Photo from The Higher Path Sherman Oaks is a neighborhood located in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. The history of the area is quite interesting, as it goes back to 1910 when a company called the Los Angeles Suburban Homes Co. purchased 47,000 acres of land. They believed that there would be a surge of interest in the area due to the City of Los Angeles' plans to develop...
Bel-Air, a neighborhood in west Los Angeles, was founded by Alphonzo Bell, an oil tycoon, who purchased 600 acres of land and named it Bel-Air, or "Beautiful Air," after the original Mexican land grant, Rancho San Jose de Buenos Ayres, and the Italian word "Bellissima," meaning "beautiful." The area attracted celebrities such as Clarke Gable, Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Burt Reynolds....