Adam-12 Harbor Isle Apartments in Season 1, Episode 2 Part TWO

Continuing "Log 141: The Color TV Bandit":

"I have no more than I did before, but now I've got all that I need" -- Mike Nesmith was my favorite Monkee.  Melody Patterson was Ella Mae in the Monkees "Hillbilly Honeymoon" episode. Here Melody Patterson plays the angry recipient of a traffic ticket.  Sadly, she passed in 2015. 

Our Adam-12 duo were taking time out of their hunt for the color TV bandit to pursue a VW that made an illegal left in front of Universal.  

They end up on Valleyheart Drive immediately to the west of Universal, just east of the 101. This is the stretch of Valleyheart that runs alongside South Weddington Park, where the food trucks and homeless encampments are. 

The Weddington Family owned and developed much of North Hollywood beginning in the 19th century when it was called Lankershim, so you see the Weddington name in the area.  Great site on the Weddingtons.  

Isaac Lankershim and his son-in-law Isaac Van Nuys (rhymes with "guys") were the other BIG names in the area in the 19th century. Lankershim was born in Germany, which makes me wonder if the family name was actually pronounced "Lankers-heem"? Around here it's "LANKer-shim."

Notice the tall Italian cypress blocking the chimney of the middle house. The chimney is exposed in the more modern photo below. 

I'm gonna drive over there in a pink dress and pose for pix in front of that house!

Well, take me with you in your time machine, please!!!!

This is what happened behind the Green Construction Fence of Impending Doom:

Isn't this great?

Note: There is another stretch of Valleyheart in Studio City, which lines either side of the LA River between Laurel Canyon and Colfax.  It's right next to CBS.  A lot of architectural destruction has been going on over there.

"We don't need to wait for The Big One to knock everything down. We'll do that ourselves." [Clearly the LA motto.]

I'll post them small as really they shouldn't be viewed by anyone. This could easily happen to any of those older single family homes. 

    

Discovered this nice structure, I'd say 1930s based on its Streamline Moderne feel. But of course, it is no more. 👿

Back to Adam-12! We do have a survivor story up ahead: 

Harbor Isle apartments on Bennett, southwest of Cahuenga [I always say it "Ca-HWANGGGGG-ga"!] right near where Barham comes out of Burbank and crosses the 101. That's fairly close to Universal City. 

Here is where female viewers roll their eyes and declare, "Oh, puh-lease!" while I'm sure every male crew member felt they just didn't get that scene quite right. Clearly they would need another 30 takes. Not sure if this scene gets tagged "Pete's Love Life" or not. 

Gratuitous shots of Mac. 

His eyes look red. I think I've found the culprit.

You wanna put that out, Freckles?

Somewhere in there they couldn't pin the TV thefts on this dude, but combining old school fingerprinting with the latest in 1968 technology, they manage to get him on other burglaries. And three years ago on a call, dirty old man Pete had the cutest little girl you ever saw push him into that very same pool Reed took an unintentional dip in. 

If I could insert a soundbyte to end on, it would be Reed: 

"What kinda mother are you?"

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Adam-12 Drive by North Hollywood Federal Savings and Loan in Season 1, Episode 2 Part ONE

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 😀

Next up: Adam-12 Harbor Isle Apartments in Season 1, Episode 2 Part TWO

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