PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 15, 2011 – New from Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America series is Atwater Village.  In over 200 vintage photographs, local authors Netty Carr, Sandra Caravella, Luis Lopez, Ann Lawson and the Friends of Atwater Village have amassed a collection of antique photographs of days gone by.

In the shadow of Griffith Park along the Glendale Narrows section of the Los Angeles River sits Atwater Village, a charming slice of Los Angeles nestled amid Silver Lake, Los Feliz and the city of Glendale. Atwater’s beginnings date to 1868 when W. C. B. Richardson bought the 671-acre Santa Eulalia Rancho. Starting in 1904, the Pacific Electric Red Car offered a convenient commute to downtown Los Angeles and the Art Tile Company (later Gladding McBean) and Van de Kamps Bakery became key local employers.

Stylish homes and bungalows proliferated along the tree-lined streets built in the Mediterranean, English Tudor, Spanish Colonial Revival, California Craftsman, and Fantasy architectural styles. A library, post office, schools and churches sprang up along with more than 100 family-owned and corporate enterprises.

Nearly 4 miles long and half a mile wide, Atwater evolved as a wholly contained community prompting residents in 1987 to successfully petition the city to officially add the word Village to its name.

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