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Travel Guide
Burbank is the location of NBC’s West Coast
HQ’s and Disney’s main HQ’s (both on Olive St.). A block away is Disney
Animation and Disney Channel’s building. The Disney HQ features the 7 dwarves
“holding up” the roof – the lot also houses a small studio. It is closed to
the public but you can photograph from the street. The Tonight Show is taped
at the NBC studios. There is a queue out front on taping days starting by
early afternoon. If you look up to the mountain range, the back part of
Griffith Park – that is where MASH was filmed. A few blocks further west is
the WARNER BROS. STUDIO – you can’t miss the mammoth advertising – it is also
a working studio and there are tours. You probably have to call ahead to
reserve (unlike Universal Studios). As you continue along Ventura Blvd., there
are other studios (mostly TV) that are discreet in appearance such as the CBS
STUDIO CENTER where there are always dozens of sitcoms being taped there
(Seinfeld was there). You can get free tickets – sitcoms usually tape Friday
nights. At that point, you can swing south and no more than a few miles away
is UNIVERSAL STUDIOS. No great detail needed here, as it’s internationally
known.
If you move to Glendale you'll find DreamWorks
Animation and Nickelodeon Animation studios (no tours) and hundreds of small
production studios, special effects and prop houses.
In Glendale, there are several huge malls
including the Glendale Galleria, as well as North Brand Street, which features
hundreds of shops and restaurants. There’s also a great only-known-to-local
chicken eatery – ZANKOU CHICKEN in Glendale (as well as other cities).
On the other side of Glendale is GRIFFITH PARK
– where you can find an oasis of green. There is a Gene Autry museum; some
kids attractions and best of all – Griffith Park Observatory. If the skies are
clear and the smog not too bad, it’s definitely worth a winding road drive to
see both LA from a great vantage point and of course, the setting for
countless movies (TERMINATOR, BOWFINGER, et al).
The Official Web Site of The City of Los Angeles
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L.A. By Public Transportation
Travelers
Aid Society of Los Angeles
Also
Bay Area's Travel Information Portal.
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