[Decksperiment]

Dylan McKay was on his own in his lovely little bungalow. Dylan's home had its share of visitors, starting with Brenda, who moved in with him after a disagreement with Jim and Cindy. Though Dylan was mostly a loner and would drive off in his Porsche often, he did welcome an old girlfriend of his father's into his home. Suzanne and her daughter, who turned out to be Dylan's half-sister, stayed in the bungalow for a while before Dylan was scammed into signing over his bank account. Iris McKay, Dylan's eccentric and often absent mother, would stay at the bungalow when she was back from Hawaii from time to time. In reality, the home used in the series is only a few doors down from Casa Walsh in Altadena. more

[Naniscegine]

Kelly Taylor, the most popular girl in West Beverly High, lived with her mother Jackie in a contemporary style home. Kelly drove a convertible BMW and had a (giant in the 90's!) cell phone. Kelly was often home alone, left to lounge by her in-ground pool or talk on the phone for hours at a time. Kelly had it all, including dear friends, Donna and Brenda. Kelly was worshiped by the infamous David Silver. While David tried to catch up with this Spring Princess, Kelly was too busy with her friends and living through all of her teenage drama. Much to both Kelly and David's chagrin, Mel Silver (David's dad) and Jackie ended up getting married. Kelly's quiet sanctuary was interrupted with a new family as well as a little sister on the way, all living in the Taylor home! The Taylor home was actually located in Sherman Oaks, not Beverly Hills as depicted in the show. here

[Cryptoman]

It was the summer of 1991 when this popular drama series made its debut on television. There was nothing else like it on the air at the time. Twins from Minneapolis move to Beverly Hills, insert drama here. The plots of the show were fascinating and the places where this fine group of teenagers lived and hung out were nothing short of spectacular. Let’s take a walk down memory lane and revisit some of their homes and hang outs – and find out where they were actually located!

[jaredreed496]

We saved the best for the last. The beloved Peach Pit was a cute retro style diner that was home to all of the 90210 gang, Nat being the homeowner. While Brandon flipped burgers to save money for his Mustang, the gang all gathered around the pit for important events. How about the time they thought that the Walsh family were moving and they threw them a going away party? Or when Brenda filled in for Brandon as Laverne, the sassy waitress who wore a hair net? Anyone recall Color Me Badd serenading Donna at the Peach Pit? Let's not forget about The Peach Pit After Dark where acts like Christina Aguilera and Luther Vandross performed! There were so many good memories at the Peach Pit. Filming location for the Pit was located in Venice.

[uanisawatkinsz]

I still can hardly believe this whole thing even happened!! Mike and I seem to have a lot of luck when it comes to stalking 90210 locations, and I think I need to bring him with me on all of my stalking adventures from now on. 🙂

[Enky1974]

The dining room area, which was just re-painted and therefore has no furniture in it, is very reminiscent of the Walsh dining room. [links]

[im3w1l]

While stalking the 90210 house last week, the owner, Jack, told Mike [of MovieShotsLA – as if you didn’t already know by now :)] and me about a few Beverly Hills, 90210 filming locations that we had yet to locate. One location was the home of Brandon’s love interest from the Season 1 episode entitled “One Man and a Baby”. In the episode Brandon dates an Ivy League hopeful named Melissa whom he later finds out is also a single, teenage mother. The house used as Melissa’s in the episode just happens to be located directly across the street from the Walsh home in Altadena. While re-watching the episode last night, I was cracking up at the scene when Brandon drives up to Melissa’s house to pick her up for their date, because in reality her home is located a hop, skip and a jump away from his home on the show. LOL more

[kenlefeb]

Stalk It: The pawn shop featured in “Anaconda” is now RMD Entertainment which is located at 1418 2nd Street in Santa Monica. The Crocker Clock Tower building is located just around the corner at 225 Santa Monica Boulevard.

