Tag: Panorama City
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.
Panorama City is bordered by the Los Angeles districts of 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. 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. It 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,…
