I could be mistaken, but I think that “Franklin Village” has been around for awhile. And Birds, Upright Citizen Brigade Theater, and the Scientology Celebrity Center are all on Franklin Ave so they definitely do connect to it.

whats a SiFi?

Oh, yeah, I do remember where UCB is…thanks 5000!

And SiFi is the catchy name a reader submitted for MY neighborhood:
http://blogging.la/archives/2006/12/what_neighborhood_is_my_new_ap_1.phtml

You know who knows the boundaries of Franklin Village? The Franklin Village Neighborhood Association. See the map here:

http://www.franklinvillage.net/

You know who knows the boundaries of Franklin Village? The Franklin Village Neighborhood Association. See the map here:

http://www.franklinvillage.net/

This is the Bobby who submitted in the pictures. Glad to see the story got picked up.

I just checked out that franklinvillage.net website linked above. On it it says “”Franklin Village” Neighborhood signs going up on 3/29/07 [time to be announced]“.

So the newly posted name is still new to me. Frankly, I was tired of telling people I lived at the foot of the Hollywood Hills! Wonder if “FraVi” would be a good nickname or not! ;)

But wait, there’s more! My ‘hood’s “Franklin Square”, bordered by Franklin, Los Feliz, Normandy and Vermont.

I don’t know if/when we’re getting a sign, but this is where the permit parking was going to be (thankfully denied due to the outcry.)

Actually, the signs technically only designate the one-block communnity of Franklin Avenue where the UCB Theatre, etc. are This was designated by Councilman LaBonge at the end of 2006. Anything larger than one block in length has to go through the City’s “Community Naming Process.” So, technically, those signs only define the commercial block, not the boundaries listed at the website posted by AVN.