Diane’s House from “Parks and Recreation”

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Back in mid-November, a fellow stalker named Vinnie tweeted me to ask if I knew the location of the house belonging to Diane Lewis (whom I had no idea was played by Lucy Lawless, by the way!) – aka the spot where Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman) fixed a pothole – in the Season 5 episode of Parks and Recreation titled “How a Bill Becomes a Law”.  As luck would have it, fellow stalker Owen, from the When Write Is Wrong blog, had tracked down that particular abode and texted me its address on October 2nd, the very same night that the “How a Bill Becomes a Law” episode first aired.  So I passed along the info to Vinnie and the following day he tweeted me to let me know that he had visited the location and that the pothole patch was still visible!  Well, believe you me, once I heard that, I was bound and determined to stalk the place just as soon as humanly possible.  So I dragged the Grim Cheaper right on over there a few days after Thanksgiving.

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Finding this location was a snap for Owen because he had done some previous cyber-stalking on the very same street (Margate Street in Sherman Oaks) a couple of years ago while searching for the house where Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer) and Jim Halpert (John Krasinksi) bought a lamp in the Season 4 episode of The Office titled “Fun Run” (which I blogged about here).  As it turns out, the “Fun Run” home is located almost directly across the street from Diane’s dwelling.  In fact, you can see a sign for Margate Street in the background behind Jim and Pam in the episode.  Love it!

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In real life, Diane’s house, which was originally built in 1955 and is absolutely adorable in person, boasts three bedrooms, two baths, 2,095 square feet of living space, and a 0.20-acre plot of land.  You can check out some interior photographs of the place on an old real estate listing here.

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As fate would have it, while we were stalking the house, the super-nice owners came out and chatted with us about the filming of Parks and Recreation and a few other productions that had been shot in the neighborhood.  They also mentioned that they had met fellow stalker Vinnie while he was stalking the place just a few days prior.  Smile

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In the “How a Bill Becomes a Law” episode of Parks and Recreation, Chris Traeger (Rob Lowe) decides to implement a 311 phone line at the Parks Department so that Pawnee citizens can report any municipal-related problems that they might be having.  While manning the line, Ron takes a complaint from Diane about a pothole that has remained unfixed for months on the street outside of her home.  He responds to that complaint by saying, “Well, Diane, for potholes, you want to speak with Public Works . . .  I understand you’ve tried them four times – government is inefficient and should be dissolved.”  LOL LOL LOL  Gotta love Ron Swanson!  Ron then decides to take matters into his own hands and heads over to Diane’s house to fix the pothole himself, along with a little help from Andy Dwyer (Chris Pratt).  As you can see below, Diane’s residence looks pretty much exactly the same in person as it did in the episode.

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I was, of course, most excited to see the pothole patch that Vinnie had told me about, though.

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I find it so incredibly cool that a vestige of the filming was left behind for all of us stalkers to appreciate for years to come.  LOVE IT!

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The house also showed up in the Season 5 episode of Parks and Recreation titled “Halloween Surprise”, in the scene in which Ron apologizes to Diane for ruining her daughters’ Halloween.

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While the real life address number of Diane’s residence is 13155, crew members dropped the first 1 to make it 3155 for the filming of the “How a Bill Becomes a Law” episode.  Nothing unusual about that – house numbers are often changed for a film shoot.  But in an odd twist, that number was changed even further – to 155 – just a few episodes later for “Halloween Surprise”.  The Parks and Rec producers must think us stalkers aren’t paying attention or something.  Winking smile

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The owners of Diane’s house also informed us that the residence across the street was used in the “Halloween Surprises” episode, in the scene in which Ron breaks Diane’s daughter’s tiara.

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Big THANK YOU to Owen, from the When Write Is Wrong blog, for finding this location!  Smile

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Until next time, Happy Stalking!  Smile

Stalk It: Diane’s house from Parks & Recreation is located at 13155 Margate Street in Sherman Oaks.  The house where Ron broke Diane’s daughter’s tiara in the “Halloween Surprises” episode is located across the street at 13162 Margate StreetThe residence where Pam bought a lamp in the “Fun Run” episode of The Office is located next door to the “Halloween Surprises” house at 5306 Longridge Avenue.  And Oscar’s home from The Office is located just around the corner at 5232 Longridge Avenue.  Quite a popular neighborhood for filming, I’d say!  Smile

Ann’s House from “Parks and Recreation”

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As I mentioned in Wednesday’s post about the Sullivan Street Pit from fave new show Parks and Recreation, during our whirlwind stalking adventure last Friday, Mike, from MovieShotsLA, and I also hit up the house where Ann Perkins (Rashida Jones) lives on the show.  Just as it is made to appear on P&R, Ann’s supposed Pawnee, Indiana-area residence is actually located directly behind the undeveloped plot of land in Van Nuys that stands in for the Pit on the series.  So, after snapping some pictures of Lot 48, Mike and I walked one block east to do some stalking of the abode.  I, of course, found this location thanks to Owen, from the When Write Is Wrong blog – the very same fellow stalker who also informed me of countless other Parks and Recreation locations, including Leslie Knope’s house and the Sullivan Street Pit.

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Ann’s house first popped up in the pilot of Parks and Recreation and has subsequently been featured in pretty much every episode since.  During the first season, Ann lived in the one-story residence with her slacker boyfriend, musician Andy Dwyer (Chris Pratt), but she ends up kicking him out in the episode titled “Rock Show” after discovering that he had asked his doctor to keep his leg casts on for an extra two weeks because, as he explained to Ann, “I really, really like it when you serve me food.”   LOL

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In real life, Ann’s house, which was originally built in 1948, boasts two bedrooms, one bath and 1,407 square feet and, thankfully, looks pretty much exactly the same in person as it does onscreen in Parks and Recreation.  Even the yellow fire hydrant located at the edge of the front lawn is there in real life, which was absolutely shocking to me as I had always assumed that the hydrant was a prop put in place for the show.  I mean, has anyone ever seen a fire hydrant situated inside of someone’s front yard before?  Will wonders never cease?  Winking smile

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The property’s back gate area also appears quite frequently on the show.

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And the home’s backyard was featured in the Season 1 episode of Parks and Recreation titled “Boys’ Club”, in what was hands down one of my very favorites scenes in the entire series – the scene in which Andy takes a bath in a kiddie pool before chasing his neighbor down the street, while naked and on crutches.

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And while I would have bet money on the fact that the real life interior of the home had been used in the filming of the pilot episode before later being recreated on a soundstage (which is a fairly typical scenario), I came across some interior photographs of the residence on fave website Zillow and, as you can see below, it looks NOTHING AT ALL like Ann’s house.  So incredibly odd!

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While doing research for today’s post, I happened to discover that the apartment complex that formerly stood on the site of the Sullivan Street Pit is actually still visible on Bing aerial maps.  LOVE IT!

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Big THANK YOU to fellow stalker Owen, from the When Write Is Wrong blog, for finding this location! Smile

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Until next time, Happy Stalking!  Smile

Stalk It: Ann Perkins’ house from Parks and Recreation is located at 5655 Murietta Avenue in Van NuysThe Sullivan Street Pit from the series is located directly behind Ann’s house at at the southeast corner of Hazeltine Avenue and Collins Street in Van Nuys.