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An Apollonaut travel guide
Moments in a longer story.
Selected milestones in the history of the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank.
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A lot, its streets and its tour
These dates describe the place you can learn about here. They are not a company timeline for Apollonaut.
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1926
A new lot
First National Pictures builds the studio lot in Burbank.
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September 1928
Warner Bros. arrives
Warner Bros. buys a majority interest in First National and begins moving its productions to Burbank.
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1930
New York Street
New York Street is built on the backlot.
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December 1934
Fire
A fire destroys 15 acres of the studio.
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1937–1939
More streets
Hennessy Street and Midwest Street are added to the backlot.
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1972
The Burbank Studios
Warner Bros. and Columbia Pictures begin sharing the lot, until 1990.
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1973
The tour begins
The public tour of the lot begins.
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2004
Warner Village
Laramie Street, built in 1957, becomes Warner Village.
Follow the stories behind the dates
A timeline is a beginning. The longer history introduces the place and the productions made there; the sources below provide further context.
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Sources & further reading
Links lead to the original publishers.
