city profile lankershim california 1924 by frank d. parent

8/14/2019 City Profile Lankershim California 1924 by Frank D. Parent

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402 The Redlta BkLeBook ol Califotni&Chicago, lvith its increasing pa]'r'oll, is only otre of her presentindustries.A transcontinental nilway, an iDterurban line and a five centLos ADgeles city car se$'ice, combired with t{'o of the heaviesttraveled high\Mays in Southeln California, ard thirty miies of im-ploved and projected boulevards withiD her own boundaries, allow hertouring joys unexcelled. Ma[y religious denoniDations, c]editablyhoused, wo model'n theaters and active social and civic organizations,give her wholesome pleasule. All the above and other natural ad-vaDtagesar' enjoyed at Inglewood.

i \GI,DII'OODRalrco.li, Jessie W., 944 N. Ercallttus.Baum & Sar iers , Sarnrgs Bank B lds .led lord, J . R. , 125 So. Mar le t St .Bender , Cl ras .C, ,6501 nedondo B lvd-B.ooks & Bat rDr . 09 \ . X lar l ie l St .De Lons. G.o. T., 623 \. Hns'thorne,D.nsDore,Gi lbber t .Sa! inss Bark B ldg,nr is l i i l l Bros . , 113 so. l la r \c t st .Cr i j t in C. C. ,205 Cr i l in B l r ls .H.co\ , C, E. ,3r3 So. X lar l ie t St .lnc lerood Ral tJ Co. 130 N. \ Iarket

BltolillRsMaaee & Son, 112 So, I la r l re t St .l l i lbufn & l landal l . i514 i -enor -XrcDonr id , r . l l . , 11r i N. l Ia r l re l .SonurNcs i ae. l io ls , 223 \ . l la rket S t ,s [ i lh , Lero! H. , 115 N. ar l re t .Schouboe& XIcca l i is ter ,152 l ! . SpruceSDanl t l ins ,Henr r R. ,21S n. QueenSt.T l romtor Real ty Co. , 108 S. arket .\Varirg & Law, 1r,! S, tr[arkei.

Lankershim,he FriendlyCommunityUST ovcr the hills fron Holly$ood lies the suburban communityof Lankershim, only teD miles from the Los Angeles businessdist]'ict. Lankelshim is $.here the San FrnaDdo Valley bcgirsthat 125,000 acre garden of Los Angeles where soil, water, climateand industry 1'aised he plodigious total of tweDt)-five Dlillior dol-lars'worth of market-basket products last I'ear. LAl reNhinl, longhno$n as the "Hone of the Peach" place,has now, through the trans-formatioD of its acres oI braDching orchards ilto broad thorough-

fars and beautiful hone sites, become he "Peach of a Holr1c"place.Almost over right LaDkelshim has ar.isen r this lnnd oI pleDty.From 2372 persons jD 1922, it has glo1{-n o a thdftl' connunity of5360 ill 1923 126 Dercent iDcrease r orle year'. Today its twenty-eiglrt mode'-n loons fail to accommodate he school population, andthree additional llew irltemediate schools and A DlasrificeDt newhigh -chool |e soorr o be buil t Lpon beaul iu si lF" r 'ecn;ty providpd.This phno eral glowth oI Lankershim is due to natulal ad-It restles hcath the hills in ore of the ost beautiful sDots inSoutherr Califoruin. It has delightful tree-boldered streets, {'ell or-

dered homes, fine high*ays, rapid electric aDd stean lines, modernstores, strong banl(s, good churches,dependable ealtors.Back of it is the urge of a grcat, glo$'ing, nasterful city. Justbe)-oDd s a vet'itabie empile. A charming noultain-gift va]ley, r'ichas Croesus u natural $'ea1thand oppo unity.


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TlLe Re(ltu Bhle RoaL al CaliforltiaChalmins in situ^tion. str':ltesic irr locatiorl and friendlv in en-vironncnt-this is Lankelshim.From hele the fxmed San Felnando Vailet' spreads, fanlike

over its vast slretchcs of lleld aDd orchard. FIom hele nainly di-verge lh gleAt highways and a]teies of travel ovel this inland em-oire-. Lankershim boule\':rrd, Shrman Way :rnd Ventura boulevardnow delive... nevcr-ending stlcarn of commelce, lihe the shuttle cockof the loom, bct\!ecn city and country.Conser'\'ativccstirnatessi!e the Sar FcInarldo Vallov half a nliliionconterted, plosDelous popul.rtion withir a very fcw yeals. Larker-shim's gl.or'lh lhe past year presages it. The faster the v:rllev fills,the more substantial becomesL^nkershim. Ttirtt- thousand popula-tion for Lankershim in 19110s not an exaggeratedplophecl', for thatis onl]'hatf the prescnt lopulation of tho valley.LankelshiDr is foul and a hatl niles fr'onr llollvwood's me|Io-Dolitan center, $'lrcre t*-erty-file nlilliorl dollar's North of hcight-limitLuildings are under constructioti. Our orvn last l'e:lr's building pro-gram reached $920,000. Lankexhim rvas lecently annexed to Los Angeles irl older that itmight have rnore oldcrly dileclion given to its r'apid development:That it might p ticipate in the benefits oI the great aque-duct lYater supply;-that it might feet the security of life and propertv whichadequatepolice and nre pr-otectioD tffods;-that it might oller the adlantages of its natuml location,Dlus those conveDicnces n the industrial expansion of SouthenCalifornia and thus attain the fullcst measure of permanency asan integral part o{ that phenomenon in cit)- building-LosAnEeles,Th-e ealto|s are anim:r ted bv the ethjcs and loltv ideals of theirplofessiol. They :uc itrbued i'ith thc spitit of lovrl :1nd .Nting ser'-vice to Lxnkelshim.The most cordial invitation of its Realty Board and Chamber 01Commerce is extended to the honeseker. Theil frieDdlv ilterest isofered to make your visit or inquiry one of pleasure and profit to you-You'11 ike to live in Lankrshim-the Friendlv Communit-v.

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city profile lankershim california 1924 by frank d. parent

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