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The news also caught the attention of Victor Girard (originally named Victor Girard Kleinberger), a Persian-rug salesman from Kentucky. Girard purchased 2,886 acres of land in the southwest corner of the San Fernando Valley in 1922, then subdivided the land into tiny lots, 6,826 of them.
Jul 5, 2020 · Back in the 1920s, there was a land developer named Victor Girard—who sounds like a character right out of Perry Mason. The guy called himself a “human dynamo.”
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May 10, 1997 · In 1923, Victor Girard dreamed of selling small pieces of California living to harried city dwellers back East and throughout the Midwest. “I’ll tell you what I see: a Greater Los Angeles solid...
Jun 24, 1990 · In 1923, Victor Girard, a colorful real estate pioneer, opened the town site of Girard, on the hillside south of Ventura Boulevard.
The young real estate developer, Victor Girard Kleinberger, came to Los Angeles from Louisville about the turn of the century as an ambitious 18 year old that would develop towns all over the county. He was called a "devious genius, a natural dreamer and big spender".
Feb 10, 2008 · Victor Girard Kleinberger was a land huckster with big dreams. Born in Kentucky, he began his sales career peddling Persian rugs -- fakes, of course -- door to door.
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After purchasing acres of land in the West Valley, Victor Girard Kleinberger in 1923 built gates, a mosque tower, and a business district with rows of false fronts to entice people to buy lots for homes. He called his new town "Girard" - which would become Woodland Hills in 1941. - Source: West Valley-Warner Center Chamber of Commerce web site.
