Editing Burbank, California (section)

===Notable locations===
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* Burbank Public Library
* Burbank City Hall
* Buena Vista Branch Burbank Public Library
* De Bell Municipal Golf Course
* Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
* Northwest Park Branch Burbank Public Library
* Southern California Genealogical Society Library
* Gordon R. Howard Museum
* Martial Arts History Museum
* [[New York Film Academy]]
* Valhalla Memorial Park
* [[Nickelodeon Animation Studio]]
* [[The Burbank Studios]]
* [[Walt Disney Studios (Burbank)|Walt Disney Studios]]
* [[Cartoon Network Studios]]
* [[Warner Bros. Ranch]]
* [[Warner Bros. Studios Burbank|Warner Bros. Studios]]
* [[Stoopid Buddy Stoodios]]
* Columbia TriStar Home Video (now [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]]) 1978 to 1995
* New Normal Studios/The [[Tom Leykis]] Show
* [[Providencia Ranch]] area – 1911 to 1960
* Nestor Ranch 1911
* [[Universal City, California|Universal City]] 1912 to 1914
* Lasky Ranch
* [[Hasbro Studios]]
* Hudkins Stables of Hollywood (Providencia)
* [[Orby TV]]
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====Warner Bros. Studios====
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[[File:WBTowerNew.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Warner Bros. Studios Burbank|Warner Bros. Studios]], the headquarters of [[Warner Bros.]], a subsidiary of [[Warner Bros. Discovery]]]]

'''Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank''' is a major [[filmmaking]] facility owned and run by [[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.]] in Burbank, [[California]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://studiofacilities.warnerbros.com/|title=Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank website|author=Warner Bros.}}</ref> [[First National Pictures]] built the {{convert|62|acre|ha|adj=on}} [[film studio|studio lot]] in 1926 as it expanded from a film distributor to film production.<ref>"First National Properties", ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', May 21, 1926, p.&nbsp;16.</ref> The financial success of ''[[The Jazz Singer]]'' and ''[[The Singing Fool]]'' enabled Warner Bros. to purchase a majority interest in First National in September 1928 and it began moving its productions into the Burbank lot. The First National studio, as it was then known, became the official home of Warner Bros.–First National Pictures with four [[sound stages]].<ref name=guide>{{cite book|title=Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood Official Guide|page=22|year=2015|publisher=Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.}}</ref> By 1937, Warner Bros. had all but closed the Sunset studio, making the Burbank lot its main headquarters—which it remains to this day. Eventually, Warner dissolved the First National company and the site has often been referred to as simply '''Warner Bros. Studios''' since. The studio runs public backlot tours that offer visitors the chance to glimpse behind the scenes of one of the oldest film studios in the world ([[Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood]]).

In 1999, [[Cartoon Network Studios]], a division of [[Warner Bros.]] took up residence in an old commercial bakery building located on North 3rd Street when it separated its production operations from [[Warner Bros. Animation]] in [[Sherman Oaks]]. On April 15, 2019, it was announced that [[Warner Bros.]] will sell [[Warner Bros. Ranch]], another one of its facilities to Worthe Real Estate Group and Stockbridge Real Estate Fund as part of a larger real estate deal to be completed in 2023 which will see the studio get ownership of [[The Burbank Studios]] in time to mark its 100th anniversary.<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 15, 2019|title=Warner Bros. plans to buy Burbank Studios and occupy new Frank Gehry 'iceberg' towers|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-warner-bros-burbank-studios-gehry-design-ranch-sale-20190415-story.html|access-date=April 20, 2021|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref>

====Walt Disney Studios====
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[[File:Walt_Disney_Studios_Alameda_Entrance.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Walt Disney Studios (Burbank)|Walt Disney Studios]], the headquarters of [[the Walt Disney Company]]]]

The Walt Disney Studios in Burbank serve as the international headquarters for media conglomerate [[the Walt Disney Company]]. Disney staff began the move from the old Disney studio at Hyperion Avenue in [[Silver Lake, Los Angeles|Silver Lake]] on December 24, 1939. Designed primarily by [[Kem Weber]] under the supervision of [[Walt Disney]] and his brother [[Roy O. Disney|Roy]], the Burbank Disney Studio buildings are the only studios to survive from the Golden Age of film. Disney is the only remaining [[Major film studios|major film studio]] company to remain independent from a larger conglomerate and whose parent entity is still located in the Los Angeles area. Disney is also the only major film studio that does not run public backlot tours.

====Providencia Ranch====
Filmmaking began in the [[Providencia Ranch]] area (marked in yellow on the Providencia Land, Water & Development Co. map in [[#Early history|this section]]). Nestor Studios began using the ranch location in 1911. The Providencia Ranch became part of the Universal Film Manufacturing operations on the Pacific/West Coast in 1912. From 1912 to 1914 Universal's ranch studio was also referred to as the Oak Crest Ranch. Carl Laemmle called the ranch "Universal City" as recorded in issues of ''[[The Moving Picture World]]'' Volume: 16 (April – June 1913). Universal City existed on the Providencia Land and Water property from 1912 to 1914. In 1914, the Oak Crest studio ranch and Hollywood studio operation would move to the new Universal City located on the Lankershim Land and Water property. The official public opening occurred on March 15, 1915, on the Lankershim Property. The new Universal City (three tracts of land) was much larger than the old Universal (Oak/Providencia) Ranch. The Universal Ranch tract of land became smaller after the 1914 move to the Taylor Ranch. The leased land surrounding the Universal ranch became the Lasky Ranch. The Providencia property was used as a filming location by other motion picture companies, most notably for battle scenes in ''[[The Birth of a Nation]]'' (1915).

====Olive Memorial Park====
From 1949 to 1952, the [[St. Louis Browns]], a [[Major League Baseball]] team, selected Burbank as their destination for spring training to escape the harsh winters of the Midwest. As the players donned their uniforms and stepped onto the field at Olive Memorial Park, they not only honed their baseball skills but also forged a special bond with Burbank and its Hollywood luminaries. Workers in Burbank came by during their lunch hour to watch the game.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 25, 2015|title=SPRING TRAINING SPECIAL: Re-Live the History of the St. Louis Browns in Burbank|url=https://myburbank.com/spring-training-in-burbank-re-live-the-history-of-the-st-louis-browns/|access-date=December 10, 2023|website=myburbank.com|language=en-US}}</ref> Additionally, well-known entertainment figures such as [[Bing Crosby]], [[Bob Hope]], and [[Nat King Cole]] would gather to witness the action. [[Marilyn Monroe]] herself even joined the Browns for promotional photos. Over time, the St. Louis Browns would evolve into the [[Baltimore Orioles]]. The [[Los Angeles Rams]] also used the stadium from 1958 to 1962 as a practice field.<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 17, 1986|title=The St. Louis Browns Came West 34 Years Ago for Spring Training and Took Up Residence in a Park That Was Only a Long Home Run From Downtown Burbank: The Stadium That Time Forgot|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-04-17-sp-45-story.html |access-date=December 10, 2023|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> While the stadium, originally dedicated in 1947 to commemorate the soldiers lost in [[World War II]], saw its stands razed in 1995, the fields themselves endure as an integral part of the Olive Recreation Center. In 1984, the park underwent a name change and became known as George Izay Park.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 2, 1994|title=Burbank's Big Leagues: At Olive Memorial Stadium, Hapless St. Louis Browns Got Some Respect|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-10-02-me-45584-story.html|access-date=December 10, 2023|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref>