57-696: Valley Plaza was a shopping center in North Hollywood, Los Angeles , one of the first in the San Fernando Valley , opened in 1951. In the mid-1950s it was reported to be the largest shopping center on the West Coast of the United States and the third-largest in the country. It was located along Laurel Canyon Boulevard from Oxnard to Vanowen, and west along Victory Boulevard . Like its competitor Panorama City Shopping Center to
114-734: A 210,000-square-foot (20,000 m) 2-story Sears store announced in 1948. The center was on a 50-acre lot including 15 acres of parking. Urbanism analyst Richard Longstreth wrote that Symonds was the first developer in Southern California to recognize the importance of the new, ever-expanding freeway system to shopping centers, as they would attract large numbers of shoppers who would find it convenient to visit by car, avoiding problems with existing shopping areas, almost all of which required navigating streets choked with traffic, either in Downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood, or
171-764: A Bachelor of Science Degree in Dental Hygiene in Orange County. WCU's Dental Hygiene program is one of only 4 CODA-accredited bachelor's degree in Dental Hygiene programs offered in California. West Coast University chose Henry Schein to design a new dental hygiene teaching facility in its Anaheim, California campus which opened its doors on 13 April 2009. West Coast University's Los Angeles campus received approval in 2010 to award Master of Science degrees in Nursing and Health Care Management. That same year,
228-628: A Master of Science in Occupational Therapy, Doctor of Physical Therapy, and Doctor of Pharmacy programs. In 2014, the MSOT, DPT and PharmD programs were launched. In 2015, WCU launched the 100% online, 12-month RN to BSN, 24-month RN to MSN and 24-month MSN programs. West Coast University has five locations. The Los Angeles campus is located in North Hollywood . The Orange County campus is located in Anaheim, California . The Ontario campus
285-502: A children's play area, and picnic tables, is in North Hollywood. Eighteen percent of North Hollywood residents aged 25 and older had earned a four-year degree by 2000, an average figure for both the city and the county. The percentage of the same-age residents with less than a high school diploma was high for the county. Schools within the North Hollywood boundaries are: North Hollywood Amelia Earhart Regional Library
342-461: A development at Laurel Canyon at Victory boulevards but also a loose collection of other retail stores south along Laurel Canyon to Oxnard, including a branch of the May Co. , the second-largest suburban department store branch in the U.S. at the time. In the mid-1950s Valley Plaza claimed to be the largest shopping center on the West Coast of the United States and the third-largest in the country. It
399-703: A further B Line extension further into the Valley, Metro built the Metro G Line bus rapid transit . Its terminus is located across the street from the subway station . This expanded the station area into a transit hub , and many local and rapid buses now stop at the station. Proposals have been made to extend the B Line northeasterly to Bob Hope Airport in Burbank and the Downtown Burbank Metrolink station in downtown Burbank, or to extend it in
456-410: A hot summer Mediterranean Climate ( Köppen climate classification Csa). The 2000 U.S. census counted 77,848 residents in the 5.87-square-mile North Hollywood neighborhood—or 13,264 people per square mile, about an average population density for the city but among the highest for the county. In 2008, the city estimated that the population had increased to 87,241. In 2000, the median age for residents
513-503: A northwesterly direction along Lankershim Boulevard and eventually to Sylmar. Neither project is currently funded nor is included in Metro's Long Term Transportation Plan. The North Hollywood to Pasadena Transit Corridor was approved by the Metro board April 28, 2022, and is expected to be completed by 2024. It has promised to provide faster bus service to Glendale and Pasadena. West Coast University West Coast University ( WCU )
570-585: A project of the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles. Shortly after 2000, J. H. Snyder acquired the core Valley Plaza property from lender iStar, and announced plans for a $ 300 million renovation. Over the next 10 years, leases were not renewed and tenants were evicted, resulting in a mostly abandoned property. However Snyder was not able to follow through on the plans and sold it back to iStar in 2011. As of mid-2020, only
627-570: A second auditorium and a community room; the gymnasium's capacity is 250 people. The Valley Plaza Recreation Center in North Hollywood includes an auditorium, barbecue pits, a lighted baseball diamond, lighted outdoor basketball courts, a children's play area, a 40-person community room, a lighted American football field, an indoor gymnasium without weights, an outdoor gymnasium without weights, picnic tables, lighted tennis courts, and unlighted volleyball courts. The Jamie Beth Slaven Park, an unstaffed pocket park with unlighted outdoor basketball courts,
