Whether it is for your home or business, you may need to have a measurement of how much electric power you are using at your location. 1950)^^^ - Southern Pacific #4194 Tehachapi Night Train 55 at the Glendale Station. Photo by Richard Steinheimer. +##, The concept for this airport probably began with Leslie Coombs Brand (18591925), a major figure in the settlement and economic growth of the Glendale area. Located at Wilson Avenue and Louise Street the building is an excellent example of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture and was originally designed with an open-air courtyard in the center and an underground swimming pool. Upper rooms were constructed for housing.^.
City moves on starting bids for smart meters - Los Angeles Times Various cars and trucks have stopped at the intersection. This beautiful building no longer stands. While the ship was being built, Lindbergh, shy of publicity, was secluded from hero-worshippers in the Hamilton Propeller Shop at the Burbank Field. ^^, Within a few years of the Casa Verdugo restaurant opening a small community had developed and called itself Casa Verdugo after the restaurant. A commercial district grew along Brand Boulevard and Central Avenue, including a department store, groceries, a meat market, hardware store, drug store, the Mission Theatre and a post office where tourists could have their picture postcards of the restaurant postmarked Casa Verdugo, California. The droves of tourists, and the postcards they mailed home, helped make Casa Verdugo a well-known destination throughout the country; visitors had to see the missions, the Mt. The Airport first began its service between Los Angeles and New York, and it played a vital role as the premier airport in Southern California. ", Charles Nash convinced the chief engineer of GM's Oakland Division, Finnish-born Nils Eric Wahlberg, to move to Nash's new company. The first to pull the train was the former Reading Company T-1 class 4-8-4 #2101. It is managed by Glendale Arts, a non-profit organization. Both the food and the setting were real treats. Note train stopped in the middle of the road to pick up and drop of passengers. A crowd stands between the Grand Central Air Terminal building and the hangars. There are businesses on right side of the street some include: "Geo. He had purchased land on the lower slopes of Mount Verdugo overlooking the city, and in 1904 built an imposing residence that became known as Brand Castle, also El Miradero (which today houses the Brand Library).
Power & Water construction services | SRP When parts of Rancho San Rafael were sold, Toms Snchez, Sheriff of Los Angeles County, purchased a tract of 100 acres and in 1865 built this artistic adobe of the hacienda type, restored in 1932. (1930)^ - View of the southwest corner of Brand and Colorado, in Glendale. Because of its proximity to Los Angeles, the area became a popular residential spot. Others, seeing Glendale's successful example of home rule, wanted to be part of Glendale, which had incorporated in 1906.^. In 1883 the real estate firm Wicks, Wright, Hodgkins, and Watts purchased 500 acres of land from Valentine Mand, which included the Sepulveda Adobe. In 1886, Brand came to California to take advantage of its first boom period. 1909)^ View showing Glendale Union High School at its second location, on Harvard Street, where the Glendale Public Library stands today. Here a truck bears a sign urging ratification of sewer bonds to enhance the awarding of building permits. Construction Services - Water & Power; Electrical Specifications Guidelines and Handbooks; SRP capital projects design and construction specification documents; Easements, leasing and licensing SRP-owned land; Electrical Safety Workshop; Help managing commercial electrical projects; Information for residential solar contractors Heavily advertised by the Pacific Electric, the Casa Verdugo rode the crest of the wave of public fascination with the romantic days of Californias Spanish and Mexican past and visitors made their way in droves Out Glendale way to partake in a Spanish dinner and stroll about the lush grounds. Photo by "Dick" Whittington. So he brought it in for repairs. It had replaced the Atwater Tract Office dating from 1883. Diners could enjoy their peppery selections in a variety of inviting locations, from the fireplace-warmed main sala with its thick adobe walls and old beamed ceiling festooned with strings of red peppers to al fresco settings under venerable pepper trees or vine-covered bowers. Huntington and his development syndicate expended thousands not only on the adobe itself, but in transforming the surrounding acres into a lush park with meandering pathways winding their way around exotic plantings including varieties of cacti and a fragrant grove of oranges that was intended to represent the type of gardens found in the old California days.^. The Glendale Line was pioneered by L.C. Between 1906 and 1918, the San Fernando Valley Home Telephone Company and Sunset Telephone both operated in the Glendale area. Fifteen hours later on March 1, at approximately 8:45 PM, a second storm hit the area, creating gale-force winds along the coast and pouring down even more rain. Ayers. Remember, your solar system energy production is offsetting just the kilowatt hour portion of your bill. Under de Sowl, Casa Verdugo rapidly became a must do for anyone visiting Southern California. Only four months after the Model 247 entered service, the first DC-2 was handed over to TWA. 1 on Broadway between Louise and Kenwood Streets. (ca. *#*#, Brand built his first hangar in 1916 and put together a fleet of planes, and held fly-in parties. (1918)^ - View of E. Broadway looking west at Orange in Glendale. This is near where the Glendale Galleria is today. Note the ornate streetlights.
