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Tarzan of Tarzana: Swinging Through the San Fernando Valley

Kevin Roderick, local historian and host of laobserved.com, on the former Burroughs estate in Tarzana, named for Edgar Rice Burroughs' most famous character.
Kevin Roderick, local historian and host of laobserved.com, on the former Burroughs estate in Tarzana, named for Edgar Rice Burroughs' most famous character.
(
John Rabe
)
How Green was the Valley? This field of sheep was Tarzana...in 1937.
How Green was the Valley? This field of sheep was Tarzana...in 1937.
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LAPL Photo Collection
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About the Show

Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John is sharing selections from the Off-Ramp vault to help you explore this imperfect paradise.

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Corporation for Public Broadcasting

San Fernando Valley historian Kevin Roderick (also of LAObserved) takes us to the ranch home of Edgar Rice Burroughs ... Tarzana.

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