Near the Studio City-Sherman Oaks border on Moorpark Street at Longridge near Fulton is a new spacious and clean contemporary feeling coffeehouse. M Street Coffee opened about a month ago serving the regular fare of espresso, macchiato, americano, cappucino, and chai teas. Eco and vegan friendly, they have organic frappes, soy and organic milks and fruit smoothies with raw vitamin complex add-ons. All are served in eco-friendly containers. According to a Chowhound review, Gene Liebenau,......

Last December, I embarked on a mission to find a solution to a problem in my immediate neighborhood. Trying to cross Moorpark St. on foot (or left turns in a car) during rush hour is a nightmare. There is just too much constant flow and you really have to have a brave moment to cross at the unmarked crosswalk because as we all know, there is about .001% of drivers in the city who......

View Larger Map Ventura Blvd. is well served by three bus lines, the 750, 150 and 240. During the day on a weekday, you can pretty much walk to a stop and find a bus coming. To the north of the Valley's famous boulevard is the Orange Line, which during the same times of day seems to run every few seconds (it's only at 12 a.m. am I waiting longer than 10 minutes). Sandwiched between......

When a new development is planned and traffic impact studies are needed, the developer hires the consultant, not the City. So you can see how residents are wary if the developer is in cahoots with the consultant to downplay results in favor of the development. And right some where:In Sherman Oaks, the local homeowners group was following a proposed 89-condo and 16,000-square-foot mixed-use project on Ventura Boulevard. The developer agreed to update an old......

"This historical landmark will be subdivided" a sign said in 1945 during the postwar building boom in the San Fernando Valley. Thank god for PTA mothers, who saw this sign and saved it by raising money according to the Daily News. The '94 earthquake destroyed Los Encinos State Historic Park's centerpiece, the De La Ossa Adobe, originally built in 1849. Tomorrow, after 13-years of rehab and discovery, it reopens with a celebration of bands,......

Creative apartment names are always fun. Even if it is as simple as flipping the two words that make up the name of the street that it resides on. What if other apartment complexes around town followed suit and flip-flopped syllables? Manwood Plaza Watercold Gardens Rosemel Flats Landhigh Joint Ratije La Casa Picolym Place Tanamon Huts Iceven Studios Chesterman Condos Waybroad Penthouse Radocolo Abode Claymar Co-op Hurstheyven Suites Of course if you spell some......

Ventura Boulevard tends to get all the buzz when talking up the Valley. Boutiques, restaurant after restaurant, salons, Starbucks with TV celebrities, etc. But what about the main street just north of Ventura - Moorpark Street? You can easily miss The Coffee Fix with it's anonymous facade on the inner southwest corner at Moorpark and Whitsett in Studio City. Directly across the street is the modern looking and newish Studio City library which dominates......

About a hour ago, the LACityNerd posted "we're typing live from the SavingLA conference." The anonymous city blogger is out on the streets, possibly sitting next to you. We see it as a risk, but maybe red herrings are thrown in. We're suspecting that the nerd is Ken Bernstein, Director of the Office of Historic Preservation. Bernstein also happens to be speaking at today's event. "Ken's presentation is quite informative and worth staying past the......

This quote by Amy Webster makes us even more paranoid about riding on the street: "The sound of a car door opening in front of you is similar to the sound of a gun being cocked." This quote by David Perry made sense after we witnessed a man on Moorpark Street lying on the ground after a door was opened in front of him: "What do you call a cyclist who doesn't wear a......

As a commenter mentioned yesterday on our mysterious signs post, her favorite sign is the one at Moorpark and Laurel Canyon rooting Joey Lawrence on in Dancing With The Stars. Well, here it is. In a picture at least. Unfortunately, the sign has since been taken down. We hear Mr. Piken is a weird dude and eats a lot of cheese, but as anyone who knows this part of town, he sure does sell......

Around every holiday, a sign painted in stencil block letters advertising Massage shows up between Coldwater and Fulton on Moorpark. If Mother’s Day is nigh, then it will be “Massage for Mother”. One month later we will see “Massage for Father”. Never are any phone numbers, websites or addresses listed. It only gives the idea of massage as a gift. What a great subliminal effect. For the record, there is one massage place nearby,......

From the most recent Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association letter: Hamburger Hamlet: As previously reported, the owner of ths Hambuger Hamlet building is seeking to sell a major portion of the parking lot to a developer for a condominium project. Because of a dispute with the owner of the remainder of the parking lot, the owner recently fenced off a portion of the parking lot creating chaos for customers and visitors. At a recent meeting......

Tucked back in a corner at Whitsett and Moorpark is a small restaurant with a few tables and a diner bar with swivel seats. The fluorescent lights and cafeteria-style tables with attached benches say nothing about the food served here. For 21 years, Leonor's has stood here serving vegetarian and Mexican food. From faux chicken empanadas and Bolivian sandwiches to soy cheese pizzas and burgers. No complimentary chips and salsa are given, but there......

Before Andrew of Here In Van Nuys named his eponymous blog, he lived off Moorpark Street in Studio City. Here's what Andrew had to say... I have very intimate memories of Moorpark. It is the street near where I first moved when I came to LA in 1994. I think about living in the hot, baking heat of Studio City in August, and how I walked down Moorpark near Whitsett and thought I'd never......

Throughout this series, we will be asking fellow bloggers about their thoughts on Moorpark Street. LACityNerd summarizes a good list for us to start off with: When I think of Moorpark Street, I think of... -The most visible & concentrated destruction after the 1994 earthquake - especially looking up and down the streets as one rides along it Fulton and Van Nuys Blvd. -A short cut/alternate to Riverside Drive in Toluca Lake during rush......

Why focus on what seemingly and maybe a random street (to some) in the south rim of the Valley? Why look into the food, the drinks, the people, the graffiti artists and the neighborhoods along this street that one might call a collector, but these days, could easily be called an arterial street. Stuck between the 101/134 freeways and Ventura Blvd., Moorpark is just a way to avoid traffic for many. Ventura Blvd. gets......