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• Agoura HillsA suburb in the eastern Conejo Valley between the Simi Hills and the Santa Monica Mountains, Agoura Hills sits on the Ventura County line.
• AlhambraPromoted as a "city of homes," Alhambra is a western San Gabriel Valley city incorporated in 1903 with Craftsman, bungalow and Spanish Colonial Revival houses.
• ArcadiaAt the base of the San Gabriel Mountains on Lucky Baldwin's old Rancho Santa Anita, Arcadia is home to Santa Anita Park racetrack and the county arboretum.
• Beverly GroveBeside Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, Beverly Grove is a Mid-City West neighborhood built mostly in the 1920s, where renters occupy most of the housing units.
• BeverlywoodDeveloped in 1940 by Walter Leimert, Beverlywood is a Westside neighborhood of single-family homes governed by some of the earliest binding deed restrictions in Los Angeles.
• BradburyA tiny foothill city beside Monrovia, Bradbury is made up mostly of gated estates on large lots, many of them zoned for horses.
• BurbankAt the southeastern end of the San Fernando Valley, Burbank combines a foothill section below the Verdugo Mountains with a flatland section, and hosts several major studios.
• Canoga ParkFounded as Owensmouth in 1912 on subdivided wheat farms and renamed in 1931, Canoga Park is a western San Fernando Valley neighborhood near Warner Center.
• CarthayA half-square-mile Central Los Angeles neighborhood made up of Carthay Circle, Carthay Square and South Carthay, protected by three Historic Preservation Overlay Zones.
• Century CityBuilt from 1963 on the former 20th Century Fox backlot, Century City is a master-planned Westside district of office towers around the Westfield shopping center.
• ChatsworthIn the northwest corner of the San Fernando Valley, Chatsworth has one of the lowest population densities in Los Angeles, with large open-space parks and the former Chatsworth Reservoir.
• Cheviot HillsA Westside neighborhood between the Fox and Sony studio lots, Cheviot Hills has 1920s homes west of Motor Avenue and early 1950s houses on a former country club site.
• Culver CityAn independent city incorporated in 1917 and surrounded mostly by Los Angeles, Culver City grew around the MGM studio lot and is now a semi-suburban studio town.
• Del ReySurrounded on three sides by Culver City, Del Rey grew along a 1902 streetcar line and holds the largest public housing complex on the Westside.
• Echo ParkNorthwest of downtown and centered on Echo Park Lake, this culturally diverse neighborhood was once the heart of West Coast filmmaking, known then as Edendale.
• El SegundoA small city on Santa Monica Bay dominated by oil and aerospace, El Segundo keeps its homes west of Pacific Coast Highway beside a large refinery.
• EncinoNamed for the Rancho Los Encinos, Encino is a San Fernando Valley neighborhood between Sherman Oaks and Tarzana, stretching from the Sepulveda Basin south toward Brentwood.
• FairfaxLong a center of Jewish Los Angeles, the Fairfax District around the Farmers Market holds a historic district of still-standing 1920s apartment buildings.
• GlendaleA large city north of downtown Los Angeles set against the Verdugo Mountains, Glendale grew on the Verdugo family's Rancho San Rafael and hosts major animation studios.
• Granada HillsOnce the Sunshine Ranch of orchards and dairy land, Granada Hills sits at the foot of the Santa Susana Mountains and includes Joseph Eichler's Balboa Highlands tract.
• Hermosa BeachOne of the three Beach Cities of the South Bay, Hermosa Beach is only about fifteen blocks wide, with homes packed between the sand and Pacific Coast Highway.
• Hidden HillsA small gated city in the Santa Monica Mountains beside Calabasas, Hidden Hills was designed in the 1950s by A. E. Hanson, with equestrian trails at its edge.
• HollywoodThe Central Los Angeles neighborhood synonymous with American film, Hollywood mixes early twentieth-century residential tracts with thousands of newer apartments approved around its boulevards.
• Hollywood / Central LACentral Los Angeles is the historic urban core of the city, taking in downtown, Hollywood and neighborhoods where most households rent, from dense Koreatown to Griffith Park.
• Hollywood HillsThe Hollywood Hills neighborhood rises above Hollywood toward Griffith Park and Burbank, taking in the Hollywood Sign, the Hollywood Reservoir and the Hollywood Bowl.
• Hollywood Hills WestStretching from Sunset Boulevard up to Mulholland Drive, Hollywood Hills West takes in Laurel Canyon, Mount Olympus and Nichols Canyon, and most of its homes are owner-occupied.
