Notable Locations
- The Japanese Garden
- Sepulveda Dam
- Busch Gardens Theme Park (now demolished—1964–1979)
- The Leo Magnus Cricket Complex
- Van Nuys FlyAway Bus service
- Van Nuys Boulevard
- 6842 Valjean Ave, the original location of director George Lucas' visual effects house Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). ILM abandoned the location for Marin County shortly after the release of the first Star Wars film. Following Lucas' departure, ex-ILM visual effects supervisor John Dykstra would use the facility as the headquarters for his own visual effects house, Apogee, Inc., using whatever equipment Lucas left behind
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