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Glendale

 
As of the 2000 census, the city population was 194,973. Since then, there have been estimates of 201,326 by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2004, 207,007 by the California State government in 2005, and 207,303 as listed by the California Department of Finance in 2009 [1], making it the third largest city in Los Angeles County and the seventeenth largest city in the state of California.

Glendale is famous for having helped—in conjunction with Burbank -- father the emerging age of aviation, with its now retired Grand Central Airport.

Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery contains the remains of many celebrities and local residents. It is famous as the pioneer of a new style of cemetery.

Glendale is home to one of the largest concentrations of Armenian-Americans in the United States. One quarter of Glendale is Armenian-American.

 

History

The area was long inhabited by the Tongva people.  

José María Verdugo, a corporal in the Spanish army from Baja California, received a grant of the Rancho San Rafael in 1798, an area he had been farming since 1784. In 1860 His grandson Teodoro Verdugo built the Verdugo Adobe, which is the oldest building in Glendale. The property is the location of the Oak of Peace where early Californio leaders including Jesus Pico met in 1847 and decided to surrender to Lieutenant Colonel John C. Frémont.   

Verdugo's descendants sold the ranch in various parcels, some of which are included in present-day Atwater Village, Eagle Rock, and Highland Park neighborhoods of Los Angeles.

In 1884, residents gathered to form a town and chose the name "Glendale". Residents to the southwest formed "Tropico" in 1887. The Pacific Electric Railway brought streetcar service in 1904.

Glendale incorporated in 1906, and annexed Tropico 12 years later. An important civic booster of the era was Leslie Coombs Brand (1859–1925), who built an estate in 1904 called El Miradero featuring an eye-catching mansion whose architecture combined characteristics of Spanish, Moorish, and Indian styles, copied from the East Indian Pavilion at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition (World's Fair) held in Chicago, which he visited. Brand loved to fly, and built a private airstrip in 1919 and hosted "fly-in" parties, providing a direct link to the soon-to-be-built nearby Grand Central Airport. The grounds of El Miradero are now city-owned Brand Park and the mansion is the Brand Library, according to the terms of his will.[2]. Brand partnered with Henry E. Huntington to bring the Pacific Electric Railway, or the "Red Cars," to the area. Today, he is memorialized by one of the city's main thoroughfares, Brand Boulevard.

 Industry and development

• Grand Central Airport was a municipal airport developed from 1923 which became the largest employer in Glendale for many years, and contributed to the development of aviation in the United States in many important ways. The main terminal building still stands and includes both art deco and Spanish style architectural elements. The facility was the first official terminal for the Los Angeles area as well as the departure point for the first commercial west to east transcontinental flight flown by Charles Lindbergh. During World War II, the Grand Central Air Terminal building was camouflaged to protect it from enemy targeting. It was closed down in 1959, and made way for the Grand Central Business Park. 
• The Bob's Big Boy chain of hamburger restaurants started in Glendale on East Colorado in August 1936, and the Baskin-Robbins, "31 Flavors" chain of ice cream parlors started in Adams Square in 1945.
• The Glendale Public Library [3] on Harvard Street houses its "Special Collections" department which contains original documents and records on much of the history of Glendale. It also contains one of the largest collections of books on cats in the world, over 20,000 volumes.[4] It was donated to the library in the 1950s by the Jewel City Cat Fanciers Club, with the understanding that it would be made into a special collection and kept permanently for club members to use and enjoy.[5]
• The city saw significant development in the 1970s.
• Completion of the Glendale Freeway (HWY 2) and the Ventura Freeway (HWY 134).
• The new Central Public Library (1973)Redevelopment of Brand Boulevard, renovation of the 1925 Alex Theatre, and construction of the Glendale Galleria shopping mall which opened in 1976.
• Several large companies have offices in Glendale.
• In 1994, Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen formed DreamWorks SKG, a diversified entertainment company. The company's animation section is located in the city's Grand Central Business Park on land formerly occupied by a helicopter landing base on the old air field. The Walt Disney Company also has a large campus located in the Grand Central Business Park that includes the headquarters for its Imagineering division, and also owns what's left of Grand Central Terminal. Part of KABC-TV has located there.
• Americana at Brand (2008) In 2005, construction began near to the Galleria of developer Rick Caruso's "Americana at Brand", a 15.5 acre outdoor shopping and residential community. Caruso had previously designed and built The Grove at Farmers Market. The new Glendale development was opened to the public on May 2, 2008, and features 75 shops and restaurants, 238 apartments, 100 condominiums, and a Pacific Theatres 18-plex Cinema which seats 3000 people.[6]

Geography 

Glendale is located at 34°10′15″N 118°15′0″W / 34.17083°N 118.25°W / 34.17083; -118.25 (34.170939, -118.250081)[7] at the juncture of two large valleys, the San Fernando and the San Gabriel. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 79.4 km2 (30.7 sq mi). 79.4 km² (30.6 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (0.07%) is water. It is bordered to the north by the foothill communities of La Canada Flintridge, La Crescenta, and Tujunga; to the south by the Atwater Village community incorporated by the city of Los Angeles; to the east by Pasadena and Eagle Rock (also incorporated within Los Angeles); and to the west by the city of Burbank.  