• KoreatownSettled by Korean immigrants from the 1960s in the Mid-Wilshire area, Koreatown is among the densest neighborhoods in the country, with most residents renting apartments.
• La Cañada FlintridgeA foothill city formed in 1976 from La Cañada and Flintridge, La Cañada Flintridge sits in the Crescenta Valley beside the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Descanso Gardens.
• Lake BalboaCarved out of Van Nuys and renamed in 2007, Lake Balboa is a Valley neighborhood beside the Sepulveda Basin and the park lake that gives it its name.
• Larchmont VillageA half-square-mile neighborhood in central Los Angeles first developed in the late 1800s, Larchmont had become a streetcar suburb by 1920 and has three schools and a small park.
• Laurel CanyonA mountainous Hollywood Hills neighborhood along Laurel Canyon Boulevard, where houses line the winding main road and dead-end side streets climb toward Mulholland Drive.
• Los FelizA hillside neighborhood between Hollywood and Griffith Park, Los Feliz takes its name from the Feliz family's rancho and climbs into the Santa Monica Mountains.
• Malibu / Santa Monica MountainsThe Santa Monica Mountains run along the Pacific west of Los Angeles toward Mugu Peak, with houses, roads and businesses dotted through a large national recreation area.
• Mar VistaA Westside neighborhood annexed in 1927, Mar Vista has mid-century single-family houses north of Venice Boulevard and denser dingbat apartment blocks to the south.
• Marina del ReyAn unincorporated seaside community built on a former salt marsh, Marina del Rey wraps homes and offices around the largest man-made small-craft harbor in North America.
• Mid-WilshireA central Los Angeles district along Wilshire Boulevard, Mid-Wilshire takes in Museum Row and Park La Brea, one of the largest apartment developments in the country.
• Miracle MileNamed for its stretch of Wilshire Boulevard and Museum Row, Miracle Mile has two historic preservation zones, one of single-family homes built mostly between 1924 and 1941.
• MonroviaIncorporated in 1887, Monrovia is a San Gabriel Valley foothill city that grew from orange ranches into a residential community below the San Gabriel Mountains.
• Mount OlympusA 1960s hillside development above Laurel Canyon, Mount Olympus is known for large homes, wide streets named for Greek mythology and columned gateways at its entrance.
• Nichols CanyonA residential canyon in the Hollywood Hills between Laurel and Runyon canyons, Nichols Canyon runs north from Hollywood Boulevard to Mulholland Drive and was once called Miller Canyon.
• North HollywoodEstablished in 1887 and renamed in 1927, North Hollywood is home to the NoHo Arts District and the northern terminus of the Metro B Line subway.
• NorthridgeA central-north San Fernando Valley neighborhood first settled as Zelzah in 1908, Northridge is home to California State University, Northridge and its surrounding residential streets.
• PalmsFounded in 1886 and annexed in 1915, Palms is now almost entirely apartment buildings, with a small single-family area in its northwest corner and mostly renters.
• Pico-RobertsonAlong Pico and Robertson boulevards on the Westside, this area is a long-standing center of the Jewish community in Los Angeles, with apartments and houses on nearby streets.
• Playa del ReyA seaside neighborhood on Santa Monica Bay south of Marina del Rey, Playa del Rey rises from the beach to the former dunes of Palisades del Rey, all custom-built houses.
• Playa VistaA planned community built from 2001 on the former Hughes Aircraft site beside the Ballona wetlands, Playa Vista mixes affordable and luxury housing with technology offices.
• Porter RanchA suburban neighborhood in the northwest San Fernando Valley, Porter Ranch began as a housing tract and grew uphill with new home construction in the 1990s and 2000s.
• Rancho Palos VerdesIncorporated in 1973, Rancho Palos Verdes sits atop the bluffs of the Palos Verdes Peninsula and is known for its nature preserve trails and high property values.
• Rancho ParkDeveloped in the 1920s as a middle-class Westside area, Rancho Park is mostly Spanish Colonial bungalows and ranch houses on tree-lined streets beside the Rancho Park Golf Course.
• Redondo BeachOne of three beach cities on southern Santa Monica Bay, Redondo Beach is a South Bay city known for its Municipal Pier and sandy beach.
• ResedaFounded in 1912 and long agricultural, Reseda was subdivided for homes as veterans returned from World War II, and some 1920s and 1930s neighborhoods remain.
• Rolling HillsA gated city on the Palos Verdes Peninsula incorporated in 1957, Rolling Hills keeps single-story ranch houses on multi-acre lots with horse trails and private roads.
• Rolling Hills EstatesA mostly residential city on the north side of the Palos Verdes Peninsula facing Torrance, Rolling Hills Estates was incorporated in 1957 and is crossed by horse paths.
