North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
North Hollywood is a district in the
northern Los Angeles/
San Fernando Valley region of the City of
Los Angeles, California.
North Hollywood, like most of the rest of the San Fernando Valley, was once part of the vast landholdings of the Franciscan
Mission San Fernando Rey de España, which were confiscated by the government during the Mexican period of rule. The
Treaty of Cahuenga which ended the
U.S.-Mexican fighting in California was signed at
Tomás Feliz's adobe house at
Campo de Cahuenga on Lankershim Boulevard in January of 1847. The area was formerly known as Lankershim, but was subsequently renamed North Hollywood in an effort to capitalize on the glamour and proximity of Hollywood proper. North Hollywood today is extremely diverse, with large
Latino,
Asian-American,
Jewish,
Middle Eastern and
African-American populations.
In 1997, the nationally infamous "
North Hollywood Shootout" between the
LAPD and two heavily armed gunmen who were caught in the act of robbing a
Bank of America branch on
Laurel Canyon Boulevard, occurred over a period of
several hours between Victory Boulevard and Vanowen Street in central North Hollywood.
It is home to the
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery is located in the area, and is notable for its special section memorializing
aviators.
The new MTA Orange Line is now open, running from North Hollywood to Woodland Hills.
The
NoHo Arts District is a new
Los Angeles community, located near
Valley Village and North Hollywood, that is home to contemporary theaters, art galleries, cafes, and interesting shops. A Metro Rail station is located here, the North Hollywood station of the Red Line.
A large portion of North Hollywood's population is
Jewish (albeit less than as recently as the
1980s).There are several
Judaica stores and
Kosher restaurants along the major streets in North Hollywood (i.e. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank Blvd.,
Ventura Blvd., etc.). Many major Jewish centers and synagogues exist in North Hollywood, mainly on Chandler Blvd. A lot of the synagogues in North Hollywood are either breakaways from or outgrowths of Rabbi Zvi Block's synagogue, also located on Chandler Blvd. In addition, there are countless Jewish schools (called
Yeshivas) in North Hollywood, including two
elementary schools, one
high school, a
Kollel, one post-high school
Talmudical seminary, and countless
nurseries and other places of study. The diverse synagogues include
Ashkenazic,
Sefardic,
Zionistic,
Conservative,
Kabbalistic and
Modern Orthodox denominations.
North Hollywood High School is a part of the
Los Angeles Unified School District.
The high school campuses of
Harvard-Westlake School and
Oakwood School are in North Hollywood.
Campbell Hall is a
K-12 Episcopalian school.
Laurel Hall is a Lutheran school.
Valley Torah High School is a Jewish Orthodox day school. This school also runs a Yeshiva and Bais Midrash program known as
Ner Aryeh for more advanced
Talmudical studies and it serves a branch of the post-high school Rabbinical Seminary
Chofetz Chaim.
Emek Hebrew Academy is actually located in
Sherman Oaks, however it has a nursery building in North Hollywood on Chandler Blvd.
Amelia Earhart was perhaps its most famous resident (though she was born in
Atchison, Kansas, and probably died somewhere near
Howland Island in the Central
Pacific Ocean).
Curly Howard of
The Three Stooges was another famous North Hollywood resident. North Hollywood is the birthplace of
Jan Smithers, Hip Hip Model
Bria Myles and NBA superstar
Gilbert Arenas. Comedian and radio talk show host
Adam Carolla also hails from North Hollywood. Yo Momma Season 1 Champion "Harp" advanced out of North Hollywood and won the title for Los Angeles's best trash talker.
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Los Angeles Times, Real Estate section, Neighborly Advice column: "[North Hollwyood: NoHo finds its mojo in a colorful, artsy sort of way" (27 July 2003)]
