Welcome to the Back To The Future (BTTF) Series Page!
The goal of this series like you may have seen in Then And Now books is to show how a location, site, place, etc from the past has changed when compared to today. This should be a lot of fun as this may get those faded memory cells thinking again about a location that affected your life back in the day. Obviously this isnt for the children, but nonetheless, great for exploring and learning which is open to all.
Below is an index of the sites discussed so far. If you see something missing or have a tip, hit me up at SFValleyblog@gmail.com
Back To The Future (BTTF) Series:
Back To The Future (BTTF) Series:
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| 1. Clem Ruh Chevrolet 21100 Shermany Way Canoga Park |
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| 2. Valley Music Theatre (60s-70s), Jehovah's Witness Assembly Hall (80s - 2004) |
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| 5. The Promenade Mall at Woodland Hills |
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| 8. Partying With Gun's N Roses In Canoga Park's Rumbo Recorder |
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| 9. Tower of Wooden Pallets, 15357 Magnolia Blvd. Sherman Oaks Historical Cultural Monument# 184 (site of) |
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| 10. The Piano Shaped Pool in Sherman Oaks by the Great Liberace |
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| 11. One Acre and Independence in Promising Winnetka: The Charles Weeks Colony Story |
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| 12. Edward Everett Horton's Encino Ranch Estate and the 101 Freeway; How A Celebrity Lost His Ranch to Suburanization |
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| 13. Encino Velodrome |
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| 14. Drive-In Theatres of the San Fernando Valley |
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| 15. Melody Land In Northridge; The Elvis Presley Mini Graceland Tribute by Impersonator Danny Uwnawich |
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| 16. Josef Von Sternberg House by Richard Neutra |
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| 18. The Jue Joe Ranch on Vanowen Street in Van Nuys Now Van Nuys Tennis Ranch |
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| 20. Reseda's Filmation Studios and A Tribute to Louis Scheimer, The Legend Behind Saturday Morning Cartoons |
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| 21. Andy Devine's Gravel Flats Ranch in Van Nuys |
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| 22. Searching for Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's Desilu Ranch in Chatsworth 22a. Was Chatsworth's Desilu Ranch Designed by Noted Architect, Paul Williams? |
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| 23. Redken Laboratories in Canoga Park later turned to Ray-Art Studios and a Tribute to founder Paula Kent Meehan |
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| 24. Barry Minkow's ZZZZ Best Carpet Cleaning Based in Reseda: The SFV Version of a Ponzi Scheme |
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| 25. Irv Robbins (from Baskin-Robbins 31 Flavors) Ice Cream Cone Shaped Pool in Encino |
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| 26. The Chatsworth Ranch That Broke Hollywood's Femme Fatale Veronica Lake |
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| 28. Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy was a Pet Store Owner and Apartment Landlord in the SFV |
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| 29. Toto's Van Nuys Garage that Created Musical Legends and A Small Tribute to Mike Porcaro |
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| 30. Michael Hutchence's North Hollywood Home Before Becoming INXS' Lead Singer |
Below are other stories of historical significance that were not featured in a Back to the Future series post:
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| World's First Partial Nuclear Meltdown in the San Fernando Valley |
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| Dont Raise Your Kids In The West Valley: A Retrospective Review of Young Adult Crime In The West Valley |
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| The Air Raid Sirens of the San Fernando Valley |
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| General Motors Futureliner Parade of Progress Spotted in Canoga Park |
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| Cinderella Homes of the San Fernando Valley |
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| Richard Neutra in the San Fernando Valley |
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| A List of SFV Sites Closing in 2012 |
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| Exploring Sage Ranch and What Remains of Rocketdyne's Santa Susana Field Laboratory |
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| A Naked and Burning Richard Pryor Running Down Parthenia Street |
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| A Bus Tour of Rocketdyne on June 29, 2013 |
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| Automotive Filming Needs Fulfilled in the San Fernando Valley |
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| Historic Rocketdyne Engine Moves Down The Street to Nordhoff and De Soto |
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| Lyle and Erik Menendezes Former Family Calabasas Home Is Available (Not The Home Where They Murdered Their Parents) |
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| A List of SFV Sites and People Lost in 2013 |
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| Another National Tragedy with SFV Origins, Elliott Rodger of Woodland Hills/West Hills Kills 6 College Students |
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| The Former Home of Pink Panther's Henry Mancini in Northridge |
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| A List of SFV Sites and People Lost in 2014 |
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| A Hiking Tour of Rocketdyne Santa Susana Field Laboratory on April 25, 2015 |
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| Sun Valley's U-Pick Parts Closing Down January 1st; Hollywood's Preferred Junkyard |
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| My Presentation to the Canoga-Owensmouth Historical Society on October 14, 2015 |
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| Remembering 2015's Places and People Lost in the SFV |