Warner Center is an edge city located inside of the Woodland Hills district of Los Angeles. It was built to relieve traffic going to and downtown Los Angeles. It was also meant to generate jobs in the San Fernando Valley area. First contemplated in the 1970s, the project was regarded as complete by the mid-1990s.
It has many low storey office buildings, as well as several high rise skyscrapers, notably three that are all in the same lot of land. Also present are some residential and commercial establishments, as well as some retail such as the Promenade Mall.
The three tallest skyscrapers of the Warner Center are all adjacent to each other in order to display a miniature skyline that blends in with the other high rises of the Valley. The center building of the three is the tallest, having approximately 25 stories above ground. As of this year, the structure has the company logo of AIG at its top. All of the buildings are owned by Douglas Emmet Properties, which displays an overview on their website.
The skyline of Warner Center is visible from the 101 freeway, with the farthest view of the entire skyline being visible to the west from the off-ramp of Parkway Calabasas Rd., in the city of Calabasas, and with the nearest western view being shortly after the Fallbrook Ave. off-ramp in Woodland Hills. The farthest eastern view is unknown at this time, but on clear days, can most likely be seen from Van Nuys.
The Warner Center is named after Harry Warner, who was the eldest of the Warner brothers. The family had owned the land since the 1940s as a minor part of a 1,100 acre horse ranch. Robert Voit led the commercial development of the area after it was sold in the late-1970s. As of 2003, the Warren Center employed 40,000 workers with only 10,000 residing there.
The Harry Warner family donated 20 acres of land in 1967 that became the Warner Center Park. It is also known as the Warner Ranch Park. Currently it is next to the central, skyscrapers of the Center. Apart from picnic tables, the park features the 1.3 million dollar Lou Bredlow Pavilion, the permanent home to the Valley Cultural Center's Concerts in the Park. These free, outdoor concerts occur on Sundays starting in June up till Labor Day on a yearly basis.
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