Econo Inn & Suites from “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”

Econo Inn & Suites from CSI-17

Well, I am definitely on a hotel kick as of late, because here I am with my third post in a row of the inn variety.  Today’s lodging was featured prominently in the Season 9 episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation titled “Turn, Turn, Turn,” which just so happens to be the production in which a one Miss Taylor Swift made her acting debut.  When the episode first aired in 2009, I had not watched CSI in ages, nor was I a particularly big Swift fan (nothing against her, but at the time I was not familiar with much of her music – that’s no longer the case, today “Blank Space” is pretty much my go-to karaoke song!), so I am unsure of how or why I came to tune in.  Tune in, I did, though, and I absolutely loved it.  The episode is truly gripping, albeit profoundly sad.

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“Turn, Turn, Turn” centers around Nick Stokes’ (George Eads) dealings with various crimes over a one-year period at a local “Las Vegas” lodging named the Park Pines Motel.  Taylor portrayed the manager’s daughter, Hayley Jones, in the episode.

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Park Pines was the main location featured in the episode . . .

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. . . and it was used extensively throughout.

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I spent quite a bit of time searching for the Park Pines location back when “Turn, Turn, Turn,”  first aired, but never wound up tracking it down.  Then, while watching the Season 2 finale of How to Get Away with Murder, which was titled “What Did We Do?,” I spotted a motel that I thought might be the one I had been looking for.  Upon closer inspection, I realized it wasn’t, but I, of course, got the itch to start hunting again.  (For those interested, the motel featured in HTGAWM is the Hollywood Premiere Motel located at 5333 Hollywood Boulevard in Los Feliz.)

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Thankfully, “Turn, Turn, Turn,” is available for streaming on Hulu – actually all 337 episodes of CSI are!  (Side note – the Grim Cheaper and I just got a subscription to Hulu and it is downright amazing!  Netflix is for sure the better platform for movies, but when it comes to TV, Hulu can’t be beat!  Every single episode of Law and Order: SVU is on there!  I mean, come on!)  So I re-watched it and was floored to see that the signage of several storefronts was visible across the street from the Park Pines in the episode.

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Econo Inn & Suites from CSI-3

One sign was for a salon named Hollywood Hair & Nails.  A quick Google search kicked back a listing for a shop by that moniker located at 10759 Magnolia Boulevard in North Hollywood.  Sure enough, when I went to that address on Google Street View, there was the Park Pines Motel located right across the street!  Woot!

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Econo Inn & Suites from CSI-4

Though CSI would have you believe that the motel was located in Las Vegas (gotta love the spectacular use of CGI Winking smile) . . .

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. . . it can actually be found at 10750 West Magnolia Boulevard in North Hollywood.

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In real life, the 25-unit motel is named Econo Inn & Suites.

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Sadly, most of the areas that appeared in “Turn, Turn, Turn” are located at the rear of the property and are not visible from the street.

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What can be seen, though, is very recognizable.

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Several of the motel’s actual rooms were also used in the filming.

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Econo Inn & Suites from CSI-11

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Stalk It: Econo Inn & Suites, from the “Turn, Turn, Turn” episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, is located at 10750 West Magnolia Boulevard in North Hollywood.

4 Replies to “Econo Inn & Suites from “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation””

  1. I remembered this one because it was one of the many locations they used that are SO BLATANTLY OBVIOUS are in CA and not Vegas. Just look at those trees in the shots!

  2. I think it’s funny that they CGI’d in a bad Vegas backdrop (I remember watching the episode and thinking how bad it w as too – but it’s one of the few episodes I don’t rewatch because I personally cannot handle Swift) but left in “Hollywood Nails.”

    I’m pretty sure it’s been used in some other episodes as well, but since I watch it so often they all blur together…

    1. What makes that Vegas backdrop so funny is the way they place the Stratosphere tower next to the Rio hotel when in fact, they are way too far apart to show up in a single shot like that…. I’m surprised they didn’t toss in the Paris Hotel’s Eiffel tower too.

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