Intersection to be Named for North Hollywood Activist

The intersection of Lankershim Boulevard and Weddington Street in North Hollywood will be dedicated on Monday as Guy Weddington McCreary Memorial Square in honor of the activist and businessman’s contributions to the San Fernando Valley.

McCreary’s widow Diane will be joined by Councilmen Tom LaBonge and Paul Krekorian at the 9:30 a.m. ceremony where signs on the traffic signal next to the El Portal Theater and Art Institute will be unveiled.

McCreary was a descendant of one of the San Fernando Valley’s first families. He was president of the Weddington Investment Companies from 1984 until his death on Oct. 12 of cancer at the age of 77.

When North Hollywood was in decline in the 1970s, McCreary led the fight to bring redevelopment to the community his family had built. He was also among the leaders in the effort to bring the Red Line subway to the San Fernando Valley.

McCreary was a member of the Los Angeles County Commission for Public Social Services, executive director of the Republican Central Committee of Los Angeles County, a member of the board of directors of the Friends of the Campo de Cahuenga Historical Memorial Association and an adviser to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley.

McCreary was also the author of a 1974 history of the Mexican Revolution “From Glory to Oblivion.”

“In all the years that I’ve served the city, Guy was known to be a great man who loved the valley and who was always very active in the community,” LaBonge said of McCreary after learning of his death.

City News Service