"Atwater Village" book cover
Get your own copy today! Books will be available with the following Atwater Village merchants:
Alias Books East – 3163 Glendale Blvd
Luis Lopez Automotive – 2751 Fletcher Dr
Pot-ted – 3158 Los Feliz Blvd
Speed Co Fax & Pack – 3371 Glendale Blvd
Vince’s Market – 3250 Silver Lake Blvd
The book is also available by mail order for a donation of $21.99 per book plus $5 (up to five books) shipping & handling. Click here to download order form (PDF file).
You can also contact us at 323.913.2999 or favboard@friendsofatwatervillage.org
"Atwater Village" book cover
Atwater Village celebrated its centennial in 2010. To help commemorate this important milestone Friends of Atwater Village (FAV) produced Atwater’s first photographic history book, as part of Arcadia Publishing for the Images of America series. The book will become available this August 1st.
From the book’s back-cover
In the shadow of Griffith Park along the Glendale Narrows section of the Los Angeles River sitsAtwater 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.
