The Walsh House – Circa August 2009

My fiance tried to talk me out of writing this post today, but it just seemed to be too important of an item for me to ignore.  As I mentioned in yesterday'”‘”‘s blog, last week, while giving a stalking tour of Pasadena to my good friend Kerry and her husband Jim, I drove by the Walsh House from fave TV show Beverly Hills, 90210 and almost had a full blown panic attack right there in my car!  While cruising down Altadena Drive, I, Lindsay Blake, almost passed right by my favorite stalking location of all time without even recognizing it!!!!!  I actually turned to Kerry at one point and said, “Wait a minute!  Where'”‘”‘s the 90210 house???”  What I didn'”‘”‘t realize at that time was that some pretty major changes had been made to the exterior of the house rendering it almost unrecognizable to me.  OK, OK, maybe I'”‘”‘m being slighty melodramatic here, but, let me tell you, the whole experience was pretty JARRING.  I mean, not only had a large hedge been removed from the Walsh'”‘”‘s driveway, but their entire house had been PAINTED PINK!   Oh, Jack, say it ain'”‘”‘t so!

Ironically enough, when I showed my fiance photographs of the newly painted 90210 house, he said “What are you talking about??  It looks exactly the same as it always did!  You CANNOT write a post about that!”  LOL LOL LOL  It'”‘”‘s amazing to me how two people can have such differing views of the same exact thing.  To me, the difference in the house'”‘”‘s appearance was absolutely STAGGERING, yet my fiance didn'”‘”‘t even notice it!  Men!  LOL  I also showed the photos to my mom, though, who said “THAT'”‘”‘S what you'”‘”‘re so upset about?  From the way you were talking, I thought they had painted the house black or something!”  LOL  OK, OK, I will concede that the paint color isn'”‘”‘t that different, but I guess because the 90210 house is so cemented in my memory, any change in its appearance, no matter how minor, is going to seem huge.   And, to be fair, the paint color doesn'”‘”‘t show up well in pictures.  In person, the house is PINK!  Anyway, against my fiance'”‘”‘s better judgement, I just had to write a post today about the house and how it looks post-paint.

Also altering the appearance of the house was the removal of the large hedge which used to stand along the West side of the Walsh'”‘”‘s driveway.  As you can see in the two screen captures pictured above, the hedge used to run the length of the driveway, separating the Walsh property from that of their neighbor'”‘”‘s.

But, as you can see in the above photographs, that hedge has been completely removed, which only adds to the difference in the home'”‘”‘s appearance, especially if you approach it from the West.

At least the garage still looks pretty much the same as it always did – minus Brandon'”‘”‘s basketball hoop, of course.  Last November, when Mike and I met Jack, the owner of the house, he told us that he was in the process of remodeling his garage and we both got looks of absolute HORROR on our faces!  Jack laughed and said “What?  Is it a crime to change the Walsh garage or something?”   To which both Mike and I replied with a resounding “YES!”  LOL  Obviously Jack didn'”‘”‘t heed our words of wisdown, though!  SUCH A BUMMER!

I guess it'”‘”‘s really true what they say – the only constant is change.  But this is one filming location I was convinced would stay as fixed in real life as it is in my memory.  🙁

Until next time, Happy Stalking!  🙂

Stalk It: The Walsh house from Beverly Hills, 90210 is located at 1675 East Altadena Drive in Altadena, CA.

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