Downtown is the commercial and geographic heart of
Agoura Hills, CaliforniaAgoura Hills is a city in Los Angeles County, California, and has the ZIP code 91301. The population was 20,537 at the 2000 census. This city on the Ventura Freeway straddles the border between the county of Los Angeles to the east, west and south and Ventura County to the north...
a district built mainly in the 1970's to replace the city's old heart in what is now the
Historic Quarter.
Downtown is the commercial and geographic heart of
Agoura Hills, CaliforniaAgoura Hills is a city in Los Angeles County, California, and has the ZIP code 91301. The population was 20,537 at the 2000 census. This city on the Ventura Freeway straddles the border between the county of Los Angeles to the east, west and south and Ventura County to the north...
a district built mainly in the 1970's to replace the city's old heart in what is now the
Historic Quarter.
Downtown features a number of shopping centers, focused on Thousand Oaks Blvd. and Kanan Rd., the area's two main thoroughfares. Although in the past few decades much of the city's entertainment life had moved south to
Malibu JunctionMalibu Junction is a district in southern Agoura Hills, California.This district is considered Agoura Hills's entertainment center, owing in large part to the construction of many hip restaurants and clubs in the last decade...
, leaving a great deal of
urban decayUrban decay is the sociological process whereby a city, or part of a city, falls into disrepair and decrepitude, with depopulation or changing population, economic restructuring, abandoned buildings, high local unemployment, fragmented families, political disenfranchisement, crime, and a desolate,...
behind, there is a current renaissance of entertainment in downtown, fueled by the opening and redesign of a number of restaurants and cafes, as well as the construction boom in the
South EndSouth End is a neighborhood in Agoura Hills, California It is generally considered the southern edge of Downtown.In recent years the area has been experiencing a construction boom, arguably in part due to its fortuitous location between Downtown and Malibu Junction.Historically, the area was...
.
Downtown is bordered by Upper Downtown to the north,
East AgouraEast Agoura is a district of Agoura Hills, California, located on the city's east side.East Agoura is arguably the most dense of the Agoura Hills districts, as the area contains a mix of apartment buildings and large offices as a result of construction in the 1990s.This district is located...
to the southeast,
South EndSouth End is a neighborhood in Agoura Hills, California It is generally considered the southern edge of Downtown.In recent years the area has been experiencing a construction boom, arguably in part due to its fortuitous location between Downtown and Malibu Junction.Historically, the area was...
to the south, Midtown to the southwest, and
Morrison RanchMorrison Ranch is a residential district of Agoura Hills, California.Morrison Ranch is made up mostly of upper-middle class detached homes along Agoura Hills' north side. It is tranquil and relatively removed from the hubbub of Downtown...
to the northwest.