Los Angeles Cleaning
Last modified: 2010/07/20Commercial Cleaning on both coasts, Commercial Buildings Maintenance Inc operates in Los Angeles California and Maryland as well as 11 North East Atlantic States.
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We’re combining our operations in preparation of serving commercial cleaning clients from coast to coast. Since I’m the Maryland based webmaster it would behoove me to learn as much as possible about Los Angeles County, Van Nuys and LA County California:
My homework:
I can’t blog about the Los Angeles or the pacific coast without learning about LA, so the very first thing I did was to go to Wikipedia and here’s what I’ve garnered so far:
The town of Van Nuys came into existence on February 22, 1911.The area is named after Isaac Van Nuys, who was of Dutch descent and who founded the San Fernando Homestead Association in 1869, a group that purchased much of the land that now makes up the community. He also built the first wood frame house in the San Fernando Valley in 1872.
Van Nuys is in the heart of the San Fernando Valley and home to about 100,000 people; the main thoroughfare, Van Nuys Boulevard, is noted for its car dealerships. It also functions similar to a “county seat” for the Valley, with its Government Center (Erwin Street Mall) containing a branch of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Van Nuys police station, the Van Nuys offices for Los Angeles City Hall, Van Nuys State Office Building and a branch of the Los Angeles Public Library.
Van Nuys used to be the home for Van Nuys Assembly Plant, a major manufacturing facility for General Motors’ Chevrolet division. When the plant was dismantled in 1998, the site was converted into a shopping mall called The Plant.
Like many central San Fernando Valley neighborhoods, Van Nuys was a middle-class neighborhood as late as the 1970s, but the demographics of the area have changed considerably since then.
In late 2004, the San Fernando Valley’s first historic district was proposed for an area of early 20th Century bungalows north of Victory between Van Nuys Boulevard and Kester. According to the November 23, 2004, Los Angeles Times, “The neighborhood has become a melting pot of ethnic groups and home styles. Nearby stand such historic buildings as Van Nuys High School (1914), St. Elisabeth Catholic Church (1920) and the 12th Church of Christ Scientist (1932).”
Van Nuys Airport, the busiest general aviation airport in the world, the 25th busiest airport in the United States, and among the 20 busiest airports in the world by aircraft movements, is located in Van Nuys.
The closest airport with commercial airline service is Bob Hope Airport in Burbank.
More interesting facts about the San Fernando Valley, which is where Van Nuys and Los Angeles is located:
Selected April dates
April 5, 1991 – City of Calabasas incorporates.
April 11, 1926 – San Fernando Valley Veterans Hospital opens in Sylmar. (Photo from CSUN Digital Library).
April 15, 1954 – Hollywood Freeway to the Valley dedicated.
April 16, 1873 – Emma Johnson becomes the first child of American settlers born in the Valley.
April 21, 1952 – Burbank cited as gangster hotbed by the California Crime Commission.
April 24, 1874 – San Fernando station opens on Southern Pacific Railroad.
April 29, 1944 – Bing Crosby rendition of “San Fernando Valley” hits #1 in Billboard magazine.
