Location Stalking

Canoga Parks
Cultural &
Historical Impact

October 14, 2015

Presentation Content

San Fernando Valley Blog

Postcards

Filming Locations
Celebrity R.E.

Historical Locations

Real Estate Development

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Postcards

Syndicate Bldg (1930s SW corner of Sherman Way and Alabama)

Street Scene(1940s Sherman Way and Owensmouth)

Atomics Aviation(1950s)

Street Scene(1960s Sherman Way and Variel)

Street Scene(1960s Topanga and Oxnard)

Canoga Park Motor Hotel(1970s Winnetka & Saticoy)

Topanga Terrace Convalescent Center

(1970s Topanga & Roscoe)

Chicken Unlimited(1970s DeSoto & Nordhoff)

Antigua Apartments(1970s Independence & Sherman Way)

Topanga Plaza Aerial (1970s)

Topanga Plaza (1970s)

Topanga Plaza Fountain(1970s)

Sir Georges Smorgasbord (1970s) &

Castagnolas Lobster House (1980s)(Topanga & Roscoe)

Filming
Locations

Under Capicorn (1949)

Canoga Park High School 6850 Topanga Cyn Blvd

Fast Times at Ridgemont High(1982)

Stacy and Brads House 24124 Welby Way

Valley Girl (1983)

Party House 23727 Posey Lane

The Karate Kid(1984)

Mr. Miyagis Home 20924 Gault Street

Innerspace(1987)

Ozzie Wexler chased by Mr. Igoe at Browns Canyon Wash near Parthenia & Variel

Loverboy(1989)

Super 8 Canoga Park Motel 7631 Topanga Cyn Blvd

Terminator 2(1991)

John Connors foster parents home 19828 Valerio St

Pulp Fiction(1994)

Crown Pawn Shop 20933 Roscoe Blvd

American Beauty(1999)
Mr. Smileys Burgers 20105 Saticoy St

Blast from the Past (1999)

Bomb Shelter 7222 Topanga Cyn Blvd

One Hour Photo(2002)

Lowes 8383 Topanga Cyn Blvd

Matchstick Men (2003)

De Soto Pharmacy 20914 Roscoe Blvd & Fields Market 23221 Saticoy St

Bad Santa(2003)

Thurmans home 7211 Whitehall Lane

KIA Optima Time Travel Commercials w/ Blake Griffin

(2013)
23530 Spires St & Taxco Trails Park

Sherman Way(20??)

Announced in March 2012.still in development

Celebrity Real
Estate

Claude Akins

Actor best known for Sheriff Lobo in B.J. and the Bear and a variety of clever tough guys on
the good and bad side.
6730 Royer Ave 4Bd/2Ba 1,661sqft, built in 1957..might have owned new till his death in
1994

He was always very nice to the kids in the neighborhood. He had the only swimming pool on the street and he let all of the neighbor
kids swim if they would help clean the pool. Once while helping to sweep the pool, I got my foot caught in the skimmer and fell in. Of
course, all the kids looked through the TV guide every week to be sure we watched every old western he played in. He had his own
mini fan club going. His kids kept leaving bicycles in the driveway. No matter how many times he told them not to, they continued to
leave them there. One day when he came home from work, he ran over the bikes. The bikes were never left in the driveway again.

Stan Laurels Fort Laurel

Actor best known for Sheriff Lobo in B.J. and the Bear and a variety of clever tough guys on
the good and bad side.
20213 Strathern St 4Bd/2Ba 1,661sqft,

Joan Jett

Rock Guitarist/Singer w/ The Runaways and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
20437 Schoolcraft St. 3Bd/2Ba 1,225sqft, teenage home from 1975 - 1979

Steven Adlers parents home

Rock drummer and co-songwriter w/ Guns N Roses

8459 Oso Ave 3Bd/2Ba 1,500sqft, purchased date unknown, sold in 1988

Christopher Mintz-Plasse parents home

Actor known for playing Fogell in Superbad
4Bd/2Ba 1,865sqft, current home purchased in 1992

Cherie Currie

Rock Singer w/ The Runaways and Chainsaw artist

4Bd/2Ba 2,341sqft, current home purchased in 1998

Robert Davi

Actor best known for Bond villain Franz Sanchez in Licence to Kill, Die Hard, and The Goonies
and Jazz singer.
3Bd/2Ba 1,153sqft, current home purchased in 1998 (investment)

F. Gary Gray

Director known for Friday, The Negotiator, The Italian Job, Straight Outta Compton, Fast
& Furious 8, and numerous music videos.
3Bd/2Ba 1,358sqft, current home purchased in 1999 (investment/family)

Jeremy London

Actor known for 7th Heaven and Party of Five.

