1. WEEK 4
Observation
Tujunga village in studio city
between moorpark and woodbridge
2. A GOOD CITY
Jane Jacobs’ 4 Basic Rules
1. Short blocks
2. Mixed uses
3. Old buildings mingled with new
4. Residential densities of at least 100
units/acre
Density and Diversity.
‘Enough dwellings for enough people...
more people who develop choice are
apt to stay put.’
4. the neighborhood
• 78% white
• 49.4% have 4 year degree.
• Average household size of 1.9 people
• $75,657 median household income
Source: http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/neighborhoods/neighborhood/studio-city/
5. Tujunga Village:
Pre-colonialism
Tongva and other Native American tribes were forced to abandon their heritage and work in Franciscan missions
6. http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb9b69p5kf/
Title:
Map showing subdivision of lands belonging to
the Lankershim Ranch Land and Water Co. :
being the east 1200 acres of the south half of
Ranch Ex Mission of San Fernando, Los
Angeles County, California
Creator/Contributor:
Schmidt Label & Lithographic Co, Lithographer
Date:
Nov. 1887
Contributing Institution:
UCLA, Special Collections, Young (Charles E.)
Research Library
9. history: movie shoots
1927: Central Motion Picture District, a corporation set
up to develop movie company sites,started building $20
million film center named Studio City.
1928: when the Mack Sennett Studios began shooting a
two reeler, "The Keystone Cops" and the "Oh-You-Kid
Bathing Beauties".
Tujunga Village became “prime spot for movie shoots”
and “tiny bungalows sprang up around it”.
One-story buildings and (short) Charlie Chaplin
http://www.studiocitychamber.com/aboutus.php
http://northhollywood.patch.com/articles/tujunga-village-mixes-sophisticated-boutiques-and-cafes
10.
11. Thresholds & Social
Liminality
• “When the thresholds of many buildings with
different uses are pressed close to together in
the street, new experiences and unplanned
juxtapositions of social groups and behaviors
are more likely.”
-Jane Jacobs as qtd. in Stevens, pg. 159
• Liminality: intermediate, playful stage in ‘rites
of passage’, the progression from one social
status to another.
15. The passage of time
• “There is a close relationship
between highly structured,
instrumentalized consumption
indoors and unregulated, liminal
activities immediately outdoors.”
- pg 161, Stevens
16.
17. outside shops:
benches
• “Staircases and landings outside
thresholds provide a space apart, define a
place to wait and rest which is separated
horizontally and vertically from both the
regulated indoors and the constant
movement of the street”.
-Huizinga as qtd. in Stevens, page. 159
18.
19. Music
• “The purpose of the music is to
pique an interest, not to satisfy it.
But commercial interest can only
stimulate desire, they cannot
dictate what actions arise from it.”
- Stevens, pg. 170
20.
21. blurred space in
between
• “[t]he social liminality of
thresholds can arise from a
softening of distinctions
between inside and
outside. . .” - Stevens, pg. 175
22. “...a preview of what will be seen, heard and
felt up close at the entrance. “
-Stevens, pg. 175
23.
24.
25. The liminality of
gelato
• The progression from one social status to another.
26. Other Observations
• Forbidden thresholds (locked
shops, gated areas)
• Disparity between this block
(bungalows and euro-style shops)
and the block I live on (apartment
complexes). High brow vs. low
brow.
