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Panorama Cit
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Coordinates: | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Los Angeles |
City | Los Angeles |
Elevation | 814 ft (248 m) |
Population (2000)[1] | |
• Total | 65,235 |
Time zone | PST (UTC-8) |
• Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
ZIP code | 91402 |
Area code(s) | 818 |
Panorama City is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California. It is known as the San Fernando Valley's first planned community.[2]
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It is bordered by Mission Hills on the north, Arleta on the northeast, Sun Valley on the east, Van Nuys on the south, and North Hills on the west. Major thoroughfares include Roscoe Boulevard, Van Nuys Boulevard, and Sepulveda Boulevard. Other major streets include Chase Street, Parthenia Street, Nordhoff Street, Plummer Street, and Woodman Avenue. Panorama City is roughly bounded by Sepulveda Boulevard and Pacoima Wash to the west, Lassen Street to the north, Woodman Avenue to the northeast, Tujunga Wash to the east and Union Pacific Coast Line (railroad) to the south. 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.
Today, the General Motors Corporation assembly plant has been replaced with a large commercial center named The Plant, that includes stores and restaurants such as Mann Theatres, Ross, Babies "R" Us, The Home Depot, Hometown Buffet, In-N-Out Burger, Starbucks Coffee and others.
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-European Americans from purchasing newly built homes.[3] Integration followed the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977. The CRA insured credit was provided to the entire community without regards to race or income, causing white flight as with many other areas of the San Fernando Valley.[4]
The NBC comedy series The Office is filmed on Saticoy Street.
As of the Census of 2000, there are 65,235 people in Panorama City. The racial makeup of the district is 35.72% White (11.86% non-Latino white), 4.80% African American, 0.93% Native American, 11.60% Asian, 0.17% Pacific Islander, 41.17% from other races, and 5.61% from two or more races. 70.12% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.[1]
In 2009, the Los Angeles Times's "Mapping L.A." project supplied these Panorama City neighborhood statistics: population: 65,766; median household income: $44,468.[5]
On June 27, 2010, population is 72,000. Ethnic breakdown is 70% Latino, 26% white, 12% Asian, and 5% African American. Median household income is $35,000. Median home price is $305,560. Panorama City has 35% home ownership. ---- Neighborhood Profile, Los Angeles Daily News, June 27, 2010
The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services operates the Pacoima Health Center in Pacoima, serving Panorama City.[6]
The United States Postal Service Panorama City Post Office is located at 14416 Chase Street.[7]
Panorama City is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District.
The community has six public elementary schools:
Vista Middle School (opened in September 2004) and Panorama High School (opened in 2006)[8] 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 Fulton Middle School 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.
Montclair College Preparatory School is in Van Nuys,[9] near Panorama City.[10]
Kaplan College – Panorama City has a career college in the community.
The Panorama Recreation Center is in the community. The center, which also functions as a Los Angeles Police Department drop-in facility, has an auditorium, a lighted baseball diamond, lighted outdoor basketball courts, a children's play area, a community room, an indoor gymnasium without weights, picnic tables, and unlighted tennis courts.[11] The Sepulveda Recreation Center is located in Panorama City.[12] The center has two indoor gymnasiums without weights, both of which can be used as auditoriums. One has a capacity of 350 and one has a capacity of 150. The center also has a lighted baseball diamond, lighted indoor basketball courts, a children's play area, a community room, and lighted tennis courts.[13] The Sepulveda Pool is an outdoor unheated seasonal pool in the Sepulveda center.[13][14] The Mid-Valley Senior Citizen Center is in Panorama City. The center has an auditorium, a kitchen, and a stage.[15] The building was originally a convalescent home. As of July 2000 the former convalescent home was being converted into the senior center.[12]
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