22007 Bryant St, 4Bd/2Ba 1,679sqft, purchased on Nov, 23, 2005 for $705K and lost to foreclosure on
on June 18, 2010. Home was later purchased on March 23, 2011 for $395K.

Kristoff St. John

Neil Winters from The Young and the Restless (since 1991)
8743 Hanna St. 4Bd/3Ba 2,574sqft, purchased in 2007, short sold in 2013
Previously lived in Tarzana (05 07), Calabasas (95 05), and a CP Townhome (91 05)

7101 Farralone Ave #114

Scott Grimes

Actor known for roles in ER, Band of Brothers, and Party of Five.
3Bd/3Ba 1,939sqft, current home purchased in 2006 (family)

Jackie Joyner Kersee

5 Olympic medals, 5 Gold World Championships, & 1 Gold in Pan American Games in long
jump and heptathlon
20214 Leadwell St. 4Bd/3Ba 2,425 sqft, Purchased in 1988 and currently for sale at $640K
as of June 2015

Historical &
Significant
Locations

Pacific Theatres Canoga Park Drive-In

Canoga Ave and Strathern St. 1 screen, 1,200 cars, Opened 1960 and closed mid 70s.

Francis Lederers Home and Canoga Mission Gallery

23132 Sherman Way. Sold for $1.5 million in December 2013 to James Douglas Wiese or James P Fox
Declared HCM# 204 on November 15, 1978

Francis Lederers Home and Canoga Mission Gallery

Built in 1934 was originally over 300 acres

Francis Lederers Home and Canoga Mission Gallery

Leonard Nimoys Pet Pad

8366 Topanga Cyn Blvd.Nimoy owned in 1969

Redken Laboratories

6625 Variel Ave.Started by Paula Kent Meehan in 1960 and moved in 1975.

Judith Barsi
22100 Michale St.

Craig Residence Peppergate Ranch

6 Beds/4 Baths on 4,780 sqft built in 1939
Designed by Paul R. Williams
8431 Pinelake DriveHCM#992 in April 2011

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz at OLV

Remarried on June 19, 1949
Luci Desiree Arnaz baptized on October 3, 1951
Desiderio Alberto Arnaz baptized in March 29, 1953

Former Pacific Electric Train Car Home

7012 Independence Ave 2Bd/1Ba 964sqft, Built in 1934, demolished in 2014.

7053 Owensmouth Ave

Built in 1912

Richard Meier designed West Hills Home

9210 Chaparral Rd 4Bd/3.25Ba 2,940sqft, Built in 1990, architect of Getty Center

General Motors Futurliner Parade of Progress

8800 Eton Ave Kona Kai Mobile Village
Used from 1940 to 1941 and 1953 to 1956
12 were built with 9 remaining as of 2007.

Clem Ruh Chevrolet

21100 Sherman Way

Vans Shoes

9030 Topanga Cyn Blvdopened in early to mid 70s..demolished in 2013

The Knapp Stone Castle

7511 Owensmouth Ave

DAK Industries

8200 Remmet Ave.founded by Drew Kaplan

Lou Costellos L.C. Ranch

8349 Fallbrook Avenue

Rumbo Recorders
20215 Saticoy St.
Founded by Daryl Dragon of
Captain & Tennille

Polynesia Tiki Apartment Complex

7314 Variel Ave

Rocketdyne
6633 Canoga Ave

R.E.
Development

St. Johns in the Valley Methodist Church

20600 Roscoe Blvd
Designed by Reginald F. Inwood in 1959
77 Single Family Homes

The Oaks at West Hills formerly Boeing Fitness Center

8500 Fallbrook Ave. 90 Single Family homes

Former Burger Chef, later Bob Smith BMW, and almost a

Norms

7050 Topanga Cyn Blvd

Sold by Bob Smith family to Norms in Nov 2012 for $3.5 million who sold to an LLC in Dec 2014 for $4.150 million

1940s Farmhouse to become 20 Single Family Homes

22720 Vanowen St.

Dayton Canyon

Roscoe Blvd and Valley Circle

Commercial Development Exploding

Former Rocketdyne Site

$3 Billion development of residential, office, hotel, and retail

10 12 years to complete

Former Rocketdyne Site

Thank You

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