Studio City is a neighborhood in the city of

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, in the southeast

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, just west of the

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. It is named after the studio lot that was established in the area by film producer

Mack Sennett Mack Sennett (born Michael Sinnott; January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was a Canadian-American film actor, director, and producer, and studio head, known as the 'King of Comedy'. Born in Danville, Quebec, in 1880, he started in films in the ...

in 1927, now known as

Radford Studio Center Radford Studio Center, alternatively CBS Studio Center, is a television and film studio located in the Studio City district of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley. The lot has 18 sound stages from , of office space, and 223 dressing rooms. ...

History

Originally known as Laurelwood, the area that Studio City occupies was formerly part of

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, and was eventually owned by

James Boon Lankershim James Boon Lankershim (1850–1931) was an American heir, landowner and real estate developer. Early life James Boon Lankershim was born on March 24, 1850, in Charleston, Missouri. His father was Isaac Lankershim (1818–1882), a German-born Calif ...

(1850–1931), and eight other developers, who organized the Lankershim Ranch Land and Water Company. In 1899, however, the area lost most water rights to Los Angeles, so subdivision and sale of land for farming became untenable. Construction of the

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began in 1908, and water reached the San Fernando Valley in November, 1913. Real estate boomed, and a syndicate led by

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, business manager of the ''

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'', with

Hobart Johnstone Whitley Hobart Johnstone Whitley (October 7, 1847 – June 3, 1931) was a Canadian-American businessman and real estate developer. Whitley is best known for helping create the Hollywood subdivision in Los Angeles. He is among those known as the "Father ...

, Isaac Van Nuys, and James Boon Lankershim acquired the remaining of the southern half of the former Mission lands—everything west of the Lankershim town limits and south of present-day Roscoe Boulevard excepting the Rancho Encino. Whitley platted the area of present-day Studio City from portions of the existing town of Lankershim, as well as the eastern part of the new acquisition. In 1927, Mack Sennett began building a new studio on donated by the land developer. The area around the studio was named Studio City. In 1955, Studio City's Station 78 became the first racially integrated station in the

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Population

Saint Saviour's Chapel, Harvard-Westlake School

The 2000 U.S. census counted 34,034 residents in the Studio City neighborhood—5,395 people per square mile, among the lowest

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for the city but about average for the county. In 2008, the city estimated that the resident population had increased to 37,201. In 2000, the

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age for residents, 38, was considered old for city and county neighborhoods; the percent of residents age 19 and older was among the county's highest.
"Studio City," Mapping L.A., ''Los Angeles Times'' The ethnic breakdown was Non-Hispanic whites, Whites, 78%;

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, 8.7%; Asians, 5.4%;

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, 3.7%; and others, 4.1%. Iran (7%) and the United Kingdom (6.7%) were the most common places of birth for the 21.1% of the residents who were born abroad—a low percentage for Los Angeles. The median yearly household income in 2008 dollars was $75,657, considered high for the city. The percent of households earning $125,000 and up was high for

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. The average household size of 1.9 people was low when compared to the rest of the city and the county. Renters occupied 55.9% of the housing stock and house- or apartment-owners held 44.1%. In 2000, there were 837 families headed by single parents, the rate of 11.2% being low for the city of Los Angeles. There were 2,591 veterans, 8.8% of the population, a high figure for the city.

Geography

According to the

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project of the ''Los Angeles Times,'' Studio City is bordered on the north by

Valley Village Valley Village is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, located within the San Fernando Valley. History Founding According to Elke Garman, co-president of the Valley Village Homeowners Association in 1991, the history of Valley Village wen ...

, on the east by

Toluca Lake Toluca Lake is an affluent neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California, located in the San Fernando Valley northwest of downtown. The name is also given to a private natural lake fed by wells and maintained by neighboring property owner ...

and Universal City, on the south by

Hollywood Hills West Hollywood Hills West is a neighborhood within Central Los Angeles, California. There are three city parks and one elementary school. Geography Hollywood Hills West touches Studio City on the north, Hollywood Hills on the east, Hollywood and West H ...

, on the southwest by

Beverly Crest Beverly Crest is a neighborhood in the Santa Monica Mountains, in the Westside area of the city of Los Angeles, California. History Developer George Read purchased the 80-acre area in 1923. After the streets were paved and underground utilities ...

and on the west by

Sherman Oaks Sherman Oaks is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California located in the San Fernando Valley, founded in 1927. The neighborhood includes a portion of the Santa Monica Mountains, which gives Sherman Oaks a lower population density than ...

.
Colored map, Mapping L.A., ''Los Angeles Times The

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and

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flow through Studio City. The two concrete-lined channels merge just west of Colfax Avenue and north of Ventura Boulevard adjacent to Radford Studio Center.

Notable people

Film and television

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studios *

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, film and television actress *

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, actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter *

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, actor *

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, actor *

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, actress * Leonardo DiCaprio, actor and producer *

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, stage, film, and television actor and director *

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, actor *

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, actor *

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, actor *

Betty Garrett Betty Garrett (May 23, 1919 – February 12, 2011) was an American actress, comedian, singer and dancer. She originally performed on Broadway, and was then signed to a film contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. She appeared in several musical film ...