[manixrock]

Until next time, Happy Stalking! 🙂 here

[UndeadCircus]

The owner, whose name is Jack, could NOT have been a nicer guy! He stood and talked with us in the Walsh driveway for about 45 minutes, sharing all sorts of 90210 stories and behind the scenes info. For instance, he told us that on one occasion when they filmed at his house, producers cleared out all of his living room furniture and built a soundstage of Kelly’s bedroom in the vacant room! LOL He also told us that some of the camping scenes from the Season 2 episode entitled “Camping Trip” were actually filmed in his backyard! And – my personal favorite story of the many Jack shared with us – one day he got home from work to find a message on his answering machine from a woman who said “Hi this is Emily Valentine and I wanted to let you know that I just got out of the asylum.” LOL Jack even told us of a few other 90210 filming locations that he knew about. 🙂 Now, this is where the story gets REALLY exciting. After talking with us for a bit in his driveway, Jack invited us into his backyard to take some photos. [links]

[Prze_koles]

A few weeks ago while Mike was watching the pilot episode of 90210 he noticed the number 130 located above the front door of the Walsh home – a little location clue neither of us had picked up on before. (Pictured above). So pretty much immediately the two of us started searching 100 blocks in Los Angeles and its surrounding areas. We must have scrutinized almost every single square inch of L.A. looking for this house! With no luck, I might add. Mike’s instincts kept telling him that the house was located in a gated community due to the fact that the street in front of the home appeared extremely narrow on TV. But, knowing that the shooting budget for the pilot was most likely meager and that filming on a private road is usually a whole lot more costly than filming on your average city street, I disagreed with him. Until last week, that is.

[wizeman]

And once I determined that the home was located in a gated community, the other part of the 90210 pilot house mystery was solved, too. Upon entering, I just happened to ask the guard on duty at the guard shack if the community allowed filming of any sort to take place on the premises. He told me that in fact filming is not allowed and he laughed as if he gets asked that question all the time. I am sure location scouts come a-knockin’ at the guard shack door all too often. My best guess is that back in 1990, when the pilot episode was filmed, there was no ban on filming in the neighborhood. The pilot house was probably the first home on the premises ever used for filming of any sort. And I am pretty sure it must have belonged to someone on the production team – ie. the director, producer, art director, etc. It actually happens more often than you’d think that someone involved with a lower budget production will offer up their home for filming to keep costs down. Because the Pilot House is a beautiful home located in an upscale community, and since the 90210 pilot budget was most likely quite small, I think that is exactly what happened. Otherwise I just don’t see how they could have afforded to film there. If you’ve seen the pilot episode as many times as I have, you’ll remember that most of the location shooting at the Walsh house took place at night, which I am sure angered quite a few neighbors. Night shoots usually last from sunset to sunrise and can be loud, messy, and annoying to anyone whose house is nearby. So I am gonna go out on a limb and say that during the production of 90210, a few of the neighbors probably got a little miffed about the filming and as soon as the pilot wrapped, members of the small community (there are only 67 houses on the property) made certain nothing like that would ever happen again. So when Beverly Hills, 90210 got picked up as a series three to six months later, the producers were left without a home to use for filming. And that’s how we ended up with Casa Walsh. 🙂 here

[adamjkok]

Now we can FINALLY put to bed one of the greatest filming location mysteries of all time. Now if only I could find that darn Girls Just Want To Have Fun apartment! 🙂 here

[hotdrop]

The dining room area, which was just re-painted and therefore has no furniture in it, is very reminiscent of the Walsh dining room. here

[rokh]

The owner, whose name is Jack, could NOT have been a nicer guy! He stood and talked with us in the Walsh driveway for about 45 minutes, sharing all sorts of 90210 stories and behind the scenes info. For instance, he told us that on one occasion when they filmed at his house, producers cleared out all of his living room furniture and built a soundstage of Kelly’s bedroom in the vacant room! LOL He also told us that some of the camping scenes from the Season 2 episode entitled “Camping Trip” were actually filmed in his backyard! And – my personal favorite story of the many Jack shared with us – one day he got home from work to find a message on his answering machine from a woman who said “Hi this is Emily Valentine and I wanted to let you know that I just got out of the asylum.” LOL Jack even told us of a few other 90210 filming locations that he knew about. 🙂 Now, this is where the story gets REALLY exciting. After talking with us for a bit in his driveway, Jack invited us into his backyard to take some photos.

[bobsled]

I still can hardly believe this whole thing even happened!! Mike and I seem to have a lot of luck when it comes to stalking 90210 locations, and I think I need to bring him with me on all of my stalking adventures from now on. 🙂

[emarques]

Last Friday, Mike, from MovieShotsLA, and I set out to do a little Pasadena stalking. Who knew that our day would hold the stalking adventure to end all stalking adventures! Even as I sit here, days later, writing these words, I am pinching myself, unsure if the whole thing even really happened. But since I have the photographs, I guess it really did. 🙂

[Bukashkin]

Until next time, Happy Stalking! 🙂