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#1732781054226684-407: A separate identity from Valley Plaza. The May Co. being very large, 452,000 square feet (42,000 m), Valley Plaza was reported to have the second-largest suburban branch department store in the country, outsized only by a branch of Hudson's in suburban Detroit. On February 5, 1959, a third major department store anchor, a 100,000 sq ft (9,300 m), two-level J. C. Penney opened on
741-503: A townsite which the residents named Toluca along the old road from Cahuenga Pass to San Fernando . On April 1, 1888, they offered ready-made small farms for sale, already planted with deep-rooted deciduous fruit and nut trees—mostly peaches, pears, apricots, and walnuts—that could survive the rainless summers of the Valley by relying on the high water table along the Tujunga Wash rather than surface irrigation. The land boom of
798-772: Is Greg Jarvis , one of the astronauts on the Space Shuttle Challenger . He was scheduled to receive his diploma, for a management science degree, on the shuttle, and would have been the first person to receive a degree in space. To honor his memory, West Coast University posthumously awarded Jarvis with a distinguished alumnus award on 15 May 2011. The university also offers a scholarship in Jarvis' name. In 2013, West Coast University launched Global Public Health programs. Today, students have traveled to Panama, Costa Rica, Belize, Moldova, and Argentina. West Coast University's Los Angeles campus received approval by WASC for
855-824: Is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission . The Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Nursing programs, are approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing. The nursing programs at the Dallas campus are approved by the Texas Board of Nursing and the nursing programs at the Miami campus are approved by the Florida Board of Nursing. The university's BSN and MSN programs achieved programmatic accreditation by
912-461: Is a private , for-profit university focused on healthcare degrees with campus locations in Los Angeles , Anaheim , and Ontario, California ; Richardson, Texas ; and Miami, Florida . David Pyle founded American Career College in 1979 under the name of American College of Optics. Originally the school focused only on optical dispensing. In May 1997, Pyle purchased West Coast University, which
969-587: Is as follows: Along Victory Boulevard west of Laurel Canyon, the Penney's building at 12215 Victory is used by West Coast University as a campus. The Regal Cinemas closed as of December 2021. The McMahan's Furniture store at 12126 Victory Blvd. is now a DaVita dialysis center. Further south along Laurel Canyon ( Laurel Plaza and the May Co.), after the 1994 Northridge earthquake , the Laurel Plaza mall
1026-434: Is bordered on the north by Sun Valley and on the northeast and east by Burbank . Toluca Lake borders North Hollywood on the southeast and south, and Studio City abuts it on the southwest. It is bordered by Valley Village and Valley Glen on the west. North Hollywood is not bordered by the neighborhood of Hollywood , as North Hollywood is approximately 6 mi (9.7 km) north of Hollywood. North Hollywood has
1083-682: Is located in Ontario, California . The Texas campus is located in Richardson, Texas. The Miami campus is located in Doral, Florida. Each campus includes classrooms, computer labs, science labs, skills labs, and advanced Simulation Centers. WCU boasts high-tech facilities at its Simulation Centers for Nursing and its no-cost community Dental Hygiene Clinic in Orange County, where students provide care and practice their skills at no cost to actual patients in disadvantaged populations. West Coast University
1140-602: Is located in North Hollywood. The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission approved the construction of the subway connecting North Hollywood to Hollywood, East Hollywood, Koreatown, Westlake and downtown Los Angeles along the Metro Rail Red Line in 1990. The decision followed the Los Angeles City Council unanimously endorsing North Hollywood as the northern terminal of the Red Line with
1197-462: Is mostly in North Hollywood, with a portion in Valley Village . The park has an auditorium, lighted indoor baseball diamond courts, lighted outdoor baseball diamonds, lighted outdoor basketball courts, a children's play area, lighted handball courts, picnic tables, an outdoor unheated seasonal pool, and lighted tennis courts. In addition the center has an indoor gymnasium which can be used as
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#17327810542261254-771: The San Fernando Valley . The neighborhood contains the NoHo Arts District , El Portal Theater , several art galleries, and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . The North Hollywood Metro Rail station is the northern terminus of the B Line subway on the Los Angeles Metro . North Hollywood was established by the Lankershim Ranch Land and Water Company in 1887. It was first named "Toluca" before being renamed "Lankershim" in 1896 and finally "North Hollywood" in 1927. North Hollywood
1311-621: The Valley Plaza Tower , was completed. The building is now occupied by Wells Fargo Bank. It was upon opening, the tallest building in the San Fernando Valley. Architects were Douglas Honnold and John Rex and the style is "Corporate International". It was one of the first skyscrapers built in Los Angeles after the 1957 repeal of a 150-foot height limit ordinance. Murals that have adorned the full height and width of
