Glendale

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Glendale is the third largest city in Los Angeles County, with a population of 208,000. Within the state of California, the city is the 17th largest, situated by the Verdugo Mountains within the San Fernando Valley.

The median income for people within Glendale is $57,112, which is about average for Los Angeles County. Records collected by the City state the top employers (in no particular order) are Acco engineering Systems and Diagnostic Laboratories, City of Glendale, Glendale Community College, Glendale Adventist Medical center, Glendale Unifield School District, Glendale Memorial Medical Center, Nestle, Public Storage, and Walt Disney Imagineering.

Made during the year 1923, the Grand Central Airport has been the largest business for many years. For the Los Angeles are, it was the first official terminal and contributed the development of aviation within the US. Charles Lindbergh started the very first west to east transcontinental flight from Glendale Central Airport. Made from inspiration of Spanish style architectural elements and Art Deco themes, the main terminal building still stands and is an essential element of Glendale's history. Up until the year 1959, The Grand Central Business park used to be the Grand Central Air Terminal Building. During World War 2, the building was camouflaged to be able to protect it from enemy attacks.

The city has a "Special Collections" section in the Glendale Public Library, that has lots of original documents and records on Glendale history. In 1950, the Jewel City Cat Fanciers Club donated more than 20,000 volumes to the library, making it the largest collection of books about cats in the world. It is a special collection and will be kept permanently on view for people who are part of the club.

A couple of popular restaurants chains started in Glendale. Bob's Big Boy hamburger restaurants started on East Colorado during 1936 and Baskin-Robbins ice cream parlors began in Adams Square in 1945.