Tarzana

Los Angeles community

Tarzana is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California.

It was named after the fictional jungle hero Tarzan—author Edgar Rice Burroughs owned a ranch there in the early 20th century.

The area is primarily residential and suburban: We drove out to Tarzana to look at houses.

neighborhood

San Fernando Valley

Los Angeles suburban basin

Encino · commuter · boulevard · shopping center · tract homes · Southern California · zip code · real estate · community · sprawl

namesake

Edgar Rice Burroughs

  • authorCreator of written works
  • ranchLivestock-raising estate
  • estateProperty and grounds

literary · homage · jungle · creator · naming · tribute · legacy · writer · Burroughs · ape-man

ranch

Burroughs

agricultural · land · subdivision · development · farmland · citrus · horses · rural · historic · grounds

Opposites
urban/suburban character

TarzanaDowntown Los Angeles

Major city's central business district

Manhattan · urban core · central business district · Times Square · the Loop

geographic setting (ironic name contrast)

TarzanaAfrican rainforest

Wet woodland in continent's midsection

untamed wilderness

san fernando valley geography

TarzanaBeverly Hills

Affluent Southern California city

Malibu · Santa Monica · Hollywood · Venice Beach

Phrases
Family

Tarzan

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G