Americana at Brand

San Fernando Valley


If you dig the Grove in Mid-City then you’ll enjoy this set-piece shopping mall, developed by the same folks, that feels like an extended walking street. There’s an 18-screen multiplex, some 30 restaurants and food stalls and some very good, albeit very corporate, shopping.


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Nearby San Fernando Valley attractions

1. Museum of Neon Art

0.05 MILES

Neon signage is a defining element of LA's cityscape, and the collection at this museum in the heart of Glendale's commercial district includes signage…

2. Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Glendale

1.32 MILES

The final home of such Golden Age superstars as Clara Bow, Humphrey Bogart and Jimmy Stewart. Alas, many of their graves are in mausoleums and are off…

3. Autry Museum of the American West

1.53 MILES

Established by singing cowboy Gene Autry, this expansive, underrated museum offers contemporary perspectives on the history and people of the American…

4. Griffith Park

1.6 MILES

A gift to the city in 1896 by mining mogul Griffith J Griffith, and five times the size of New York’s Central Park, Griffith Park is one of the country’s…

5. Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens

1.79 MILES

Home to 1100 finned, feathered and furry friends from more than 250 species, the LA Zoo rarely fails to enthrall the little ones. Adults who have been to…

6. Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round

1.81 MILES

This richly festooned 1926 merry-go-round was brought to its current home in 1937, where Walt Disney would bring his young daughters and find inspiration…

7. Old Los Angeles Zoo

2.03 MILES

What look like Aztec ruins in a picnic-friendly park are actually the abandoned remnants of the city's original zoo. The site opened in 1912 with a modest…

8. Los Angeles Live Steamers

2.67 MILES

Just east of Travel Town is this group of local folks with a passion for scale-model locomotives. On Sunday afternoons they offer rides on their one…