1368-488: The 1880s went bust by the 1890s, but despite another brutal drought cycle in the late 1890s, the fruit and nut farmers remained solvent. The Toluca Fruit Growers Association was formed in 1894. The next year the Southern Pacific opened a branch line slanting northwest across the Valley to Chatsworth . The Chatsworth Limited made one freight stop a day at Toluca, though the depot bore the new name of Lankershim. With
1425-638: The 1960s and 1970s. In 1981, the university reorganized into three distinct colleges: the College of Business and Management, the College of Engineering, and the College of Letters and Sciences. The university was led by the late Dr. Victor Elconin, whose direction was instrumental in developing its solid reputation in the business and academic community. West Coast University eventually grew to three campuses in Los Angeles, Orange, and Lompoc. In-plant programs were offered to several companies, and Vandenberg Air Force Base. After Victor Elconin retired, Bernard Cohlan
1482-460: The 1990s, the demographic changes had almost completely transformed the region. The North Hollywood shootout occurred in 1997, leaving 12 Los Angeles Police Department officers and eight civilians injured and the two armed robbers dead. The opening of North Hollywood station in 2000, establishment and success of the NoHo Arts District in the old "downtown", and repurposing of disused lots such as Laurel Plaza into NoHo West, has revitalized
1539-772: The Association to test his theories. In time, the Lankershim property, under its third name, the Los Angeles Farming and Milling Company, would become the world's largest wheat-growing empire. In October 1887, J.B. Lankershim and eight other developers organized the Lankershim Ranch Land and Water Company, purchasing 12,000 acres (49 km ) north of the Cahuenga Pass from the Lankershim Farming and Milling Company. Lankershim established
1596-672: The Valley Plaza retail space is either empty, portion is now a middle school, and the Laurel Plaza site is under construction to become the NoHo West mixed-use development , which includes retail. By the late 1950s, many of the original owners were aging, and their children were moving to other areas. School integration in the subsequent years, blockbusting , and subsequent ethnic turmoil encouraged many remaining families to move out, who in turn were replaced with black and Hispanic families moving from Central and South Los Angeles . By
1653-831: The Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program (Yellow Ribbon Program or YRP) since 2010. In 2011, the university achieved institutional accreditation through the WASC Senior College and University Commission. West Coast University opened a campus in Dallas, Texas in 2012. WCU-Dallas is located in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex , features a Simulation Center, and is the university's first Texas campus. The Master of Science in Nursing degree received additional accreditation by CCNE, Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. One notable alumnus of WCU
1710-411: The advanced Simulation Center for Nursing opened at the Orange County campus. The Simulation Center is built into the nursing curriculum and features high-fidelity mannequins that mimic human responses and current health care technology in realistic patient care settings. A year later, Simulation Centers were opened in the Los Angeles and Ontario campuses. West Coast University has been a participant in
1767-604: The area was known as "The Home of the Peach". In 1912, the area's major employer, the Bonner Fruit Company, was canning over a million tons of peaches, apricots, and other fruits. When the Los Angeles Aqueduct opened in 1913, Valley farmers offered to buy the surplus water, but the federal legislation that enabled the construction of the aqueduct prohibited Los Angeles from selling the water outside of
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1824-426: The bankruptcy trustee. WCU was reorganized under the leadership of its current Chairman, David Pyle. The new leadership team was committed to refocusing the institution's offering of programs to those that were highest in demand and would be most beneficial to working adults. Therefore, educating health care professionals became the university's singular focus in 2004. Just four years later, West Coast University became
1881-435: The central business districts of the surrounding towns, and which provided limited parking some distance from the stores. The shopping center opened August 12, 1951, with parking for 4000 cars, and having cost between $ 20,000,000 and $ 40,000,000 (depending on the source) to build. Early anchors included (from north to south): Valley Plaza would later extend along Victory Boulevard to cover 100 acres (40 ha). By 1956 it
1938-434: The city limits. At first, resistance to the real-estate development and downtown business interests of Los Angeles remained strong enough to keep the small farmers unified in opposition to annexation. However, the fruit packing company interests were taken over by the Los Angeles interests. The two conspired to decrease prices and mitigate the farmers' profit margins, making their continued existence tenuous. When droughts hit
