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The Van Nuys Post Office in the 91401 on Van Nuys Blvd. | Photo by Here in Van Nuys via Flickr
Valley Glen got a boost in neighborhood pride last week when the US Postal Service finalized the official recognition of the neighborhood by designating all or part of 91401 (Van Nuys), 91405 (Van Nuys) and 91606 (North Hollywood) to be Valley Glen, according to Mark Kellam's neighborhood blog at the Daily News.
Zip Codes are purely numbering schemes to improve post office efficiency. The city or neighborhood attached to a zip code usually signifies the regional post office and does not reflect a government made boundary. For example, parts of Studio City and Sherman Oaks belong within the famous Beverly Hills 90210 zip.
Unrelated to zip codes: Earlier this year, much to the dismay of Van Nuys residents, the west Van Nuys area was officially (and finally) designated by the city as Lake Balboa with their own city blue signs.
Also, during Monday night's Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council meeting (Disclosure: I am a member of that organization), it was announced that a group of Van Nuys residents want to secede from Van Nuys into Sherman Oaks. They are scheduled to appear to talk about it at October's council meeting.
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"Valley Glen" is redundant, as a "glen" is a valley.
For example, parts of Studio City and Sherman Oaks belong within the famous Beverly Hills 90201 zip.
90210 perhaps?
90201 is the famous Bell, Calif, zipper.
Some Van Nuys people might be pissed, but the Lake Balboa folks are probably thrilled. Van Nuys gets a bad rap...
ha! Bell. fixed.
so if you live in one of those zip codes do you now live in Valley Glen instead of Van Nuys?
gurugirl, not necessarily. The city name that officially attaches to a zip code is the location of the regional post office that serves one city or more.
Also, just spoke to the USPS in follow up to get a deeper understanding of all this and according to them in preliminary findings, no zip codes are changing city names but they are just adding Valley Glen as an "acceptable alternative." That means when someone writes a letter to one of the said zip codes and puts Valley Glen next to it, the letter won't be delayed or rejected.
That still might be a little confusing. More to co me soon.
(I knew a pair of brothers once named "Glen" and "Dale", whose mother swore that the combination never occurred to her. Makes me wonder if she used a baby-name book, since both names mean "a wooded valley".)
Really, though - what can you expect in the city that brought you "The La Brea Tar Pits"? :-)
I would like to officially announce that my block is seceding from Burbank and will henceforth be known as "Supercool Dragonland". We will be requesting the appropriate zip code designation, LA City blue signs, and a Neighborhood Project on LAist. So mote it be.
PS. I know Burbank is not in LA, so don't get all pedantic about the fact I couldn't get blue signs. Supercool Dragonland knows no bounds. We have no limits. We are forever.
Can I get honorary citizenship to Supercool Dragonland???!?!?!
LMAO @ Elise. Supercool Dragonland...