Tarzana
Homes For Sale Location
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Tarzana
homes for sale are between Woodland Hills to the
west, Encino to the east, Reseda to the north and the Santa Monica Mountains to the south. Major
streets include
Reseda Boulevard, Tampa Avenue, Wilbur Avenue, Burbank Boulevard and the
commercial backbone of the south San Fernando Valley, Ventura Boulevard.
People who live in Tarzana can be found at the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains
south of Ventura Blvd. North of Ventura offers an unusual area designed to
offer a more rural setting called Melody Acres. Tarzana also offers two country clubs,
both with golf courses in the Santa Monica Mountains: Braemar Country Club and
El Caballero Country Club. There are a good number of luxurious gated communities, including Braemar
Estates, Silverhawk Ridge, Mulholland Park and Monte Verde at the southern end
of Reseda Blvd. If a little seclusion is more your style, fewer people live
north of Reseda Boulevard. There are less houses and more apartment buildings.
There are homes for sale in Tarzana all the way out to Victory
Boulevard, allthough a smaller percentage of the population live there.
Tarzana Homes For Sale Residents
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According to the 2000 U.S.
Census, approximately 28,484 residents live in Tarzana, the
racial composition is primarily White at 78.9%, followed distantly by the Asian
population at 5.6%, Black or African American at 3.8%. American Indian or Alaskan Native and
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander each constituted less than one percent of the population. 13.1% identified themselves as
Hispanic or Latino. About 35.2% of the population in 2000 was foreign-born,
including 21.9% that were born in Iran and 10.6% in Mexico. Tarzana features a
burgeoning Iranian-American population, and the community is well known for its
Persian restaurants, booksellers, and language training institutes. A thriving
and long-established Jewish community attends four synagogues and provides the
customer base for the first and only branch of the Hebrew language bookseller
Steimatzky constructed outside of Israel. A number of popular and well-regarded
delicatessens can be found in Tarzana, such as the Tarzana Armenian Grocery and
Mort's Deli. Notable residents include comedian Jeremy Hotz, actor Jamie Foxx,
actor Chuck Norris, filmmaker John-Erik Jordan, Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora
and his wife, actress Heather Locklear and frequent Star Trek guest
star Hana Hatae.
Tarzana Homes For Sale
History
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The
area now known as Tarzana was originally part of the San Fernando Mission, which
was established in 1797 by Spanish settlers and missionaries, who eventually
displaced the indigenous population. Later the area was seized by Mexico and
then eventually taken over by the United States, at which point the area came to be
part of a sequential order of large cattle ranches owned by the wealthy and
powerful local elites. Beginning in the 1870s, the area was purchased by
investors who transformed it into a large-scale wheat farm operation. In 1909
the surrounding area was purchased by the Los Angeles Suburban Homes Company.
General Harrison Gray Otis, founder and publisher of the Los Angeles Times, had
invested in the company, while also purchasing 550 acres in the center of
modern-day Tarzana. Another investor established a small town called Runnymede
in the general vicinity and allocated the surrounding land for small poultry
ranches and berry farms. In 1915 Edgar Rice Burroughs, best known as the author
of the Tarzan stories, purchased Otis’ land, upon which he built a large home,
and renamed the property Tarzana Ranch. Burroughs subdivided and sold the land
for residential development, while the neighboring small farms were also
converted to residential areas. In 1927, local residents renamed the town
Tarzana in honor of Burroughs and his famous literary character.
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