LA County Waterworks Districts | Customer Service | Frequently Asked In 1942 the runway, which originally ended at Sonora Avenue, was extended North to Western Avenue, giving it a 5,000' length to accommodate large airplanes and future jet aircraft. The 3 Ms: metering, monitoring and maintenance will be part of the decisions that must be made during the solar system decision process. Worked with networking/hardware staff on installation, maintenance and support of applications. Guide to apply for PV Interconnection & NEM for Commercial & 15+ kW CEC-AC Residential Systems. Scheduling: Section 2.3.4.
Smart water meters help users, agencies gauge usage Large residential homes can be seen on the left. ), skirting Echo Park, through Edendale and the Pass between Elysian and Griffith Parks, over the trestles spanning Los Angeles River, through Tropico and then down the center of Brand Boulevard to the depot at Brand Boulevard and Fourth Street (today, Broadway), and finally further north on Brand to the end of the line at Mountain Avenue, the location of Casa Verdugo. (1938)#+ - Heavily traveled Riverside Drive in Glendale was undermined by the torrent of the Los Angeles River. In 1964 the chain opened its 87th store, in North Hollywood. (1929)^* - Aerial view of Grand Central Air Terminal, Glendale, 1929. *^, Brand established a grassy, well-manicured airfield in front of the mansion. (1895)* - View showing the Glendale Hotel, shown here when it was a school for girls.
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And, planning for routine maintenance for continued energy production and safe operation of your new solar system must be considered. and Central Ave. Completed in 1935, this was the first Sears store in the world to be custom-built as such. Completed in 1959, the Glendale Federal Savings Building features a vertical, dramatically angled red stair/elevator tower fronting the main volume, which is a rectangular ten story high-rise. At the time she was attempting the first transcontinental autogiro flight from Newark, NJ to Los Angeles, and landed at about 5 p.m. to replenish her gas supply. The redeveloped airport property was eventually purchased by the Prudential Insurance Company and leased out as an investment. Net metering in Glendale Federal Tax Credit Other Incentives The 30 . In 1918, the neighborhood formally succeeded in becoming an independent entity for a short time. The project team rehabilitated the entire property, including the airport concourse, runway, and taxiway. The airplanes took off downhill toward Kenneth Road.. #*. *#*#, It was stated in Brand's will that El Miradero would be bequeathed to the city upon his wife's death, on the condition that the property be used exclusively for a public park and library. CITY HALL In the next step in the city's $28.5-million project to equip customers with smart meters that track real-time water and electricity usage, the City Council on Tuesday is set to . When motels became popular in the late 40s and thereafter, popularity of the California Hotel began to fade. The hotel was demolished in 1966 and replaced with a Bank of America building.. In March of 1926, a vote for annexation passed and Casa Verdugo also became a part of the city of Glendale. Van Nuys CA 91401. Glendale has one of the largest communities of Armenian descent in the United States. In 2013, Glendale was named LA's Neighborhood of the Year by the readers and editors of Curbed.com. More meetings will be scheduled after phase 1 is completed. The NE corner of Brand and Broadway was the site of the Glendale depot of the Los Angeles Interurban railway, 1904-1923. Brand and associates starting in October, 1902, through their corporation, "The Los Angeles & Glendale Electric Railway". In February 1940 the California Theatre was taken over by Fox West Coast Theatres as a District 2 house. There are several businesses and stores that run along both sides of the street including "The Owl Drug Co." (N/W corner of Brand and Broadway). (1984)^ - Photograph caption dated August 12, 1984 reads, "A skylight and plants brighten the Nordstrom