• San Fernando ValleyNorth of the Los Angeles Basin, the San Fernando Valley holds much of Los Angeles plus Burbank, Glendale and Calabasas, and houses the Warner Bros., Disney and Universal studios.
• San GabrielFounded around the 1771 Mission San Gabriel Arcángel and often called the birthplace of the Los Angeles region, San Gabriel is a residential city of the western valley.
• San Gabriel ValleyEast of Los Angeles below the San Gabriel Mountains, the San Gabriel Valley is a chain of foothill and valley cities that grew from mission lands and old ranchos.
• SawtelleOnce an independent city around the veterans home, Sawtelle is a West Los Angeles neighborhood known as Sawtelle Japantown for its Japanese American roots and busy restaurant strip.
• Sherman OaksSubdivided by the Los Angeles Suburban Homes Company, Sherman Oaks runs from Ventura Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley up into the Santa Monica Mountains.
• Sierra MadreKnown as the "Village of the Foothills," Sierra Madre is a small city incorporated in 1907 below the Angeles National Forest, famous for its giant wisteria vine.
• Silver LakeNamed for the reservoir built in 1907, Silver Lake is a hilly central Los Angeles neighborhood of architecturally notable homes, painted staircases and independent shops.
• South BayAlong the southern shore of Santa Monica Bay, the South Bay gathers sixteen cities, including the beach cities and Torrance, long tied to Southern California aerospace.
• South PasadenaIncorporated in 1888, South Pasadena is a small San Gabriel Valley city that became one of the first Los Angeles suburbs thanks to the Pacific Electric line.
• Sunset StripThe Sunset Strip is the mile-and-a-half stretch of Sunset Boulevard through West Hollywood, lined with boutiques, restaurants, rock clubs and huge colorful billboards.
• TarzanaBuilt on land Edgar Rice Burroughs bought in 1919 and later subdivided for homes, Tarzana sees wider daily temperature swings than coastal Los Angeles because it lies inland.
• Temple CityFounded in the 1920s by Walter Temple as a town where ordinary families could own homes, Temple City lies in the west San Gabriel Valley near Arcadia.
• Toluca LakeDeveloped from 1923 as Toluca Lake Park, this San Fernando Valley neighborhood shares its name with a small private lake maintained by the surrounding property owners.
• TopangaAn unincorporated canyon community in the Santa Monica Mountains between Malibu and Pacific Palisades, Topanga began as a 1920s weekend retreat of cottages and remains largely undeveloped.
• TorrancePlanned from 1912 by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. as an industrial garden city, Torrance is a large South Bay city with a short stretch of beachfront.
• Valley GlenSplit from Van Nuys and North Hollywood in 1998, Valley Glen is a neighborhood of several thousand homes around Los Angeles Valley College and the Great Wall mural.
• Valley VillageHouses in Valley Village date back to the 1930s, when workers from nearby motion picture studios built homes there, and residents later organized against large apartment construction.
• Van NuysFounded in 1911 by the Suburban Homes Company, Van Nuys is the most populous neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley and home to Van Nuys Airport.
• VeniceFounded by Abbot Kinney in 1905 as a seaside resort and annexed in 1926, Venice is known for its canals, its beach and the Ocean Front Walk promenade.
• West HillsSplit from Canoga Park in 1987, West Hills is a highly residential neighborhood at the Valley's western edge, backed by the Simi Hills and Chatsworth Reservoir.
• West HollywoodAn independent city incorporated in 1984 between Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, West Hollywood is home to the Sunset Strip and small residential neighborhoods only a few blocks across.
• WestchesterNorth of LAX and home to Loyola Marymount University, Westchester was built in the 1940s as working-class housing, including large tracts of modest single-family homes.
• Westlake VillageA small city on the Ventura County line incorporated in 1981, Westlake Village is named for the master-planned community built around Westlake Lake.
• WestsideThe Westside is the part of the Los Angeles Basin south of the Santa Monica Mountains, taking in Santa Monica, Culver City, Beverly Hills and western city neighborhoods.
• WestwoodHome of UCLA, Westwood was developed from 1919, with Westwood Village shops south of campus, condominium towers along Wilshire and single-family streets nearby.
• Windsor SquareLaid out from 1911 as a private square midway between downtown and the coast, Windsor Square holds large Tudor, Italian Renaissance and Dutch Colonial Revival homes and the mayor's residence.
• Woodland HillsAt the western end of the San Fernando Valley against the Santa Monica Mountains, Woodland Hills includes the Warner Center business district and has recorded the county's hottest temperatures.