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Tarzana

Location

It is surrounded by Reseda to the north, Woodland Hills to the west, Encino to the east, and the Santa Monica Mountains to the south. Major thoroughfares consist of Reseda Boulevard, Tampa Avenue, Wilbur Avenue, Burbank Boulevard and the commercial backbone of the south San Fernando Valley, Ventura Boulevard.

Most of Tarzana's inhabitants live in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains south of Ventura Blvd. North of Ventura, there is a uniquely created area meant to emulate a far more rural setting called Melody Acres. Tarzana contains two nation clubs (with golf courses) nestled in the Santa Monica Mountains: El Caballero Country Club and Braemar Nation Club. At the remote southern finish of Reseda Blvd., there are a number of luxurious gated communities, including Mulholland Park, Silverhawk Ridge, Monte Verde and Braemar Estates.

North of the Boulevard, where a smaller portion of the population lives, there are fewer homes and more apartment buildings. Tarzana extends to Victory Boulevard, even though only a tiny percentage of the population lives in the location.

Residents

There are roughly 28,484 residents. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the racial composition was predominantly White (78.9%), followed by Asian (5.six%), and Black or African American (3.8%).

American Indian or Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander each constituted less than one percent (.three% and .1% respectively) of the population. 13.1% identified themselves as Hispanic or Latino. About 35.two% of the population in 2000 was foreign-born, which includes 21.9% that had been born in Iran and ten.six% in Mexico.

Tarzana functions a burgeoning Iranian-American population, and the community is effectively identified for its Persian restaurants, booksellers, and language education institutes.

A thriving and lengthy-established Jewish community attends 4 synagogues and gives the client base for the very first and only branch of the Hebrew language bookseller Steimatzky constructed outdoors of Israel. A quantity of well-known and nicely-regarded delicatessens can be found in Tarzana, such as the Tarzana Armenian Grocery and Mort's Deli.

Notable residents include comedian Jeremy Hotz, actor Jamie Foxx, actor Chuck Norris, filmmaker John-Erik Jordan, KROQ's Kevin, Bon Jovi gutairist Richie Sambora his wife, actress Heather Locklear and frequent Star Trek guest star Hana Hatae.

Early Background

The location now identified as Tarzana was originally element of the San Fernando Mission, which was established in 1797 by Spanish settlers and missionaries, who at some point displaced the indigenous population. Later on the location was seized by Mexico and then sometime afterwards, the United States, at which point the location came to be part of a sequential order of huge cattle ranches owned by the wealthy and strong neighborhood elites. Beginning in the 1870s, the region was bought by investors who transformed it into a huge-scale wheat farm operation.

In 1909 the surrounding region was purchased by the Los Angeles Suburban Properties Company. Common Harrison Gray Otis, founder and publisher of the Los Angeles Times, had invested in the firm, whilst also buying 550 acres in the center of contemporary-day Tarzana. One more investor established a tiny town called Runnymede in the general vicinity and allocated the surrounding land for little poultry ranches and berry farms.

In 1915 Edgar Rice Burroughs, greatest known as the author of the Tarzan stories, bought Otis land upon which he constructed a huge property, and renamed the house, Tarzana Ranch. Burroughs subdivided and sold the land for residential development, even though the neighboring modest farms have been also converted to residential places. In 1927, local residents renamed the town Tarzana in honor of Burroughs and his renowned literary character.

Trivia

Portola Middle School in Tarzana was employed as a place for the movie Thirteen.

In the Paul Thomas Anderson film Magnolia , Tom Cruise's character, Frank T.J. Mackey, was born and raised in Tarzana. The climactic scene from that identical movie happens on the intersection of Reseda Boulevard and Sherman Way, a locus for several P.T. Anderson scenes.

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