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The Wonderful Woodlands

The area of Glendale covered by the Verdugo Woodlands West Homeowners' Association has some of the most interesting properties in the city.

Verdugo Woodlands West begins in the South at the point where Cañada Blvd and Verdugo Road divide in front of Glendale College. The Eastern boundary continues up the West Side of Verdugo Road past Glorietta Avenue. The Northern Boundary slices through Glorietta Park across Cañada Blvd and along the South side of Santa Barbara Ave. to Hermosita Drive. The West boundary includes all of the streets and homes built adjacent to and extending into the Verdugo Mountains. The boundary then continues South to the ridgeline separating the Woodlands from the Royal/Greenbriar area. The boundary proceeds down the ridgeline to the West edge of Verdugo Park where it encompasses the park before closing the loop back at the point.

At the latest count, Verdugo Woodlands West includes over 1100 single-family homes, almost 50 multi-family houses, and approximately 15 Business Buildings. The Woodlands has predominately single family, one and two story homes set on sizable lots. Since nearly all of Verdugo Woodlands West was developed before the 1970's, the area has thousands of beautiful mature trees and very few vacant lots.

We are attempting to minimize the over development and "mansionization" that has plagued other areas of the city.

The Verdugo Woodlands West area includes The Verdugo Woodlands Elementary School and the Learning Stars Pre-School. It has a Congregational Church, a Latter Day Saints Church Institute of Religion and a Knights of Columbus Hall. It encompasses all of Verdugo Park with its skateboard area and part of Glorietta Park. It boasts both the Casey Stengel Baseball Field and the Babe Herman Little League Field. It is home to Glendale Fire Station 24 and to the Verdugo Woodlands Dad's Club Youth House. The annual Verdugo Woodlands Father's Follies and the annual Dad's Club Pancake Breakfast have both been fixtures of the neighborhood for decades.

The Rodriguez House at 1845 Niodrara Drive dates from 1941 and was designed by noted modernist architect H. M. Schindler. It is a Glendale Historic Landmark.

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Updated 11/27/09-1