, actress, singer and dancer *

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, actress *

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, actress, film producer *

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, film director and cinematographer *

Tom Green Michael Thomas Green (born July 30, 1971) is a Canadian-American comedian, show host, actor, filmmaker, podcaster, and rapper. After pursuing stand-up comedy and music as a young adult, Green created and hosted ''The Tom Green Show'', which a ...

, actor, comedian *

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winning film and television actor. *

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, actress and singer *

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, actress *

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, actress

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Lucy Lawless Lucille Frances Lawless (; born 29 March 1968) is a New Zealand actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Xena in the television series '' Xena: Warrior Princess'', as D'Anna Biers on the re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' seri ...

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, actress *

Roddy McDowall Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall (17 September 1928 – 4 October 1998) was a British actor, photographer and film director. He began his acting career as a child in England, and then in the United States, in ''How Green Was My Valley'' (1 ...

, actor and photographer *

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, film and television actor *

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, actress *

Dennis Miller Dennis Michael Miller (born November 3, 1953) is an American talk show host, political commentator, sports commentator, actor, and comedian. He was a cast member of ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1985 to 1991, and he subsequently hosted a stri ...

, TV host and comedian *

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, actress *

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, science educator, comedian, television host, actor, and mechanical engineer *

Jack Osbourne Jack Joseph Osbourne (born 8 November 1985) is an English media personality with dual American and British citizenship. The son of heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne, he starred on MTV's reality series '' The Osbournes'' (2002–2005), along w ...

, reality show star *

Patton Oswalt Patton Peter Oswalt (born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer. He is known as Spence Olchin in the sitcom ''The King of Queens'' (1998–2007) and for narrating the sitcom '' The Goldbergs'' (2013–present) as ...

, actor and comedian *

Jason Priestley Jason Bradford Priestley (born August 28, 1969) is a Canadian actor and television director. He is best known as the virtuous Brandon Walsh on the television series ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' (1990–1998, 2000), as Richard "Fitz" Fitzpatrick in t ...

, television actor * Michael Richards, actor, comedian, writer and television producer *

Alex Rocco Alex Rocco (born Alessandro Federico Petricone Jr.; February 29, 1936 – July 18, 2015) was an American actor. Known for his distinctive, gravelly voice, he was often cast as villains, including Moe Greene in ''The Godfather'' (1972) and his Pr ...

, actor *

Aaron Seltzer Jason Friedberg (born October 13, 1971) and Aaron Seltzer (born January 12, 1974) are American and Canadian filmmakers. They have primarily worked on parody films, which they began writing and directing during the mid-2000s. Friedberg and Seltze ...

, director and screenwriter *

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, actor, musician, recording artist, and author *

Melville Shavelson Melville Shavelson (April 1, 1917 – August 8, 2007) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author. He was President of the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAw) from 1969 to 1971, 1979 to 1981, and 1985 to 1987. Biog ...

, film director, producer, screenwriter, and author *

Mason Shefa __NOTOC__ Mason Chadwick Shefa ( ; born May 28, 1993) is an avant-garde Filmmaking, filmmaker and Religious music, sacred music composer based in Studio City, California. He graduated from Yale University in 2015. For his films, Shefa utilizes fil ...

, director of experimental films * Anna Nicole Smith, model, actress and television personality *

Sage Stallone Sage Moonblood Stallone (May 5, 1976 – July 13, 2012) was an American actor. He was the eldest child of actor Sylvester Stallone. Early life Sage Stallone was born in Los Angeles, California, the elder son and first child of Sasha Czack and ...

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, game show host * Renee Valente, producer, former president of the

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, actress *

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, actor *Alina Nastase Romanian- Spanish actress *Hayley McLaughin Scottish- American actress

Music

Literature

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, science-fiction author and blogger *

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, occultist

Sports

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, Major League Baseball pitcher *

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, Major League Baseball player *

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, National Basketball Association player

Other

David Burtka David Michael Burtka (born May 29, 1975) is an American actor and professional chef. He is known for his acting roles in theatre and television shows such as '' How I Met Your Mother'' and ''The Play About the Baby''. After his role on ''How I Met ...

, chef and actor *

Peter Hurkos Pieter van der Hurk (21 May 1911 – 1 June 1988) known as Peter Hurkos, was a Dutchman who allegedly manifested extrasensory perception (ESP) after recovering from a head injury and coma caused by a fall from a ladder when aged 30. He came to t ...

, allegedly manifested extra-sensory perception *

James B. Potter Jr. James B. Potter Jr. (born October 21, 1931) was a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1963 to 1971. A sales manager for a tool company, when elected to the City Council he became its youngest member at age 31. He was defeated in 1971 amid c ...

, Los Angeles City Council member *

Jerome Vered Jerome Vered (born March 13, 1958) is a Studio City, California writer, publicly known for his record-setting success as a contestant on the U.S. television game show ''Jeopardy!'' Biography Vered graduated from Harvard College and the USC School ...