store at Glendale Galleria shopping mall. The above photo is labeled North Hollywood, but the area shown is actually the southwestern portion of Glendale. Built in 1927 and occupied in 1928, the California Hotel, along with the Glendale Hotel (Broadway and Glendale Ave), were the citys nicest places for visitors to stay in the 1930s and 1940s. The California was among only a few hotels in greater Los Angeles that included a full-sized theater. Just after midnight on January 1, 1934, millions of tons of mud and debris traveled from the mountains down to the Verdugo Wash, killing many people and destroying about 400 homes in the communities of La Caada, La Crescenta, Montrose and Tujunga. The Pacific Electric local line ran along East Broadway from Brand Boulevard to Chevy Chase Drive.***^. 1979)^ - Exterior view of the Alex Theatre located on Brand Boulevard. During its heyday, Casa Verdugo regularly entertained hundreds and sometimes even thousands of visitors at a time including a memorable 1907 Shriners outing that brought 5,000 visiting potentates to the old adobe.^, Within a few years of the restaurant opening a small community had developed and called itself Casa Verdugo after the restaurant. A commercial district grew along Brand Boulevard and Central Avenue, including a department store, groceries, a meat market, hardware store, drug store, the Mission Theatre and a post office where tourists could have their picture postcards of the restaurant postmarked Casa Verdugo, California. The droves of tourists, and the postcards they mailed home, helped make Casa Verdugo a well-known destination throughout the country; visitors had to see the missions, the Mt. After the first phase is completed and tested, GWP will move to start installation of Smart Meters throughout the City in fall 2010 with completion by fall 2011. City of Glendale Water & Power Electrical Services Customer Service Engineering 141 N. Glendale Ave., 4th Level Glendale, CA 91206 Customer Service Engineering Switchgear and Meter Panel Approval (818)548-3921 Fax (818)240-4754 **, Largely retaining its architectural integrity, Glendale Federal Savings is the embodiment of distinguished mid-century modern architecture with enduring significance by retaining its central form and character. Viewed from any elevation, Glendale Federal Savings became the symbol of the new downtown through its design, color, size, and dynamic presence, which is unlike any other architecture in the region.**. hb```^f ) ,@qeJNLw^(PDB\7P "VI})9|6 }B9LJ,g. GLENDALE, CA, April 5, 2009-- Glendale Water & Power (GWP) will start one if its largest utility projects, replacing all electrical and water meters in Glendale with new Smart Meters. " Photo by Lisa Hatalsky, (1990)^ - Panoramic view of Glendale, looking northeast from the Glendale Galleria parking structure. 13.44.220(A) of this code, customers receiving service under one or more Glendale water and power customer-owned generatio schedule ann qualifyin ratds e as ag eligibln customere - . The Spanish-style air terminal can be seen in the background. Bobs Big Boy became a cultural icon for Glendale teenagers in the 1940s up until the 1970s. After the widely popular Glendale and Hoover High School football games, lines of cars filled with local students would eat at Bobs Big Boy on Colorado Street. The customer valve typically looks like a brass handle located on the houseline side of the water meter. For such a tiny spot, its menu is surprisingly large. His sister later asked him why he opened his studio in Tropico rather than in the nearby metropolis of Los Angeles, and he replied "Sis, I'm going to make my name so famous that it won't matter where I live."*. Once these Interconnection Applications are reviewed and approved by the GWP Solar Team, the plans for these installations will be forwarded to Building & Safety for plan check and permit issuance. (\!pW`G6yA}#%ccWW#uD 7 Lm That's an average savings of 17% on your cooling bill. A solar module has an estimated life of 20 or more years. A large crowd of people can be seen around the entire periphery of the runway.
