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Chandler Park, in Burbank, California, is the residential community between Mariposa Street and Clybourn Avenue, east to west, and Burbank and Magnolia Boulevards, north to south.

Burbank, an incorporated city within Los Angeles county, is a prominent media and entertainment-oriented city with a small-town feel. Adjacent to many studios and production companies, living in the Chandler Park neighborhood enables many people to walk and bike to work.

The defining element of our neighborhood is a bikeway and pedestrian path within the former Chandler Boulevard railroad right-of-way, running from Mariposa Street to the City border at Clybourn Avenue.

Click for photos of the project.

The Chandler Boulevard Bikeway, constructed where the Burbank Branch railroad used to run, was previously owned by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company.

In 1991, the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, now the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), purchased the Burbank Branch (Chandler Boulevard) railroad right-of-way from the Southern Pacific Transportation Company. Burbank agreed to jointly purchase the right-of-way with the MTA. Burbank's share of the two-mile segment of the right-of-way is 41.1% and MTA’s share is 58.9%. The Chandler Boulevard Bikeway officially opened to the public at a grand opening celebration on August 20, 2004.

ABOUT THIS WEBSITE

In February 2006, the residents living on and adjacent to Chandler Boulevard fought against the idea of changing Chandler Boulevard's unusual configuration – twin two-way streets separated by a bike path – into two one-way streets. Read about this on our Chandler Boulevard No One-way page.

During this time the "Keeping Chandler Park Safe" website was created to document what was being published about the one-way controversy. Also during this time, Robert Phipps (organizing the No One-way cause) learned that, unlike Los Angeles, in Burbank there are no rules or requirements for naming a residential area; the people could just start calling our residential neighborhood "Chandler Park." And that is what we did (see New Release below.)

NEWS RELEASE — FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION
Friday, March 17, 2006
CONTACT: Robert Phipps

BURBANK AREA NAMED FOR PARKWAY

As of Friday, March 17, 2006, the official name of the Burbank residential area between Mariposa and Clybourn, east to west, and Burbank and Magnolia Blvds, north to south, is "Chandler Park," according to Robert Phipps, a 23-year resident of the area, speaking for homeowners. "It is a very prestigious area," Phipps said. "We have our own pathway, a long park, where we can walk, jog, run, ride a bike or trike, rollerblade, skateboard," he said. "We can push our infants in a stroller, walk our dogs, walk with a metal walker, walk on crutches, ride in a wheelchair or motorized cart, and so forth. It is a very safe and desirable place in which to live and raise a family. It is close in, yet "far away‚" he added.

Phipps, an attorney and real estate broker, asked Burbank Real Estate Brokers to notify the agents in their office and at meetings, of the new neighborhood birth, "and be sure to let all prospective buyers know, on set-up sheets, websites, and other media, that the home they are viewing is in Chandler Park, a very special area indeed," he said.

When the Burbank City Council voted to no longer pursue changes to Chandler, this website was converted to a community resource.

This website is for and about the community of Chandler Park in Burbank, California. It was originally conceived, researched, developed and created, and now published by Chandler Park resident, Ilayne Lucas, Graphic Artist/Web Designer.