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Los Angeles has many thriving suburbs and Glendale ca is a bustling city with many stylish skyscrapers and public space artwork. Large corporations have offices in the city, including International House of Pancakes, Nestle and Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks. The downtown area has a variety of shops, antique stores, boutiques and galleries. The city is still growing and a new complex, named Americana on Brand is to be completed in 2008. It will contain restaurants, cafes, shops and movie theatres.

One of the most famous landmarks in the city is the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, famous for its unusual landscape design and 1,500 statues, many of which are copies of famous works of art. The cemetery contains the last remains of several Hollywood movie stars of the past, including Clarke Gable, Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino and Norma Shearer. Tourists to Glendale ca make a point of coming to the cemetery.

The Glendale Galleria is a shopping mall with a wide variety of stores and dining outlets. There are department stores, including JC Penney and Macy's and shops for clothing, toys, jewelry, greeting cards, and toiletries. Moms and Dads can shop at ease whilst the kids enjoy themselves in their own play area. The Food Court has restaurants that serve Thai, Italian or Japanese cuisine and customers can also grab a hot dog or try out the Hawaiian barbecue. Santa visits at Christmas time and poses for photographs. The mall also contains a Flight Center and a Police Substation. Glendale ca Galleria supports fundraising events to help the homeless and poorly housed.

There is an enterprising theatre community in the city with professional and amateur productions, providing a varied assortment of plays and musicals. The Alex Theatre is a performing arts center, used by professional and local groups. Recent attractions have included a production of The Nutcracker Suite ballet and a performance of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.

A Noise Within is a theatre group that presents plays by the finest writers in the world. The professional repertory company has presented works by William Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller and Henrik Ibsen. The Glendale Center Theatre focuses on entertainment for all the family. Their season for 2008 includes the musicals, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat and Singing in the Rain. The children of Glendale ca will enjoy the production of the fairy tale, Rapunzel and there is also a presentation of the Oscar Wilde comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest.

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