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Oct 22, 2014, 10:57 PM
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1924 Map originally posted by
GaylordWilshire
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=5679236&postcount=7491
http://photos.lapl.org/carlweb/jsp/FullRecord?databaseID=968&record=11&controlNumber=5070332
In 1924 Victor Girard (1880-1954) opened a real estate office on what is now Topanga Canyon and Ventura Boulevard and built a mosque-like gate to his 2886-acre subdivision named
Girard
. He graded the streets, set aside land for parks and schools, and planted thousands of trees.
In 1941 to community's name was changed to Woodland Hills.
http://photos.lapl.org/carlweb/jsp/FullRecord?databaseID=968&record=11&controlNumber=5070332
http://photos.lapl.org/carlweb/jsp/FullRecord?databaseID=968&record=11&controlNumber=5070332
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1924 - Girard, eventually Woodland Hills
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15150coll2/id/3964/rec/12
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