Lake View Terrace, Los Angeles, California
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Lake View Terrace is a suburb located in the northeast quadrant of the city of Los Angeles in southern California, USA.
Surrounding areas include the Angeles National Forest, Little Tujunga Canyon, Big Tujunga Canyon, Hansen Dam, Kagel Canyon, and a portion of the Verdugo Mountains. The community lies adjacent to the communities of Burbank, Shadow Hills, Sunland, Tujunga, Sun Valley, and Pacoima. The area shares the 91342 ZIP code with Sylmar. Lake View Terrace is accessed by the Foothill Freeway (Interstate 210). Major thoroughfares include Foothill Boulevard, Osborne Street, and Wheatland Avenue.
The community is middle-class and racially mixed, including Whites, Hispanics, African-Americans, and Koreans.
The area hosts is a large equestrian community, and is one of the few remaining residential areas in the City of Los Angeles that has private homes zoned for horsekeeping.
Lake View Terrace gained international notoriety as the location of the beating of Rodney King by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department in 1991.
External links
- [Maps and aerial photos]
- * Street map from [Google Maps] or [Yahoo! Maps]
- * Topographic map from [TopoZone]
- * Aerial image or topographic map from [TerraServer-USA]
- * Satellite image from [Google Maps] or [Windows Live Local]
- [Los Angeles Times, Real Estate section, Neighborly Advice column: "
[ Lake View Terrace:] Where country living sidles up to the city" (12 June 2005)]
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