The History of Lake View Terrace
By Mali Bakhtar and Cilé Borman
Lake View Terrace (LVT) is nestled in the Foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, located in the Northeast San Fernando Valley. It’s history stretches to two Spanish land grants. Originally, it was part of the Tujunga and San Fernando Mission Ranchos. The first settlers arrived in the area in the 1870s, and it was open to homesteading in 1902. At the present time it is a small community with less than 3500 homes many of them horse property. The first school in the area was built in 1888, one room for elementary grades. Now Lake View [‘Terrace has Fenton Charter School, an elementary school with over 1400 students, Brainard School with over 250 students, Delphi Academy a private School grades 1-12. The most recent school is Community Charter Early College High School that includes a middle and a high school. This school, which opened in September 2007, will be having up to 1000 students and as the name indicates, it prepare students for college.
Perhaps the name Lake View Terrace came from the nearby Pop’s Willow Lake that was an ideal destination for swimming, boating and picnicking up until the 1980’s. That body of water in the Hansen Dam Recreational Area has been replaced by the Hansen Dam Aquatic Center, which is a 40-acre water recreation facility located on the northwest side of the Hansen Dam Recreation Area. The facility consists of a 9-acre recreation lake and a 1.5-acre swimming lake. The recreation lake is available for such activities as fishing, pedal boat rentals, public boating, and boating lessons, bird watching, jogging, walking, picnics etc. The facility is open year-round (including holidays), but is subject to closure during severe weather. It is also convenient for horse boarding and horseback riding with many beautiful trails and state of the arts facilities close by. The Recreational Area is also the location for many large scaled events such as the “American Heroes Air Show.” It is also famous for its all day “Fourth Of July at Hansen Dam” Celebration, which is full of picnicking and entertainment with food and vendor booths. That day culminates with a spectacular fireworks display every year. Visit http://www.hansen4th.com for more info.
If golf is your game LVT is home to the public Hansen Dam Golf Course and the private Angeles Crest National Golf Course.
Who we are?
The Lake View Terrace Improvement Association is a nonprofit and nonpartisan association organized solely for the purpose of improving and protecting the way of life in Lake View Terrace. The Lake View Terrace Improvement Association is run by volunteers who are committed to working for the betterment of the community and the association.
Our Mission
a) To advance, foster, promote, develop, enhance, improve and protect, in every possible aspect, the interest and general welfare of the Foothill Blvd.-Hansen Dam Area in the County of Los Angeles; and to promote advance, foster, develop, improve, enhance, protect and cultivate the cultural, aesthetic, social, economic and general welfare of it’s members.
b) To enter into , make, perform and carry out contracts of every sort and kind with any person, firm, association , corporation, or body politic, and with the government of the United States, or any state, county or city thereof, or any foreign government.
c) To acquire, own and hold such real and personal property as may be necessary or convenient for the transaction of its business having the same power to deal therewith as a natural person.
Our Commitment To You
The Lake View Terrace Improvement Association is committed to conducting all affairs in an honest and transparent manner. The Lake View Terrace Improvement Association is committed to retaining Volunteers who are like-minded in protecting the Lake View Terrace Community from all forces that threaten the Lake View Terrace Community’s way of life.
LAKE VIEW TERRACE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION 