Editing Burbank, California (section)

===Neighborhoods===
====Magnolia Park area====
Magnolia Park, established on Burbank's western edge in the early 1920s, had 3,500 houses within six years after its creation. When the city refused to pay for a street connecting the subdivision with the Cahuenga Pass, real estate developer and daily farmer Earl L. White did it himself and called it Hollywood Way. White was the owner of KELW, the San Fernando Valley's first commercial radio station, which went on the air on February 13, 1927. KELW, a 1,000-watt station, could be heard by listeners up and down the Pacific Coast. Some reports suggest it also could be heard as far away as New Zealand.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.radioheritage.net/story36.asp | title = Early Tejano Music heard in New Zealand
 | first1=Jim | last1=Hilliker | first2=David | last2=Ricquish | work = radioheritage.net | date = May 2, 2018 | access-date = January 22, 2023 }}</ref> The 1,000-watt radio station was sold in 1935 to the [[Hearst News Service#History|Hearst newspaper company]]. KELW was a short-lived radio station, operating for just a decade out of Burbank between 1927 and 1937.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://theburbanktribune.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/my-grandfather-earl-loy-white/ | title = My grandfather, Earl Loy White | work = theburbanktribune.wordpress.com | date = February 3, 2012 | access-date = September 18, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131023041317/http://theburbanktribune.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/my-grandfather-earl-loy-white/ | archive-date = October 23, 2013 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://myburbank.com/flashback-friday-burbanks-first-radio-station/| title = FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Burbank's First Radio Station | first=Mike | last=McDaniel | work = myburbank.com | date = October 26, 2018 | access-date = January 22, 2023 }}</ref>

[[File:Vintage shop magnolia park burbank.jpg|thumb|right|Vintage clothing shops in the Magnolia Park area of Burbank]]

The city's Magnolia Park area, bordered by West Verdugo Avenue to the south, Chandler Boulevard to the north, Hollywood Way to the west and Buena Vista Street to the east is known for its small-town feel, shady streets and [[History of the United States (1945–64)#Eisenhower: 1953–61|Eisenhower-era]] storefronts. Most of the homes in the area date to the 1940s, when they were built for veterans of World War II. Central to the community is [[Magnolia Boulevard]], known for its antique shops, boutiques, thrift shops, corner markets, and occasional chain stores.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.visitmagnoliapark.com/history
 |title=The History of Magnolia Park
 |publisher=Magnolia Park Merchants Association Inc.
 |access-date=January 15, 2018
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116081251/http://www.visitmagnoliapark.com/history
 |archive-date=January 16, 2018
|url-status=live
 }}</ref> The neighborhood is in constant struggle with developers looking to expand and update Magnolia Boulevard. Independent merchants and slow-growth groups have fought off new construction and [[big-box store]]s. The neighborhood remains quiet despite being beneath the airport flight path and bordered by arterial streets.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}

One of the centerpieces of the area's comeback has been [[Rosa Porto|Porto's Bakery]] at the old Albin's drug store site located at 3606 and 3614 West Magnolia Boulevard. As part of the project, Burbank loaned Porto's funds for building upgrades. Under the agreement, a portion of the loan will be forgiven over a 10-year period. East of Porto's is Antique Row, a hub for shopping in the city.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.dailynews.com | title=Porto's gets city loan for expansion | first=Alex | last=Dobuzinskis | work=[[Los Angeles Daily News]] | date=November 25, 2004 | access-date=January 15, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116004407/https://www.dailynews.com/ | archive-date=January 16, 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref>

Other enhancements include converting the disused railroad right-of-way along Chandler Boulevard into a landscaped bikeway and pedestrian path. This project was part of [[G Line Bikeway|a larger bike route]] linking Burbank's [[Downtown Burbank station|downtown Metrolink station]] with the [[B Line (Los Angeles Metro)|B Line]] subway in North Hollywood. The bike-friendly neighborhood and vintage shops has made this a part of the San Fernando Valley that is frequented by [[Hipster (contemporary subculture)|Hipsters]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Lecaro |first=Lina |url=http://laist.com/2015/03/26/magnolia_boulevard_burbank_fashion_vintage.php |title=The Retro Charm Of Burbank's Magnolia Boulevard: A Shopping Guide |publisher=Laist.com |date=March 26, 2015 |access-date=January 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226084321/http://laist.com/2015/03/26/magnolia_boulevard_burbank_fashion_vintage.php |archive-date=December 26, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

====Rancho Equestrian area====
Perhaps the most famous collection of neighborhoods in Burbank is the Rancho Equestrian District, flanked roughly by Griffith Park to the south, Victory Boulevard to the east, Olive Avenue to the west and Alameda Avenue to the north. Part of the Rancho community extends into neighboring Glendale.

The neighborhood zoning allows residents to keep horses on their property. Single-family homes far outnumber multifamily units in the Rancho, and many of the homes have stables and horse stalls. There are about 785 single-family homes, 180 condos and townhomes, and [https://outlooknewspapers.com/burbankleader/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-rancho-leaders-pushing-false-narrative/article_faf4a63e-0048-11f0-9461-7f79bbddfa50.html 25 horses].

The Rancho has traditionally been represented by the Burbank Rancho Homeowners, which was formed in 1963 by Floran Frank and other equestrian enthusiasts and is the oldest neighborhood group in the city.

Rancho real estate sells at a premium due to its equestrian zoning, numerous parks, connection to riding trails in Griffith Park and its adjacency to Warner Bros. and Disney Studios. Riverside Drive, its main thoroughfare, is lined with [[sycamore]] and [[oak]] trees, some more than 70 years old. It is quite common to see people on [[horseback riding]] along Riverside Drive's designated horse lanes. Of historical note, the Rancho was the home to TV star Mister Ed, the talking horse of [[Mister Ed|the show of the same name]]. Other notable former Rancho residents included [[Ava Gardner]] and [[Tab Hunter]], as well as [[Bette Davis]] in the adjoining Glendale Rancho area.

The rancho is especially known for its parks and open space. This includes centrally located Mountain View Park, Johnny Carson Park, Los Angeles' Griffith Park and Equestrian Center, Bette Davis Park (in the adjoining Glendale Rancho) and the neighborhood's beloved Polliwog, extending along Disney's animation building and used by local residents to exercise their horses.

In the 1960s, [[General Motors Corporation]] opened training facilities on Riverside Drive in the Rancho area, but in 1999 decided to contract out dealer-technician training to [[Raytheon Company]] and dismissed a dozen employees. In 2006, GM confiscated [[EV1]] electric-powered cars from drivers who had leased them and moved them to the GM facility in Burbank. When environmentalists determined the location of the cars, they began a month-long vigil at the facility.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.motortrend.com/auto_news/112_news050218_ev1vigil/index.html | title = EV1 Vigil At GM Burbank Facility Enters Day Three | date = February 18, 2005 | work = [[Motor Trend]] | access-date = January 4, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090108031931/http://www.motortrend.com/auto_news/112_news050218_ev1vigil/index.html | archive-date = January 8, 2009 | url-status = live }}</ref> To challenge the company's line that they were unwanted, they found buyers for all of them, offering a total of $1.9 million.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://evworld.com/news.cfm?newsid=7766 | title = EV1 Vigilers Pledge to Pay GM $1.9 Million for 'Incarcerated' Electric Cars | first = Bill | last = Moore | date = February 27, 2005 | work = EV World | access-date = January 4, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110710211358/http://evworld.com/news.cfm?newsid=7766 | archive-date = July 10, 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref> The vehicles were loaded on trucks and removed, and several activists who tried to intervene were arrested. The property was sold in 2012 to Lycée International de Los Angeles (LILA), a dual French-English language school, which opened a private high school in August 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.burbankleader.com/2012-03-23/news/tn-blr-0324-rancho-residents-says-oui-to-french-prep-school_1_rancho-residents-gm-site-school|title=Rancho residents say 'oui' to French prep school|work=tribunedigital-burbankleader|access-date=October 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017195212/http://articles.burbankleader.com/2012-03-23/news/tn-blr-0324-rancho-residents-says-oui-to-french-prep-school_1_rancho-residents-gm-site-school|archive-date=October 17, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> The new school includes 23 classrooms, four labs, an auditorium, an art room, an indoor sports rooms, two outdoor volleyball courts and basketball courts, according to the school's website.