Then and Now San Fernando Valley

By Jake Klein

Book Overview

$14.95 gatefold paper * 1-58685-229-9 * March11 x 8-1/2 in, 96 pp, 40 Color Photographs, 40 Black & White Photographs,Rights: W, Regional/HistoryLaunching our new "Then & Now" series, Then & Now: San... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1586852299
• ISBN13: 9781586852290
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publishers
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.7" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

A great book if you love "The Valley."

This book provides images from the past and present of areas in "The Valley". It's a great keepsake!

Well-done Pictorial Report

During my last visit to Los Angeles in February last year, I came to ride in the San Fernando Valley through the Metro Orange Line. I did not have anything specific to do in the Valley, but I was curious enough to explore what was, for me, a yet undiscovered part of the City of Angels. I jumped out the bus in several stations along the way and took a walk around those neighborhoods I've been in (Woodland Hills, Canoga Park, Reseda, Winnetka and North Hollywood). It's amazing to see how different the Valley is from the rest of L.A., although most of its neighborhoods belong to Los Angeles proper. Mostly residential, there is a more peaceful and less pretentious atmosphere lying in the air there than in any other neighborhood south of Santa Monica Mountains. The perfect portrayal of a typical American suburb. By the way, Desperate Housewives is taped there (in Universal City Studios, if I am not wrong). I bought this book as soon as I discovered it, and just when I received the package and opened the book, I instantly felt that "deja vu" thing... As the title suggests, you will find old pictures of some of the most memorable spots in the Valley and how they look like today after years. Even if I am not really that intimate to the Valley like any resident is, I adored the book. Words from a guy that, unexplainably, fell in love with such singular, unusual to outsiders and quiet place within the world-class Los Angeles.