Studio City is an affluent residential neighborhood within the city of Los Angeles, California, in the San Fernando Valley. Studio City expands over three ZIP code areas: 91604, and sections of 91602, 91607 and 90210. It contains Universal City. Ventura Boulevard is the neighborhood's principal commercial corridor. Its neighboring communities are Beverly Crest, Hollywood Hills, Hollywood Hills West, North Hollywood, Sherman Oaks, Toluca Lake and ...
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Studio City is an affluent residential neighborhood within the city of Los Angeles, California, in the San Fernando Valley. Studio City expands over three ZIP code areas: 91604, and sections of 91602, 91607 and 90210. It contains Universal City. Ventura Boulevard is the neighborhood's principal commercial corridor. Its neighboring communities are Beverly Crest, Hollywood Hills, Hollywood Hills West, North Hollywood, Sherman Oaks, Toluca Lake and Valley Village.
Originally known as Laurelwood, the area Studio City occupies was formerly part of Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando. This land changed hands several times during the late 19th Century and was eventually owned by J. B. Lankershim 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 and was no longer viable for farming.
Construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct began in 1908 and water reached the San Fernando Valley in November, 1913....
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