Panorama City, Los Angeles, California
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Panorama City is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California.
It is bordered by Arleta on the north, Sun Valley on the east, Van Nuys on the south, and North Hills on the west. Major thoroughfares include Roscoe, Van Nuys, and Sepulveda Boulevards. The district is served by the San Diego and Hollywood freeways.
Panorama City was developed as a planned community by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser. Contrary to popular perceptions of the development of the central and western San Fernando Valley as solely being a bedroom community for jobs in downtown Los Angeles and Burbank, Panorama City originally included General Motors' largest assembly plant to date, as well as a Schlitz brewery that eventually came under the ownership of Anheuser-Busch.
As originally planned, the community is a mixture of small single-family homes and low-rise apartment buildings. Kaiser and his development partner Fritz Burns barred non-whites from purchasing homes in the new neighborhood. The area is now majority Latino and Filipino.
[edit] Education
Panorama City is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District.
The community has five public elementary schools:
- Burton Street Elementary School
- Chase Street Elementary School
- Liggett Street Elementary School
- Noble Avenue Elementary School
- Ranchito Avenue Elementary School
Vista Middle School and Panorama High School (opened in 2006) [1] serve the community.
Prior to the opening of Vista Middle School, some of the community was served by Byrd Middle School, while the other portion was served by and Sepulveda Middle School.
Prior to the opening of Panorama High School, some of the community was zoned to John H. Francis Polytechnic High School, some of it was zoned to Van Nuys High School, and some of it was zoned to Monroe High School.
St. Genevieve Elementary School (K-8) and St. Genevieve High School (9-12) are private schools in the community.
[edit] External links
- Maps and aerial photos
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- Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
- Los Angeles Times, Real Estate section, Neighborly Advice column: "[Panorama City:] It's not about the past; it's about potential" (25 Apr 2004)