Glendale Water and Power | City of Glendale, CA Since 1952, twenty-seven annexations have occurred. In 1913, three acres were added to the site and two more buildings were constructed.^, The school continued to grow, as enrollment reached 800 in 1920 and 1,050 in 1921. 1910)^^ View looking north in the 400 block of Brand Boulevard, Glendale. Railway tracks and electric wires run up the middle of the dirt road. We have a new customer portal to provide you safe and secure access to your account information and payment options. Box 631 Burbank, CA 91503-0631. A flurry of developers, companies, and individuals participated in the purchase and subdivision of tracts in Casa Verdugo. This 26-car train was powered by three newly restored steam locomotives. Two stationary freight cars can be seen at the rear of the building. The airplane shown in this image was a Ford 4-AT Tri-motor owned by the Maddux Air Lines, which carried 12 passengers from San Diego to Los Angeles during its inaugural flight in California. With the Galleria's completion, shoppers in Glendale could choose from among such department stores as The Broadway, Buffum's, J. C. Penney, Mervyn's and Nordstrom's. Other notable early drive-in markets included: Mandarin Market (Hollywood), Plaza Market (LA), and the Sunset Clock Market (Beverly Hills). Austin worked to create an additional entrance into Glendale from Los Angeles and was able to convince L.A. and Glendale officials to change the name of this route to Chevy Chase Drive for the entire length of the street, as well as extend the street in various places. However, Brand apparently bought many war surplus Jennies, some to tinker with and fly as a sport, although most languished in storage buildings. 1938)^ - View showing Carpenter's Drive-in Restaurant located at 606 E. Colorado St. in Glendale. (ca. The Tropico Art Tile Works stood just west of the railroad tracks, employing many people, and Tropico also became the shipping center for the strawberries raised in the area.
Smart water, electric meters for Glendale, Calif. | WaterWorld *^, Just across the mostly dry Los Angeles River, Brand could see the Griffith Park Aerodrome's grass field, built in 1912. In 1922with prompting from the Aero Club of California, returning World War I pilots and local aviation enthusiasts who wanted to get in on the exciting new world of flyingthe Glendale Chamber of Commerce purchased 33 acres adjacent to the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks, directly across the river from the Griffith Airdrome. The most well know film with the depot as a background was by director Billy Wilder, "Double Indemnity" in 1944 starring Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck. Several people died, several bridges were washed out, and erosion and sedimentation damaged property.^, Wildfires above the Crescenta Valley in November 1933 and subsequent heavy rain in December 1933 produced the perfect conditions for a massive flood. The boom busted too fast, and the hotel became a school (St. Hilda's Hall, School for Girls). In March of 1926, a vote for annexation passed and Casa Verdugo officially became a part of the city of Glendale on April 17, 1926. Two major annexations, New York Avenue (in the La Crescenta area) and Upper Chevy Chase Canyon, and several smaller annexations enlarged the City to 29.2 square miles by 1952. Click. Over the course of his 40-year career Weston photographed an increasingly expansive set of subjects, including landscapes, still-lifes, nudes, portraits, genre scenes and even whimsical parodies. $10 2 hours.
