Author Marc Wanamaker has written more than a dozen books on Hollywood and Los Angeles history and owns Bison Archives, one of Southern California's unique photographic collections. Among his books showcasing the Bison collection are Arcadia Publishing's two-volume sets on Beverly Hills and Hollywood.
Title: Author of San Fernando Valley History Signs at Duck Soup
8/15 Author: Ken Fermoyle Publisher: examiner.com Date: 8/7/11
Marc Wanamaker will present and sign San Fernando Valley (Images of
America) at Duck Soup bookstore, 8818 Sunset Blvd., W. Hollywood CA
90069 at 7 pm, Monday, August 15.
Wanamaker's book traces the history of Mission San Fernando and the
growth it spawned following its founding on September 8, 1797, as
an outpost of New Spain, in the vast expanse between the San
Gabriel and Santa Monica Mountains. Northwest over the Hollywood
Hills from downtown Los Angeles, this land was developed into a
vital farming and citrus breadbasket.
After 1900, real estate, as Wanamaker writes, developers began
subdividing "the Valley," as it is popularly known, and by 1940,
communities of Los Angeles proper and new cities formed into models
of suburbia: Van Nuys, North Hollywood, Burbank, Studio City,
Sherman Oaks, Encino, Northridge, Roscoe (Sun Valley), Tarzana,
Canoga Park, Chatsworth, Calabasas, Hidden Hills, San Fernando,
Glendale, Canoga Park, Pacoima, Toluca Lake, and Woodland Hills.
The film industry built studios, location ranches, and support
facilities in the valley. The aviation industries grew too, and the
Hollywood, Ventura, and Golden State Freeways redrew the map.
Songs, movies, and television shows have helped ingrain "the
Valley" into L.A. lore.
Title: Journey through the San Fernando Valley
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Date: 6/27/2011 New from Arcadia Publishing's Images of America
series is San Fernando Valley. In vintage photographs, repeat
Arcadia author, Marc Wanamaker, shares the history of the valley.
The book boasts more than 200 vintage images, giving readers a
unique opportunity to reconnect to the history that shaped their
community. The Mission San Fernando was founded on September 8,
1797 as an outpost of New Spain in the vast expanse between the San
Gabriel and Santa Monica Mountains. Northwest over the Hollywood
Hills from downtown Los Angeles, this land was developed into a
vital farming and citrus breadbasket. After 1900, real estate
developers began subdividing "the Valley," as it is popularly
known, and by 1940 communities of Los Angeles proper and new cities
formed into models of suburbia: Van Nuys, North Hollywood, Burbank,
Studio City, Sherman Oaks, Encino, Northridge, Roscoe (Sun Valley),
Tarzana, Canoga Park, Chatsworth, Calabasas, Hidden Hills, San
Fernando, Glendale, Canoga Park, Pacoima, Toluca Lake, and Woodland
Hills. The film industry built studios, location ranches and
support facilities in the valley. The aviation industries grew too
and the Hollywood, Ventura, and Golden State Freeways redrew the
map. Songs, movies and television shows have helped ingrain "the
Valley" into L.A. lore. Highlights of San Fernando Valley
include:
? Early Subdivision of the Ranchos
? San Fernando Valley Development
? Motion Picture and Television Studios
? Filming Locations and Homes of the Stars Available at area
bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through
Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or www.arcadiapublishing.com.
Arcadia Publishing is the leading publisher of local and regional
history in the United States. Our mission is to make history
accessible and meaningful through the publication of books on the
heritage of America's people and places. Have we done a book on
your town? Visit www.arcadiapublishing.com. ###
Title: Vintage Valley Love Author: Alysia Gray Painter Publisher:
NBC LA Date: 6/27/2011 "San Fernando Valley" from Arcadia
Publishing debuts on Monday, June 27.
advertisement San Fernando Valley is rife with ghosts of the
non-chain-rattling, non-special-effects sort. (Although, given the
number of soundstages in the area, there are a couple of wraiths of
the chain-rattling, CG-y sort, on occasion.)
And we are glad to have these ghosts. Because while the sunshiny
stretch has changed a lot over the last century, one can still see
remnants of its citrus-sweet past, its first ranches, its nascent
movie studios, and even its earliest subdivisions. The concept of
suburbia certainly wasn't invented yesterday.
But, of course, the search for those things is made so much easier
when several amazing photographs are compiled in one book. "San
Fernando Valley," from Arcadia Publishing, debuts on Monday, June
27, and like other offerings from the company it is plump with
vintage snapshots and interesting tidbits of a time gone by.
Is your favorite nook given the love? Toluca Lake, Tujunga, and
Tarzana are represented. So are specific buildings, like Columbia
Ranch and Victory Drive-In Theatre. And hoo, if Universal Studios
wasn't on the eensy side once upon a time. Same for Warner Bros.
and Disney. When we see our mega studios today it can be hard to
remember that they started as a small clutch of buildings.
"San Fernando Valley" by Marc Wanamaker is $21.99. Find more
information at Arcadia Publishing.
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