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11-606: Devonshire Street may refer to: Devonshire Street (Los Angeles) Devonshire Street (Westminster) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Devonshire Street . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Devonshire_Street&oldid=1245772185 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

22-578: A harness racing track, but a wartime construction moratorium temporarily put the project on hold. Weekly Sunday afternoon harness races, called matinees, began in 1946. The State of California bought the property for $ 140,000 in 1948, at which time it also became the home of the 51st District Agricultural Association's annual San Fernando Valley Fair. During the 1950s, as the San Fernando Valley 's population boomed and tract housing rapidly replaced Northridge's citrus groves and small ranches,

33-564: A melee during the festival, and 200 police officers were deployed to restore order. While the San Fernando Valley Fair utilized Devonshire Downs as its venue as early as the 1950s, the fair hit its heyday in the 1970s and 1980s, finally moving away from Northridge in the late 1980s. Political pressures pushed to sell the property, starting in the early 1960s and continuing into the mid-1970s, but CSUN maintained ownership throughout this time period and beyond. In 2001,

44-482: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Devonshire Street (Los Angeles) Devonshire Street was named after the numerous Dukes of Devonshire who have lived in Chatsworth House , Derbyshire , England . W.B. Barber , one of the developers of the street and its surrounding area, grew up near Chatsworth House, and it is assumed that he brought

55-701: Is located on Old Plaza Depot Road between Devonshire and Lassen Street in Chatsworth . And as of spring 2024, the following additional connections are available at Chatsworth Station: Three Los Angeles Cultural-Historic Monuments are located on Devonshire Street: Harvester Farms , Munch Box , and Oakridge and Grounds . Other notable landmarks include (from west to east): Chatsworth Park South , Northridge City Little League , Los Angeles Police Department Devonshire Station, LADWP Granada Hills Distribution Headquarters, Devonwood Park , Pacoima Spreading Grounds , and Devonshire Arleta Park . Devonshire Downs

66-522: Is most widely known for hosting the three-day Newport Pop Festival in June 1969, also known as Newport '69, featuring Jethro Tull , Jimi Hendrix , Joe Cocker and nearly thirty other top acts. With over 200,000 people attending the festival over three days, it was, by far, the largest music event in the United States up to that time. News reports at the time indicated that hundreds were injured in

77-583: The name to the street. Devonshire Street travels east–west across the northwest San Fernando Valley . From west to east, Devonshire Street travels through Chatsworth , Northridge , Granada Hills , Mission Hills , and into Pacoima . The street has four lanes or more for almost its entire length. Metro Local Line 158 runs along Devonshire Boulevard for almost its entire length. The Intermodal passenger transport Chatsworth station , served by Los Angeles Metro 's G Line , Metrolink (California) 's Ventura County Line , and Amtrak 's Pacific Surfliner ,

88-440: The sport led to the end of horse racing at the facility. The last race horse was removed in 1971. In the same year, the college, which became California State University, Northridge (CSUN) in 1972, built a football stadium on some of the acreage. Other parts of the property continued to be put to diverse uses. During the first half of the 1980s, Devonshire Downs was the venue for numerous hardcore punk rock shows. Devonshire Downs

99-454: The venue increasingly served to host a wide variety of mostly non-equestrian expositions, festivals, carnivals, concerts, swap meets, rallies and other events. These alternative uses eventually predominated. A new California State College campus was built on adjacent land and opened in 1958 as San Fernando Valley State College , which soon became the owner of Devonshire Downs. During the 1960s, poor track maintenance and declining interest in

110-587: Was a horse racing track and multipurpose event facility in Northridge, California . It was located at the southwest corner of Devonshire Street and Zelzah Avenue, east of Reseda Boulevard . The site is now owned by the California State University, Northridge (CSUN), which renamed it North Campus, and leased in part to Medtronic MiniMed. In 1943, Helen Dillman and Pete Spears purchased 40 acres for $ 80,000 with plans to construct

121-406: Was also formerly located at Devonshire and Zelzah Avenue . Schools on Devonshire include (from west to east): Chatsworth Park Elementary, Egremont School, California State University Northridge North Campus, Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School , Patrick Henry Middle School , and Granada Hills Charter TK-8. Devonshire Downs Devonshire Downs , sometimes informally called The Downs ,

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