1995-450: The final route having termini at Union Station and North Hollywood. The North Hollywood Metro Subway station opened in June 2000. Close to half a million people took advantage of free rides on the 17.4-mile (28.0 km) Red Line subway in its first weekend in operation. The station is the starting point for the B Line of the Metro subway, which cost $ 4.5 billion to build. Instead of
2052-554: The first privately held proprietary university in California approved to offer a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing. In 2009, the university achieved additional programmatic accreditation for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at their California campuses from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). That same year, WCU was awarded initial accreditation by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) to offer
2109-437: The former May Co./Laurel Plaza site is under construction as NoHo West , a mixed-use development including retail. Valley Plaza served as a filming location for: TV shows Music videos 34°11′14″N 118°23′51″W / 34.1871795°N 118.3973922°W / 34.1871795; -118.3973922 North Hollywood, Los Angeles North Hollywood is a Los Angeles , California , neighborhood, located in
2166-695: The heart of North Hollywood. Since 2000, the community has been developing and undergoing many changes, thanks in large part to the formation of the 743-acre North Hollywood Development District and the subsequent NoHo Commons projects. In 2015, Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood was part of the first San Fernando Valley CicLAvia , an event sponsored by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority in which major roads are temporarily closed to motorized vehicle traffic and used for recreational human-powered transport . North Hollywood
2223-694: The most common places of birth for this portion of the population. The percentages of never-married men and never-married women were among the county's highest. The median yearly household income in 2008 dollars was $ 42,791, considered average for the city but low for the county. The percentages of households that earned $ 40,000 or less were high for the county. Renters occupied 75.4% of the housing stock, and house- or apartment-owners held 24.6%. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences , El Portal Theater , Idle Hour Cafe , Phil's Diner , NoHo Gateway Sign , and Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery are located in North Hollywood. The North Hollywood Recreation Center
2280-401: The next 50 years, its program offerings varied from aeronautical engineering applied sciences and mathematics to locomotive diesel engine repairs. As it developed, West Coast University became one of the forerunners in offering bachelor's degree programs designed to meet the needs of working adults to aid their careers. These programs were offered in non-traditional settings. For example, in 1953,
2337-696: The north side of Victory Blvd. just west of Sears and just east of the Hollywood Freeway. A Goodyear tire store also opened around this time. It was also around this time that the Hollywood Freeway was extended north to Magnolia Boulevard and the Ventura Freeway was completed nearby, greatly increasing the accessibility of the center. In 1960 the Los Angeles Federal Savings and Loan Tower, now known as
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2394-466: The north, Valley Plaza started with one core development and grew over time to market, under the single name "Valley Plaza", a collection of adjacent retail developments with multiple developers, owners, and opening dates. The idea to develop the plaza came from developer Bob Symonds in 1942, who had helped to create the Miracle Mile concentration of shops on Wilshire Boulevard . from started with
2451-400: The post office across the street being called Toluca, controversy over the town's name continued, and the local ranchers used to quip, "Ship the merchandise to Lankershim, but bill it to Toluca." In 1896, under pressure from Lankershim, the post office at Toluca was renamed "Lankershim" after his father, although the new name of the town would not be officially recognized until 1905. By 1903,
2508-432: The ranchers one by one had their holding foreclosed or transferred to the packing companies. In turn, these were bought up by the real-estate developers and by the late 1920s a massive effort was underway to market the area to prospective home owners throughout the country. As part of this effort, in 1927, in an effort to capitalize on the glamour and proximity of Hollywood, Lankershim was renamed "North Hollywood". The result
2565-561: The university began offering evening-only programs based on a schedule of six two-month academic terms, especially for service members taking advantage of the GI bill. The success of this approach led the university to expand and diversify its programs to include offerings in the areas of business and management, computer science, industrial technology, and pre-health science. Associate degrees in Science and master's degree programs, were introduced in
