34.1820° N 118.2469° W
Glendale
The Jewel City, built on José María Verdugo's 1784 rancho. Hillside neighborhoods from Chevy Chase to the Verdugo Woodlands, around a lively Brand Boulevard downtown.
History
How Glendale came to be.
- 1784
José María Verdugo is granted Rancho San Rafael
- 1887
The first plat of Glendale is filed.
- 1906
Glendale incorporates, and Forest Lawn opens its first cemetery here.
- 1929
Grand Central Air Terminal opens, where Lindbergh and Earhart flew.
- 2008
The Americana at Brand opens on Brand Boulevard downtown.
Points of interest
Places that define Glendale
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Fun facts
Things even locals forget
Lindbergh flew from here.
Grand Central Air Terminal was the region's main airport in the 1930s.
Disney's dream factory.
Walt Disney Imagineering grew up on the old airport land.
The Jewel City.
Glendale has used the nickname for more than a century.
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