Neighborhoods of Glendale: - El Miradero - Pelanconi - Fremont Park - Riverside Rancho - Glenwood - Grandview - Grand Central - Brockmont - Rossmoyne - Greenbriar - Emerald Isle - Rancho San Rafael - San Rafael Hills - Adams Hill - College Hills - Chevy Chase - Glenoaks Canyon - Citrus Grove - Moorpark - Tropico - Pacific Edison - Mariposa - Somerset - Vineyard - Woodbury - Montecito Park - Sparr Heights - Oakmont - Whiting Woods - Crescenta Highlands - Verdugo Viejo - Verdugo Woodlands -Verdugo City - Downtown Glendale 

Climate

Glendale has a Mediterranean climate
Highest Recorded Temperature: 43°C
Lowest Recorded Temperature: -8 °C
Warmest Month: August
Coolest Month: January
Highest Precipitation: February
Lowest Precipitation: July

 

Demographics

Foreign-born residents accounted for 54% of the population in 2000.

As of the census [7] of 2000, there were 194,973 people, 71,805 households, and 49,617 families residing in the city. The population density was 6,362.2/mi². There were 73,713 housing units at an average density of 2,405.3/mi². The racial makeup of the city was 63.6% White, 1.6% Black or African American, 0.3% Native American, 16.1% Asian American, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 8.6% from other races, and 10.1% from two or more races. 19.7% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 71,805 households out of which 32.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.3% were married couples living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.9% were non-families. 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.27.

In the city the population was spread out with 22.4% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 32.2% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 91.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $41,805, and the median income for a family was $47,633. Males had a median income of $39,709 versus $33,815 for females. The per capita income for the city was $22,227. About 13.6% of families and 15.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.7% of those under age 18 and 11.9% of those age 65 or over.

Armenian population. The Saint Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Catholic Church (2001) on Mountain Street. Armenian families have lived in the city since the 1920s, but the surge in immigration escalated in the 1970s. Armenian-Americans are well integrated into the city, with many businesses, several Armenian schools, and ethnic/cultural organizations serving this ethnic group. Glendale has the highest percentage of residents of Armenian descent, most of whom arrived in the city in the last two decades.

The city of Glendale is home to the third largest Armenian community outside of Armenia, after Moscow and Los Angeles. According to the United States 2000 Census Glendale is home to 53,854 Armenian-Americans [8] (making up 27.6% of the total population), increasing from 1990 when there were 31,402 Armenian-Americans in the city.[9]

Politics

In the state legislature Glendale is located in the 21st Senate District, and in the 38th and 43rd Assembly Districts. Federally, Glendale is located in California's 29th Congressional district.

Education

The Glendale Unified School District operates the public schools in Glendale. The GUSD high schools include:

• Glendale High School
• Herbert Hoover High School
• Clark Magnet High School
• Crescenta Valley High School located in La Crescenta.
• Allan F. Daily High School (Continuation)

A number of private schools also operate in Glendale: 

• Chamlian Armenian School[10]
• Holy Family High School
• Salem Lutheran School
• Glendale Adventist Academy.
• Glendale is also home to Glendale Community College.

Transportation

Glendale offers many transportation options. LADOT, Metro Local, Metro Rapid and Glendale Beeline all have buses that run in the city. GTC (Glendale Transportation Center) provides connections to Greyhound and three train lines. Glendale is also served by four freeways: the Glendale Freeway (State Route 2), the Ventura Freeway (State Route 134), the Foothill Freeway (Interstate 210) and the Golden State Freeway (Interstate 5).

Community organizations

The City of Glendale includes a variety of nonprofit organizations that enhance the quality of life in Glendale. Strong links between local residents, business owners, and government have created a network of organizations that provide support in the areas of education, employment, homeless services, after-school activities, and social services. Local organizations include:

• The Salvation Army Glendale
• The Kiwanis Club of Glendale
• Glendale Community Free Health Clinic
• PATH Achieve Glendale (Homeless Access Center & Shelter)
• Glendale Healthy Kids
• Glendale Historical Society

Sister cities

Currently, Glendale has the following sister cities.[11]

• Kapan, Armenia
• Higashiosaka, Japan
• Tlaquepaque, Mexico
• Rosarito Beach, Baja California, Mexico
• Hiroshima, Japan

Notes

1."E-1 Population Estimates for Cities, Counties and the State with Annual Percent Change — January 1, 2008 and 2009". California Department of Finance. 2009-05 www.dof.ca.gov/research/demographic/reports/estimates/e-1/2008-09/. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
2.The Brand legacy, Mansion and Library
3. "City of Glendale, CA — Library". www.ci.glendale.ca.us/library/default.asp.
4. "The 20,000 books ... on cats is the largest such collection in the world." Pitt, Leonard; Dale Pitt (1997). "Glendale". Los Angeles A to Z (1 ed.). Los Angeles: University of California Press.
5.  Personal communication by Wikipedia editor "JesseW" with Glendale head reference librarian, 20 June 2005 (UTC).
6. L.A. Times issue 25 April 2005
7. "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
8. U.S. Census Bureau - Ancestry:2000 - Glendale city, California
9. ARMENIAN POPULATION UP VALLEY, GLENDALE AND BURBANK SHOW BIG PERCENTAGE HIKES.
10. www.chamlian.org
11. Sister Cities International

 

 External links

City of Glendale - official

Glendale Water & Power - official

Glendale Chamber of Commerce

Glendale Community College

Glendale Unified School District

Think Glendale

Glendale News-Press - local media

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**Note:  Taken from Wikipedia.org

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