Magnolia Blvd, North Hollywood

Magnolia reminds me of the LA you hear about in detective pulps and old movies. I think it's the combination of light commercial business (check out the faded signs in mod, sixties-style script) and middle to upper middle class condos and and family homes a step away from movie and television studios (don't try to visit the hospital on Riverside Drive. It's long since been converted into the set for the sitcom Scrubs).

This is the street where blue-haired old ladies go to get their hair done, and working mothers bring their sure-footed daughters to dance class. The street, for these reasons, has an "authentic" feeling. However, as with any older street, I have noticed that it can do with some face-lifts here and there.