Editing Van Nuys (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Van Nuys, Southern California (6042688851).jpg|thumb|right|Industry in Van Nuys]]
[[Van Nuys Boulevard]] has a long and diverse commercial district along it, as do other major streets crossing through Van Nuys.

From December 1947 until August 1992, [[General Motors]] operated an automobile factory called [[Van Nuys Assembly]] at Van Nuys Boulevard and Arminta Street to augment production efforts at their [[South Gate Assembly]] factory, which opened in 1936. The Van Nuys plant manufactured 6.3 million vehicles, including the [[Chevrolet Impala]], [[Chevrolet Corvair|Corvair]], and later was the primary location for the [[Chevrolet Chevy II / Nova|Nova]], [[Chevrolet Camaro|Camaro]], and [[Pontiac Firebird]]. Other models built were the [[Chevrolet Monte Carlo]], [[Chevrolet Chevelle|Chevelle]], the [[Oldsmobile Omega]], and the [[Pontiac Ventura]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Apodaca|first=Patrice|date=1992-08-28|title=L.A. MAKES ITS LAST CAR : End of Road for GM's Van Nuys Plant : Autos: After 45 years and 6.3 million vehicles, the facility is shut down. It marks the end of car making in Southern California.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-08-28-fi-6132-story.html|access-date=2021-03-05|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Badge engineered]] versions of the Impala, Nova and Camaro were also manufactured at this location. In October 1989, GM announced that Camaro and Firebird production would be moved to a facility in [[Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec|Sainte-Thérèse]].<ref name=":0" /> Due to [[Smog#Los Angeles and the San Joaquin Valley|air quality remediation efforts]] and decreasing market share of GM products, the factory was closed.

In 1999, The Plant shopping center opened on the former factory site, anchored by big box retailers and a 16-screen movie theater multiplex.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Fox|first=Sue|date=1999-11-27|title=Rebirth for Old Car Factory Site|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-nov-27-me-37909-story.html|access-date=2021-03-05|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en-US}}</ref> Through the following years there were additions to The Plant shopping center.
 
[[Sound City Studios]] is a well-respected recording studio in Van Nuys. Van Nuys, along with Chatsworth, is home to numerous pornographic film studios, distributors, and manufacturers.<ref name="LA Daily News">{{cite news|last=BARRETT|first=BETH|title=Porn is a $12 billion industry, but profits leave the Valley.|url=http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20070605/porn-is-a-12-billion-industry-but-profits-leave-the-valley|access-date=29 January 2014|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]|date=June 4, 2007}}</ref>

[[Grupo TACA]] operates a Van Nuys-area TACA Center at 6710 Van Nuys Boulevard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taca.com/eng/cus/coff/coffouroff_planans.asp?id=55|title=National and international flights in Avianca Airlines for USA - Avianca|website=Taca.com|access-date=4 October 2018}}</ref>

Various parts of the 1984 film ''[[The Terminator]]'' were filmed in Van Nuys.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/t/Terminator.php|title=Filming Locations for The Terminator (1984), around Los Angeles.|website=Movie-locations.com}}</ref>