Michelle Nall - Utility Business System Support Administrator It was decided then to move the Grade 10, 11 and 12 classes to a new campus at the corner of the present-day Broadway Avenue and Verdugo Road. Security-First National Bank is on the left (originally the Security Trust and Savings Bank). Also visible are a newspaper rack, dictionary stand, shelving behind the information desk, magazine rack, wooden file cabinet, and tables and chairs. 1920)^ - Looking south at an intersection of Los Feliz Blvd. Glendale's new AMI / MDMS system will include the following features: Smart meters with large data storage capabilities and two-way communications hardware and softwareelectric meters with remotely controllable switches to allow for remote service disconnect and re-connect and water meters with leak detection. Jan 2011 - Oct 20121 year 10 months. In 1884, residents gathered to form a townsite and chose the name "Glendale" (it was bounded by First Street (now Lexington Drive) on the north, Fifth Street (now Harvard Street) on the south, Central Avenue on the west, and the Childs Tract on the east). (1915)^ - View of north Brand from Lexington. Glendale Water & Power has contracted with Utility Partners of America to install the meters. (ca. Although Curries anticipated launching units in every community in Southern California, only three outlets were listed in the 1967 Los Angeles phone book and the chain had disappeared by the 1980s.*. This caused minor flooding that affected only a few buildings in isolated canyons and some low-lying areas along rivers. Click HERE to see menu. www.GlendaleWaterandPower.com, https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/waterworld-magazine/about/. Although the tree died from natural causes in 1987, remnants can still be seen at its original site. Times Mirror bought the newspaper group in 1993. The first hangar built at Glendale Airport was for the Kinner Airplane & Motor Corporation. They completely restored the buildings exterior and significant interior spaces. Glendale Water and Power (Glendale) and its IRP development. Planes are parked in front of hangers and on the field. (1927)*# View showing three biplanes and one monoplane in front of the Wilson Aero Corporation hangar, with the Slate Aircraft Corporation dirigible hangar also visible on the left. Within a year, the entire enterprise was sold to a group calling itself the Curtiss-Wright Flying Service, managed by Major Corliss C. Moseley, a co-founder of the future Western Airlines. Glendale, CA. In November 1904, the line was extended a half-mile north along Brand Boulevard to Mountain Street.**. Bliss who with the help of his brother operated Bliss Ranch on the property. Brand was an important civic booster who built an estate in 1904 called El Miradero featuring an eye-catching mansion whose architecture combined characteristics of Spanish, Moorish, and Indian styles (todays Brand Library and Art Center). (ca. In 1990, due to continual and anticipated growth in the number of students entering Hoover, a 33-classroom facility was built and completed in 1992.^. hbbd``b`>$ H &
$dAZ@PQH9C' . The 1917 Nash Model 671 was the first vehicle produced to bear the name of the new company's founder. Book shelves can be seen along the back wall. He had purchased land on the lower slopes of Mount Verdugo overlooking the city, and in 1904 built an imposing residence that became known as Brand Castle (which today houses the Brand Library). After WWII they sold it to the Good Humor Company who later sold it to Lipton in the 1960s. Click HERE to see more Early LA Drive-in Restaurants. 1923)^ - View shows several automobiles travelling up and down the business section of Brand Boulevard, in Glendale. Your generosity allows us to continue to disseminate knowledge of the rich and diverse multicultural history of the greater Los Angeles area; to serve as a resource of historical information; and to assist in the preservation of the city's historic records. Jeffery's best-known automobile was the Rambler whose mass production from a plant in Kenosha, Wisconsin began in 1902. (ca. The city-owned utility also generates, transmits, and distributes electricity to 83,300 residential, commercial, and industrial customers. 1931).^. Just across the mostly dry Los Angeles River he could see the Griffith Park Aerodrome's grass field, built in 1912. Scott's Furniture (seen on the left) is in the space where the California Theatre was once located (1928-1957). Several businesses are seen in the area, including "Mac's", a cigar, candy and sandwiches store located at the corner. It combined a style consisting of Spanish Colonial Revival with Zig-zag Moderne influences (Art Deco). WEBSITE DESIGN BY GRANICUS - Connecting People and Government. It may have closed as early as the 1930s. This record was broken in another PCA-2 by Lewis Yancey who flew to 21,500 ft on 25 September 1932. The school has remained in this location (1440 East Broadway, at the southeast corner of Verdugo) since 1924.*^. Speak with a customer service representative and inform them that you would like to have a spotter visit your location to take an electric usage measurement.
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