Victory Boulevard (Los Angeles) - Landmarks Along Victory Boulevard (west To East)

Landmarks Along Victory Boulevard (west To East)

• Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve (formerly Ahmanson Ranch)- a 3,000-acre (1,200 ha) public nature preserve park of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, located at the western terminus of Victory Blvd. in West Hills-Woodland Hills.
• Fallbrook Center - 75-acre (300,000 m2), 1,000,000-square-foot (93,000 m2), open-air shopping center located at Victory Boulevard and Fallbrook Avenue in West Hills; retailers including Mervyn's, Kohl's, Home Depot, Target, Ross, Michael's Arts & Crafts, Designer Shoe Warehouse, Linens 'n Things and Petco.
• Westfield Topanga - opened in 1964 as Topanga Plaza, California's first enclosed shopping mall, and located at Topanga Canyon Boulevard at Victory Boulevard, Westfield Topanga has been extensively renovated from 2006-2008 and features 230 stores including Macy's, Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Sears and Target.
• Rocketdyne - located in Canoga Park, Rocketdyne built the engines for most of the United States' rockets from the 1950s to 1970s.

• Los Angeles Pierce College - opened in 1947 as an agricultural college and the San Fernando Valley's first institution of higher learning, Pierce College today is a two-year public college with almost 100 disciplines and 20,000 students, located on 426 acres (172 ha) in the Chalk Hills, with 2,200 trees, thousands of rose bushes, a nature preserve, botanical garden, and a forest area boasting giant redwoods; Pierce still maintains large sections of tillable and range land and a 226-acre (91 ha) farm at the west side of campus, with an equestrian center and small herds of cattle, sheep and goats.
• Jewish Home for the Aging - 18855 Victory Blvd., Reseda, CA 91335
• Reseda High School - a public high school in the Los Angeles Unified School District established in 1955; used as the setting for the high school in The Shield, several episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and in the feature film Grosse Pointe Blank.
• Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies - located in Tarzana, SOCES is the largest magnet school in the Los Angeles Unified School District, 1780 students in the grades 4-12; #1 High School API test score in LAUSD.

• Reseda Park and Reseda Recreation Center - park and recreation center located at 18411 Victory Blvd., including barbecue pits, baseball diamond, basketball courts, children's play area, community room, picnic tables, seasonal ppol, tennis courts and volleyball courts.
• Sepulveda Basin Off-Leash Dog Park - 5-acre (20,000 m2) off-leash dog park in Lake Balboa, at the corner of Victory Boulevard and White Oak with separate fenced area for small dogs.
• Pedlow Field Skate Park - 8,500-square-foot (790 m2) concrete skate bowl located in Encino at 17334 Victory Blvd. includes rails, steps, walls, a "fun box," "pyramid" and "waterfall."

• Van Nuys National Guard Armory - located at 17330 Victory Boulevard
• Birmingham High School, Lake Balboa - built in 1953 on the site of a U.S. Army hospital; from 1976-1979, the San Fernando Valley's first professional sports team, the Los Angeles Skyhawks of the American Soccer League, played their home games at Birmingham Stadium on Victory Boulevard. In May 1967, a rock concert at the football field at Birmingham High featured Jefferson Airplane, The Doors, The Merry-Go-Round, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, The Sunshine Company, and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
• Lake Balboa - a 27-acre (11 ha) lake south of Victory Boulevard filled with water reclaimed from the Tillman Water Reclamation Plant featuring fishing, boating, remote-control boating and jogging/walking.
• Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area - a large urban recreation area located south of Victory Boulevard in the central Valley consisting of Balboa Sports Center, Hjelte Sports Center, Lake Balboa/Anthony C. Beilenson Park, Sepulveda Garden Center, The Japanese Garden, Sherman Oaks Castle Park, Woodley Park, Encino Golf Course, Balboa Golf Course, and Woodley Lakes Golf Course.
• Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery, North Hollywood - cemetery founded in 1923; the Portal of the Folded Wings, a tribute to the pioneers of aviation, is on the National Register of Historic Places; Valhalla is the burial site of many aviation pioneers and early Hollywood celebrities, including Oliver Hardy and "Gorgeous George" Wagner.
• Griffith Park - located at the eastern terminus of Victory Boulevard, Griffith Park is LA's largest park covering 4,210 acres (1,700 ha) with attractions including the Autry National Center, Greek Theatre, Griffith Observatory, L.A. Equestrian Center, Los Angeles Zoo, and Travel Town