According to the internet, North Hollywood Federal Savings and Loan was inactive by late 1976. Located at 4455 Lankershim, just south of the 134 freeway, with a Lincoln Mercury dealer next to it, it can be seen in "Log 141: The Color TV Bandit." They drive past it in many other episodes too. Face it, they patrol Lankershim near Universal!
The buildings remain, as our friend Google shows us, but the old streetlamp is gone:
If you wonder why people are leaving Los Angeles, have a gander under that underpass; enlarge at your own risk:
Let's back up to the beginning of "Log 141:The Color TV Bandit":
Our officers are back from "days off" and Pete's still being hassled about marriage. Today his excuse is his "freedom."
Why so romantic about a show from 1968? Because THIS is 2020.
Enlarge at your own risk.
On my Google Drive down Hoover, between 4th and 5th, I discovered not only this angle of that bell tower they drive by -- see it on the left in the trees:
But also these two surviving homes on Hoover. A miraculous feat, indeed.
From the credits of Log 172, Pete's stalker lady:
Back to our story.
Reed and Malloy get an ambulance for Phyllis' two small kids who have overdosed on her stash. Cloris Leachman and my own mother had very much this same look in 1968.
Pete scoops up assorted pills and needles with his bare hands. Safety first.
Then Reed rattles off the penal code in great detail and goes off. "What kinda mother are you?"
Then the men head back to North Hollywood and travel down Lankershim. The red Indian head of the Pontiac dealer (and/or service station) on the west side is probably just south of Whipple.
This modern shot is further north, but it brings back scary memories. I have no idea whose turn it is or where you're allowed to turn. Worst intersection EVER.
How cool is this surviving old gas station!
Wait, did they back up? Sometimes they cut, back up, and drive the same stretch again! Eventually I'll put all of the places they pass along Lankershim in order of reality, the best I can. The destruction in this area (and all of Los Angeles) in the twenty-first century has been awful.
Name that intersection. It has a lot of lanes. They pursue this girl's VW to Studio City, so I'll just leave it here. Answer in Part TWO 😀
