Sunland-Tujunga, Los Angeles

Sunland-Tujunga /təˈhʌŋɡə/ is a neighborhood of the city of Los Angeles located by the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in the Crescenta Valley. Though Sunland and Tujunga began as separate settlements, they are today linked through a single police station, branch library, neighborhood council, chamber of commerce, City Council district, and high school and various civic organizations. The merging of these communities under a hyphenated name goes back as far as 1928. Sunland-Tujunga contains the highest point of the city, Mount Lukens.

Geography

Setting

The neighborhood lies between the Verdugo Mountains and the San Gabriel Mountains. It is contiguous on the east with La Crescenta-Montrose. Sunland and Tujunga are divided by Mount Gleason Avenue, with Sunland on the west and Tujunga on the east. Mount Lukens within Tujunga is the highest point in Los Angeles at 5,074 ft (1,547 m).

Streets

In 1925 there were no sidewalks or curbs in Tujunga, but by 1927 half of the streets had been paved. A state highway ran through the town.

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Django

by: Rancid

Get one thing clear, first you live in fear, then you disappear, and that unity
Shift gear, and i, try to stear, i see a tear, you're so fuckin insincere
Django,
You drag your coffin around
You drag your coffin around
You drag your coffin around
Django,
You drag your coffin around
All around town, just like a dead man does
Just like a dead man does
Just like a dead man does
Just like a dead man
Dead man
Dead man
Dead man
Dead man
Gonna have some fun, so you belong, cocaine run, until you watch the fuckin sun go
Underground, and the never found, and the drugs are around, gotcha tired fuckin beyond
Django,
You drag your coffin around
You drag your coffin around
You drag your coffin around
Django,
You drag your coffin around
All around town, just like a dead man does
Just like a dead man does
Just like a dead man does
Just like a dead man
Dead man
Dead man
Dead man
Dead man
Get one thing clear, first you live in fear, then you disappear, and that unity shit
Shift gear, and i, try to stear, i see a tear, you're so fuckin insincere
Django,
You drag your coffin around
You drag your coffin around
You drag your coffin around




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