Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California

Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California is a canyon neighborhood, like Topanga Canyon, so it's very oriented to the main canyon street, Laurel Canyon. There are many side streets that branch off the main canyon, but most of them don't have other exits, so it remains focused on the canyon. It was first settled in the 1920s, and became a part of Los Angeles in 1923.{{ref|LA_a-z}}

Related Topics:
Topanga Canyon - 1920s - 1923

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Some of the main side streets are Mount Olympus, and Lookout Mountain Road.

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It is an important transit corridor between West Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley, specifically Studio City. The division between the two can roughly be defined by the intersection of Laurel Canyon & Mulholland Drive. As of the first few months of 2005, the first section of the road on the Hollywood side had been partially washed away in a rainstorm, and traffic was still being redirected to a normally quiet residential side street going along the main drive.

Related Topics:
West Hollywood - Studio City - Mulholland Drive - 2005

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Unlike other canyon neighborhoods, Laurel Canyon has houses lining one side of the main street most of the way up to Mulholland Drive.

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It has been mentioned in many films and novels of Los Angeles.

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Among the famous places in Laurel Canyon is a house that may have been owned by Harry Houdini.

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Between 1912 and 1918, a trackless electric trolley ran from Sunset Blvd. to the top of Lookout Mountain Road.{{ref|LA_a-z2}}

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