Brentwood, Los Angeles: Difference between revisions

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Popular spots include the Brentwood Country Mart, an early [[farmer's market]] complex built in 1947; the Brentwood Village, a cramped and/or cozy shopping district near Sunset; and more recently, Brentwood Green, a [[village green|village commons]] created from the playground at Brentwood Science Magnet Elementary School. There is also the private [[Brentwood Country Club]], the 2.7-mile-long boundary of which is a popular local jogging route.

In addition to Brentwood Elementary, the area is served by Kenter Canyon Elementary School and Canyon Elementary School, all three of which are part of [[LAUSD]]. Locals attending public school usually go to either Emerson Junior High or Paul Revere Junior High; the local public high school is University High School (named for nearby [[UCLA]], formerly Warren G. Harding High). Depending on their address in Brentwood, a local student may also attend Pacific Palisades High School, in [[Pacific Palisades, CA]].

Brentwood is also home to several private schools, including [[Brentwood School (Los Angeles)|Brentwood School]], [[Archer School for Girls]] (located in the historic Eastern Star Home) and [[St. Martin of Tours Catholic School]].

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Brentwood's terrain is mostly flat around San Vicente Boulevard but becomes more rugged as one heads north towards the mountains (especially north of Sunset Boulevard). The far north reaches of Brentwood include [[Crestwood Hills, Los Angeles, California|Crestwood Hills]], an architecturally significant neighborhood born of the mid-century modernist movement.

[[Governor of California|California Governor]] [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] lives in the hills above Brentwood, as do a variety of other notables, including [[Phyllis Diller]], [[Angela Lansbury]], and [[Chloris Leachman]]. Old-time celebrities who had Brentwood residences include [[Gary Cooper]], [[Clark Gable]], [[Tyrone Power]] and, [[Joan Crawford]], and [[Barbara Stanwyck]]. In the 60s and 70s, TV dads,[[Dick Van Dyke]], [[Don Defore]], and [[Bill Bixby]], made their homes in the area.

Bundy Drive in Brentwood was the site of the notorious murders of [[Nicole Brown Simpson]] and [[Ronald Goldman]].