, record-setting contestant on the game show ''Jeopardy!'' *

Joel Wachs Joel Wachs (, ; born March 1, 1939) is an American former politician and lawyer. He is the president of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in New York City. He was a member of the Los Angeles City Council for 30 years, where he was k ...

, Los Angeles City Council member *

Sam Yorty Samuel William Yorty (October 1, 1909 – June 5, 1998) was an American radio host, attorney, and politician from Los Angeles, California. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and the California State Assembly, ...

, mayor of Los Angeles

Education

Almost half of Studio City residents aged 25 and older (49.4%) had earned a

four-year degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

by 2000, a high percentage for both the city and the county. The percentage of those residents with a

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

was also high for the county.

Schools

Schools within the Studio City boundaries are: * Bridges Academy, private, 4-12, 3921 Laurel Canyon Boulevard *

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, private, K-12, 4533 Laurel Canyon Boulevard *

Carpenter Community Charter School Carpenter Community Charter School, formerly Carpenter Avenue Elementary School, is a public K-5 elementary school in Los Angeles, California. Carpenter Community Charter is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The school is in Studio ...

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, K-5, 3909 Carpenter Avenue *

Harvard-Westlake School Harvard-Westlake School is an independent, co-educational university preparatory day school consisting of two campuses located in Los Angeles, California, with approximately 1,600 students enrolled in grades seven through twelve. Its two predec ...

, private, 10-12, 3700 Coldwater Canyon Avenue *

Walter Reed Middle School Walter Reed Middle School is located in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. Originally called North Hollywood Junior High School, the school was later renamed in honor of U.S. Army Major Walter Reed. The school is a par ...

, LAUSD, 6-8, 4525 Irvine Avenue * Oakwood School, private, K-6, 11230 Moorpark Street * Rio Vista Elementary School, LAUSD, K-5, 4243 Satsuma Avenue * St. Charles Borromeo School, private, K-8, 10850 Moorpark Street

Public library

* The Studio City branch of the

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is at the corner of Moorpark Street and Whitsett Avenue.

Parks and recreation

The

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(commonly known as Beeman Park) is in a residential neighborhood on Rye Street at Beeman Avenue. It has an auditorium, barbecue pits, a lighted baseball diamond, an outdoor running and walking track, lighted outdoor basketball courts, a children's play area, picnic tables, unlighted tennis courts, and many programs and classes including the second-largest youth baseball program in the public parks. Moorpark Park, an unstaffed pocket park at the corner of Moorpark Street and Laurel Canyon Boulevard, has a children's play area and picnic tables. Woodbridge Park, on Elmer Avenue at Moorpark Street, on the eastern border of Studio City has a children and toddler's play area. Wilacre Park, a 128-acre natural mountain park with the lower trailhead for the Betty B Dearing hiking trail, is on Fryman Road at Laurel Canyon Boulevard. It has a large parking lot, restrooms and a picnic area. It is part of the

Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy is an agency of the state of California in the United States founded in 1980 and dedicated to the acquisition of land for preservation as open space, for wildlife and California native plants habitat Natu ...

and is managed by the Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority. Fryman Canyon Park is a 122-acre nature park accessed via the Nancy Hoover Pohl Overlook on Mulholland Drive with the upper trailhead of the Betty B Dearing hiking trail. The park is part of the

and is managed by the Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority. Coldwater Canyon Park is a nature park adjacent to Wilacre Park and Fryman Canyon Park. It contains an amphitheater and the headquarters for the conservation group

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. It can be accessed via a parking lot near the corner of Mulholland Drive and Coldwater Canyon Avenue and via the Betty B Dearing Trail. The park is managed by the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks (LA Parks). This park is not to be confused with an unrelated park with the name Coldwater Canyon Park, three miles to the south on North Beverly Drive in the city of Beverly Hills. In addition, Studio City has the Studio City Mini-Park, an unstaffed pocket park. North Valleyheart Riverwalk is a linear park that abuts the Los Angeles River.

Notable places

Studio City Theater converted into Book Store

(formerly known as CBS Studio Center) * Dr.

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Place (honorary street name for Ventura Place) *

walk (see North Valleyheart Riverwalk * Exterior of ''

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'' house * Campo de Cahuenga * Metro Red Line Universal City/Studio City station * Several buildings by Rudolph Michael Schindler

Local government

The northeast part of Studio City is in City Council District 2, represented by

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, and the southwest section is in

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, represented by

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. The community is represented within the city of Los Angeles by the Studio City

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. The area is represented by Los Angeles County District 3 Supervisor

Sheila Kuehl Sheila James Kuehl (born February 9, 1941) is an American politician and retired actress, and served as the member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for the 3rd District and as board chair and chair pro tem. Kuehl was California's ...

, State Senator

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, California Assemblyman

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and U.S. Representative

Brad Sherman Bradley James Sherman (born October 24, 1954) is an American accountant and politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 30th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he first entered Congress in 19 ...

References

External links

Studio City Neighborhood Council

Studio City Residents Association

Studio City Chamber of Commerce

Studio City crime map and statistics
{{Authority control Neighborhoods in Los Angeles Communities in the San Fernando Valley Populated places in the Santa Monica Mountains