History
North Hollywood is a community located in San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California with a dynamic state of economy. North Hollywood, formerly known as Lankershim, has a major part in American history. It was by the month of January in the year 1847, when Lt. Col. John C. Fremont of the United States as well as General Andres Pico of Mexico signed the agreement that ended the war between their countries. The agreement, known as the Treaty of Cahuenga, took place in Tomás Feliz's adobe house at Campo de Cahuenga or Cahuenga Field. This gave way for California statehood. By 1869, Isaac Lankershim, together with his friend, I.N. Van Nuys purchased the whole southern half of the San Fernando Valley with 59, 500 acres of land which Lankershim found out that the fertile land which is over the Cahuenga Pass would hold many crops. The land was soon planted with wheat and this started the community’s abundant agricultural industry. Nineteen years later, a store and a hotel was developed. By the year 1896, the community continued to progress through the building of a school, rail depot, post office, as well as blacksmith. By 1910, Lankershim Businessmen’s Association was formed and the Bank of Lankershim was also opened. By 1911, the mass transit system in Southern California known as the Red Car transportation system began to operate.

By 1914, the Lankershim Businessmen’s Association was changed into Lankershim Chamber of Commerce. Jim Wilson managed the chamber of commerce, and became the community’s first elected Councilman in 1932. By 1927, the community’s name, Lankershim was changed into North Hollywood and a 99-acre land was purchased as North Hollywood Park, in which a part of its land was developed into a regional library. By 1928, North Hollywood High School was opened, providing education for students as well as jobs for North Hollywood residents. The business community continued to progress; Pollard-Ho Chevrolet Company, Blue Bird Café, Rathbun's Department store and Security National Bank, which replaced the Bank of Lankershim were developed.

By 1992, business as well as theatre owners in the North Hollywood and Universal City established a theatre and arts district, known as the Noho Arts District. The area, which is located near Valley Village and North Hollywood, showcased different types of music, dance and performing arts. The galleries and theatres grew in numbers which include shops, cafes, and entertainment-related establishments of all kinds.

Schools
North Hollywood is a community which also provides educational services to its residents. One of North Hollywood’s elementary schools includes the Arminta St. Elementary, which is located in 11530 Strathern Street, North Hollywood. The school, which is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, services students in grades K through 5. Camellia Avenue Elementary School located in 7451 Camellia Ave., North Hollywood, also serves grades K through 5. Coldwater Canyon Elementary School, Colfax Avenue School, Fair Avenue Elementary School, Lankershim Elementary School and Rio Vista Elementary School are also among the elementary schools that can be found in North Hollywood. The community also provides quality education for high school students. These schools include Carlson Home Instructional Program and Hospital School, Amelia Earhart High School, North Hollywood High Highly Gifted Magnet and North Hollywood High School. The following shows the address of North Hollywood High School:

North Hollywood High School
5231 Colfax Avenue
North Hollywood, CA 91601

Residents of North Hollywood have access to the country’s top-rated institutions of higher education. California State University Northridge as well as Los Angeles Valley College located in Van Nuys are among the schools that offer majors in different areas of study. Other nearby colleges and universities within commuting distance from North Hollywood include University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), National University, Kings College and Seminary, California Institute of the Arts, Pepperdine University’s Valley Campus, California Institute of Technology, and Woodbury University.

North Hollywood is a place for learning and nurturing minds. This is provided by the community’s libraries, which are composed of the North Hollywood Regional Branch Library, located in Tujunga Avenue and North Hollywood Valley Plaza in Valley Plaza, North Hollywood.

Landmarks
North Hollywood also plays a big role in the community’s leisure and social needs. As a home for the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, North Hollywood provides lots of fun and entertainment. From the El Portal Theater to the Actors Forum; and art galleries, including the Lankershim Art Center, which houses an art gallery and theater company in the renovated Department of Water and Power building, with recording and rehearsal studios that illustrate entertainment and music industry. North Hollywood also has Campo de Cahuenga which is one of several notable North Hollywood landmarks.

The following shows the address of El Portal Theater and Campo de Cahuenga:
El Portal Theater
5265 Lankershim Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91601

Campo de Cahuenga
3919 Lankershim Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91604

Another attraction of North Hollywood is the Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in 10621 Victory Boulevard which has a memorial to Amelia Earhart. The cemetery includes a special section called the "Portal of the Folded Wing"; the final resting place for a number of aviation pioneers.

North Holywood has proven its essence as a community of worthwhile living, working, socializing and playing. The town was known as the home of the peach, which became a poultry oasis as home of the hen. North Hollywood transformed into a post-war suburbia to a district of major growth. It has moved from a predominantly agricultural area into an extensive suburban and productive business community. From the early days of a small farming community that originally became known as Lankershim, the community grew and flourished, had it’s crests and it’s troughs, and evolved from a one horse shay town to the busy and lively area now known as North Hollywood.

North Hollywod has much in store. The people of North Hollywood are driven by the force behind the community’s desires to share the treasure and impart the legacy that the community possesses.

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