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Los Cerritos - Virginia Country Club is an affluent neighborhood with approximately 700 homes and 2,000 residents located within the larger Bixby Knolls neighborhood of Long Beach, California. Established in 1906, Los Cerritos - Virginia Country Club Neighborhood has long served the film industry of Los Angeles for its All-American atmosphere and historic, estate-sized homes. It was one of three finalists in the 2007 Neighborhood of the Year national competition. ==History== On October 7, 1906, surrounding Rancho Los Cerritos were designated as the Los Cerritos subdivision.〔''(Then & Now, Los Cerritos Neighborhood Centennial October 7, 2006. )'' Accessed March 16, 2008.〕 Once streets were cut out into the designed tract, the lots began to sell. In 1920, Thomas Gilchrist, an Oklahoma oilman, purchased along La Linda Drive〔(La Linda Dr, Long Beach, CA )〕 and subdivided them into a development called La Linda, Spanish for "the pretty." In 1929, 20th century architect Kirtland Cutter designed three award-winning homes in the Los Cerritos Neighborhood.〔Lachnit, Carroll. (May 2, 1999) Long Beach Press-Telegram ''(Spotlighting Cutter's California Style Architecture. )'' Section: Lifestyle; Page J3.〕 Now one of Long Beach's oldest gated communities, the residential make-up of La Linda has changed. Many of the newer homes are larger.〔Gonzaga, Samantha. (August 10, 2007) Long Beach Press-Telegram ''(Are our houses getting too big? )'' Section: News; page 4A.〕 In 1985, a home on Country Club Drive〔(Country Club Dr, Long Beach )〕 in the Los Cerritos neighborhood was used as the Bueller family home in the 1986 comedy film ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off''〔Grobary, Tim. (November 27, 2001) Long Beach Press-Telegram ''(What's up: A month to remember. )'' Section: Local News. Page A1.〕〔Grobaty, Tim. (February 21, 2003) Long Beach Press-Telegram ''(What's Up:Filmers stay for the Pie. )'' Section: Locan news. Page A2.〕 and subsequently used in the 2001 comedy film ''Not Another Teen Movie'', the 2002 thriller film ''Red Dragon,'' and in a Cheerios commercial. In 1998, two homes on Cedar Avenue in the Los Cerritos neighborhood were used in the 1999 teen comedy film ''American Pie''.〔Grobaty, Tim. (March 6, 2001) Long Beach Press-Telegram ''(What's Up: L.B. Gets a Big Slab of Pie. )'' Section: Locan news, page A2.〕〔Grobaty, Tim. (March 8, 2004) Long Beach Press-Telegram ''(What's Up: Is your pad a movie house? )'' Section: News, page A2.〕〔Grobaty, Tim. (May 9, 2006) Long Beach Press-Telegram ''(What's Hot! Showtime for your house? )'' Section News, Page A2.〕 In August 2000, a home on Country Club Drive different than the 'Ferris Bueller home' was used as the fictional home for the teenager Donnie Darko in the 2001 drama/psychological thriller/science fiction film ''Donnie Darko.'' In 2007, Los Cerritos Neighborhood was one of three finalists in Neighborhood USA's Neighborhood of the Year national competition in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.〔''(City of Long Beach press release. )''〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Los Cerritos, Long Beach, California」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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