Above: Stylized photo from
Studio City Chamber of Commerce
with Ventura Boulevard in lights. |
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Demographic
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Land Area (Sq. Mi.): 4.9 |
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Population: 41,400 |
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African
American: 4.2%
Asian American: 5.8%
Hispanic: 8.1%
White: 81.6%
Other: 0.3% |
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Median Housing Value: $736,500
(average of east south valley as per Southland Regional
Association of Realtors) |
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Number of Households: 13,610 |
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Studio City began its
development in the 1920s. Mack Sennett had outgrown his studio
facilities in what would later become Silverlake, so the man behind the
wacky Keystone Cops built a new facility near Ventura Boulevard and
Laurel Canyon. He started calling the community "Studio City," and the
name stuck.
Over the years the studio has changed both hands and names and was
linked with some of the biggest stars in the business. Among them:
Charles Chaplin, John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers,
Bette Davis, Tony Curtis, Jennifer Jones and Joan Fontaine. Today the
site is called CBS Studio Center, where such popular TV shows as "Hill
Street Blues," "Roseanne" and "Seinfeld" have been filmed. |
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