2622-508: The upscale single-location Rathbun's department store at nos. 5311 (5307–15), opened in 1921. There were also branches of the large Harris & Frank clothing chain at 5236 Lankershim that opened in 1950, J. J. Newberry five and dime at 5321, and Safeway at 5356. In the late 1940s and 1950s the area saw the first department-store-anchored, auto-oriented shopping center in the Valley: Valley Plaza , covering both
2679-401: The valley again, rather than face foreclosure, the most vulnerable farmers agreed to mortgage their holdings to the fruit packing company and banks in Los Angeles for the immediate future and vote on annexation. West Lankershim agreed to be annexed to the City of Los Angeles in 1919. Lankershim proper and non-proper joined in 1923. Much of the promised water delivery was withheld, and many of
2736-486: The western side of the tower over the decades. Today it portrays the history of Los Angeles; previous subjects were the 1976 United States Bicentennial , the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, and former football team of the city, the Los Angeles Raiders . Reasons for the decline of Valley Plaza included: From the original development on the west side of Laurel Canyon Boulevard, the current status
2793-471: Was 30, considered an average age for city and county neighborhoods; the percentage of residents aged 19 to 34 was among the county's highest. The neighborhood was considered "moderately diverse" ethnically within Los Angeles. The breakdown was 57.7% Latino , 27% Non-Hispanic White , 5.7% Asian , 5.6% black , and 4% from other groups. Foreign-born residents made up 46.4% of residents, a high percentage for Los Angeles; Mexico (43.2%) and El Salvador (16%) were
2850-506: Was a massive development of housing which transformed the area into a suburban development of Los Angeles. Lankershim Boulevard around Magnolia Boulevard was the heart of the town of Lankershim, and of North Hollywood and until the mid-1950s boasted the largest concentration of retail stores, banks, restaurants, and entertainment. In 1953, for example, the shopping strip included three full-line department stores: J.C. Penney at 5261 Lankershim, Yeakel & Goss department store at 5272, and
2907-463: Was chartered by the State of California in 1909, out of bankruptcy, and developed a program for the training of registered nurses. West Coast University, in Los Angeles, was spun off from Occidental College by faculty who wanted more secular curricula. At the time, Occidental College was a Presbyterian Seminary. It was chartered by the State of California in 1909 as a small ophthalmology school. Over
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#17327810542262964-423: Was closed due to damage but the department store May Co. remained open. It became a Robinsons-May in 1993, then Macy’s in 2006 which operated until 2016, after the property was sold for redevelopment, and is now a mixed-use development called NOHO West , home to Trader Joe's , L.A. Fitness , and Regal Cinemas , amongst others. After the earthquake, the renovation of Valley Plaza and Laurel Plaza area became
3021-408: Was difficult for the Lankershim retail district to compete and by 1980, most stores had closed including Rathbun's. The May Co. at the south end of the Valley Plaza shopping district built its own attached, enclosed mall, Laurel Plaza , opening in 1968. The last department of Valley Plaza's anchors, Sears , closed in 2019 as department store-anchored shopping centers lost favor. As of 2020, much of
3078-476: Was impressed by the Valley's wild oats and proposed to raise sheep on the property. In 1873, Isaac Lankershim's son and future son-in-law, James Boon Lankershim and Isaac Newton Van Nuys , moved to the San Fernando Valley and took over management of the property. Van Nuys thought the property could profitably grow wheat using the dryland farming technique developed on the Great Plains and leased land from
3135-718: Was once part of the vast landholdings of the Mission San Fernando Rey de España , which was confiscated by the government during the Mexican period of rule. A group of investors assembled as the San Fernando Farm Homestead Association purchased the southern half of the Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando . The leading investor was Isaac Lankershim , a Northern California stockman and grain farmer, who
3192-505: Was president for one year, followed by Robert M. L. Baker. Financial mismanagement led to loss of accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, which resulted in severe declines in enrollment of international students, especially from Taiwan and Thailand. The result was bankruptcy in 1996. In May 1997, American Career College bought the name and the responsibility to provide transcripts for ten years, from
3249-697: Was reported to cover 100 acres with 1,039,000 square feet of retail space, the third-largest in the nation at that time, after Cross County Shopping Center in Yonkers, New York and Northland Center in Greater Detroit . It was reported to have close to $ 100 million in annual sales. The Valley Plaza Merchants Associated counted the May Company department store at Oxnard St., as part of "Valley Plaza", but later, in 1968, May would build an enclosed mall, Laurel Plaza , attached to their store, thus forming
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