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Olive Ave is a major thoroughfare between Burbank, CA and Hollywood. Any local who wants to go into Hollywood will take Olive Ave to Barham & then Cahuenga, rather than trying to navigate the freeway, it's just easier and quicker.

Warner Bros Studios & NBC studios are located on W Olive Ave, as are many businesses in "the industry". There are several radio stations, Disney's corporate offices, and the Walt Disney studios close by.

There is very little residential property on Olive Ave itself, but it is surrounded by residential streets.

With the exception of rush hour, the traffic on Olive Ave is fairly reasonable. It is not too busy and slow to be annoying.

West Alameda Ave is home to St. Joseph's Hospital and affiliated medical centers, which has a reputation for providing excellent health care. The main entrance to the Walt Disney Studio's is just a block away from the hospital on the same street. NBC studios and Warner Bros are also close by.

The street consists of both residential and commercial properties, including a very large AAA of So Cal facility, which is convenient if you are a member and don't want to go to the DMV to renew your vehicle registration.

Griffith Park and the Los Angeles Zoo are fairly close via surface streets or a quick ride on the 5 or 134 freeways.

Hollywood Way in Burbank, CA is a very busy street with the Bob Hope airport on the north end and Warner Bros. Studios on the south end.

There is a mixture of residential and commercial properties, with some good restaurants, a major grocery store, and an eclectic mix of independent shops.

The Warner Bros Ranch is located off of Hollywood Way and the street ends at one of the main gates into the main Warner Bros Studio complex at Olive Ave.

Magnolia Blvd in Burbank, CA is a commercial street, although it is surrounded by residential streets. Burbank is a fairly safe city, with good neighborhoods.

This street has many excellent retro & second hand clothing shops that feature a variety of styles. There are also some antique shops, specialized book & hobby stores, and restaurants. Porto's Bakery, a very famous and popular establishment in Glendale, has opened a second restaurant/bakery on the corner of Magnolia Blvd & Hollywood Way.

Traffic on this street is never too crowded and there is usually street parking to be had in front of many of the shops.

Cahuenga Blvd, between Magnolia & Lankershim, is a high traffic, but otherwise safe street, in a safe neighborhood.

It is less than 1 mile away from the North Hollywood Red Line station and is very close to the North Hollywood (NoHo) Arts District, Toluca Lake, Burbank, and Universal Studios. There is plenty of shopping within driving distance, not to mention an excellent used book store, The Iliad, within walking distance (Cahuenga & Chandler).

For the most part, the housing consists of apartment buildings, very close together. The rents are reasonable for a safe neighborhood in the Los Angeles area, with a 1 bedroom apartment going for $1,000 - $1,200 per month. The apartment buildings are rather close together. This means that even if the tenants in your own building are reasonably quiet, there can be a lot of noise from neighboring buildings.

The street itself is rather pleasant, aside from the traffic. There are plenty of trees and sidewalks and the Chandler street bike path is very close by.

It's not a bad place to live, if you don't mind 24/7 traffic noise and rather noisy young single people out in the evening.