park
junction=Ventura Blvd. in Tarzana
jct|state=CA|US|101 in Tarzana
Victory Blvd. in Reseda
Sherman Way in Reseda
Roscoe Blvd. in Northridge
Devonshire St. in Northridge
jct|state=CA|CA|118 in Northridge
direction_b=North
terminus_b=Sesnon Blvd. in Porter Ranch
cities=Tarzana
Reseda
Northridge
Porter Ranch
system=Streets in Los Angeles

Reseda Boulevard is a major north-south arterial road that runs through the western San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles County, California. Reseda Boulevard runs approximately convert|12|mi|km from the Santa Monica Mountains at the Marvin Braude Mulholland Gateway Park in the south to the Santa Susana Mountains and Porter Ranch in the north. It passes through the affluent community of Tarzana, passing Mulholland Park gated community and El Caballero Country Club, then continuing into the flats of the Valley through the communities of Reseda and Northridge, passing the campus of California State University Northridge, and ending at Porter Ranch. Reseda Boulevard was at the epicenter of the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, with widespread destruction along its northern course, including the Northridge Meadows Apartments at 9565 Reseda Blvd. where 16 people died when the top two floors collapsed on the ground floor apartments. Tom Brokaw broadcast the NBC Nightly News from the scene of the Northridge Meadows Apartments on the evening of the earthquake.

Communities along Reseda Boulevard (south to north)

*Tarzana - south of Victory Boulevard
*Reseda - between Victory Boulevard and Roscoe Boulevard
*Northridge - between Roscoe Boulevard and the jct|state=CA|CA|118
*Porter Ranch - north of the jct|state=CA|CA|118

Landmarks along Reseda Boulevard (south to north)

* Marvin Braude Mulholland Gateway Park - a convert|1500|acre|km2|sing=on preserve of wild land located in the Santa Monica Mountains at the southern terminus of Reseda Boulevard in Tarzana. The park is named for Los Angeles City Councilman Marvin Braude, who for more than 30 years led the effort to preserve the Santa Monica Mountains. [cite web|title=Marvin Braude Mulholland Gateway Park|url=http://www.lamountains.com/parks.asp?parkid=34]
*Mulholland Park Gated Community - located at the southern end of Reseda Blvd., just below Marvin Braude Mulholland Gate, Mulholland Park is one of the most prestigious gated communities in Southern California and is the home to many celebrities.
* Braemar Country Club – country club located in the Santa Monica Mountains overlooking the San Fernando Valley; facilities including two 18-hole golf courses, 20 tennis courts, swimming, yoga, and dining. [cite web|title=Braemar Country Club|url=http://www.braemarclub.com/index.htm]
* El Caballero Country Club – country club located in the hills of Tarzana; facilities include an 18-hole golf course that hosted the City of Hope Office Depot LPGA Championship from 2001-2003, and has been the choice for the U.S.G.A. sectional qualifying rounds for many years. [cite web|title=El Caballero Country Club|url=http://www.elcaballerocc.com/]
* Tarzan Ranch - In 1919, Edgar Rice Burroughs moved to California where he purchased the convert|550|acre|km2|sing=on estate of General Harrison Gray Otis (founder of the Los Angeles Times), renaming it ‘Tarzan Ranch’. Reseda Blvd. in Tarzana runs through the former Tarzan Ranch. In 1923, Burroughs sold a large portion of his ranch for home sites. In 1930, the new community was named Tarzana. [cite web|title=Edgar Rice Burroughs|url=http://www.tarzananc.org/tarzana.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 pool, tennis courts and volleyball courts. [cite web|title=Reseda Recreation Center|url=http://www.laparks.org/dos/reccenter/facility/resedaRC.htm]
* Northridge Meadows Apartments (9565 Reseda Boulevard) – former site of a three-story, 120 unit apartment complex that collapsed in the 1994 Northridge Earthquake; sixteen fatalities resulted from the collapse of the building.cite web|title=Los Angeles Fire Department: Northridge Earthquake, January 17, 1994|url=http://lafd.org/eq.htm]
*Northridge Hospital Medical Center – a 411-bed not-for-profit Catholic hospital founded in 1955 and located at Reseda Blvd. and Roscoe Blvd. it is one of two certified Level II trauma centers in the San Fernando Valley. [cite web|title=Northridge Hospital Medical Center|url=http://www.northridgehospital.org/index.htm] Near the epicenter of the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, but remained open to treat over 1,000 patients in the 48 hours following the earthquake. [cite web|title=Northridge Hospital Medical Center: Northridge Earthquake|url=http://www.northridgehospital.org/About_Us/History/120901]
*California State University, Northridge – located to the east of Reseda Blvd. between Nordhoff Street and Halsted Street, Cal State Northridge was founded in 1954 and is a four-year university in the Cal State system with 34,000 students, over 4,000 faculty and staff, sited on a convert|356|acre|km2|sing=on campus in the San Fernando Valley. [cite web|title=Cal State University Northridge: About CSUN|url=http://www.csun.edu/aboutCSUN/]
* Faith Bible Church - Originally known as the Norwegian Lutheran Church, Faith Bible Church, located at 18531 Gresham Street, Northridge, was built in 1917 in the Gothic style. It was declared a historic site in 1976.
* Northridge Park and Recreation Center - a Los Angeles city park and recreation complex including a licensed child care facility, preschool building, historic Cultural Arts House and a community building [cite web|title=Northridge Recreation Center|url=http://www.laparks.org/valley/northridge.htm]

* Oakridge and Grounds (Rancho Cordillera del Norte) - located just west of Reseda Blvd. at 18650 Devonshire St, Northridge. Built in 1937 and designed by architect Paul R. Williams in the English Manor style for actress, Barbara Stanwyck, Jack Oakie and his wife purchased the home from Stanwyck a short time later. The house has had very few alterations and was designated a historical site in 1990.cite web|title=San Fernando Valley, California: Historic Sites with Official Status|url=http://www.sfvhs.com/ValleyLandmarks.htm#Northridge] An entertaining video tour of the Oakridge Estate is available on the Wandrlust web site. [cite web|title=Wandrlust: Oakridge Estate|url=http://wandrlust.net/2008/01/30/the-oakridge-estate-northridge-ca/]
* Devonshire Downs - a former horse racing track and fairgrounds located on Devonshire between Reseda Blvd. and Zelzah. It is best known for hosting the three-day Newport '69 Pop Festival in July 1969 featuring Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, The Animals, Marvin Gaye, Joe Cocker, Ike and Tina Turner, the Byrds, and The Chambers Brothers. It's currently the north campus of Cal State Northridge. [cite web|title=Rock & Roll Roadmaps: Devonshire Downs|url=http://www.rockandrollroadmap.com/devonshire_downs.html] [cite web|title=LA Observed: Hendrix at Devonshire Downs|url=http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2007/06/hendrix_at_devonshire_dow.php]

Notes

External links

* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=1xV1xRP7XQI Tom Brokaw/NBC Nightly News from Northridge Meadows, Jan. 17, 1994]