![]() ![]() The Golden Girls lived in a house at 6151 Richmond Street, Miami, Florida.In The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, the Banks family lived at 251 N Bristol Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90049.Dan Lewis lives at 37 Granger Street, Anfield, Liverpool, L4 5GK.Rose Tyler lived with her mother Jackie at 48 Bucknall House in the Powell Estate in Southark, Peckham.There is hardly a Whovian who isn't familiar with the address 76 Totter's Lane, which is the junkyard where the Doctor had kept the TARDIS at the start of the first episode, and which is also featured in "Attack of the Cybermen", "Remembrance of the Daleks", and the 50th anniversary special.Fred Burkle lived at 511 Windward Circle in Los Angeles.Cordelia Chase settled into Pearson Arms Apartment in Los Angeles.Faith Lehane lived at the Sunnydale Motor Inn until the Mayor moved her into 5121 Maple Court.Rupert Giles' house was at 4616 Greenwood Place in Los Angeles.The Summers residence was 1630 Revello Drive, Sunnydale.Jesse Pinkman lives at 9809 Margo Street.The White family live at 3828 Piermont Dr NE, Albuquerque, NM 87111-3416.The series was the Trope Codifier for teen and twentysomething TV dramas of The '90s. ![]() Beverly Hills, 90210 was titled after the postal code of the town in which it was set.Tara King lived at 9 Primrose Crescent.In seasons five and six, he lived at Stable Mews. In season four, he lived at 4 Queen Anne's Court, Tothill Street Westminster near Parliament. In seasons two and three, John Steed lived at No.1600 Penn takes place at the White House, or 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.A House Inside Out: The house in this story is referred to throughout the book as "fifty-four, Pavilion Road".In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the Black family house is also usually referred to as "number twelve, Grimmauld Place" this is significant as it is only possible to access it when specifically told the address by the secret-keeper.Potter, the cupboard under the stairs, 4 Privet Drive". Some of the letters brought by owls are very specific indeed with the addresses, saying "Mr. The Dursleys' house is frequently identified in the narrative as "number four, Privet Drive." The street name "Privet Drive" was possibly chosen to reflect the Dursleys' pride in their house, and that they are ordinary folk, with no connections to nonsense such as magic.The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time: When Christopher is making an epic journey to his mother's house in London, he refers to it by the full address including the postcode every time he mentions it, which is justified because of his Hollywood Autism.Bridget Jones lives at 8 Bedale Street, Southwark, London, SE1 9AL.American Psycho: Patrick Bateman lives at 55 West 81st Street, Upper West Side on the 11th floor of the American Gardens.However, in later books, specific addresses are mentioned a lot, such as "Old Compton Street, Soho", "Wisteria Walk, Ashby de-la-Zouch", "33 Rampart Terrace", "Rat Wharf", "The Piggeries". In the earlier books, no addresses are mentioned at all indeed, Adrian's hometown is fairly vague, only described as being "in the Midlands", and the town of Leicester is barely mentioned. Similarly, some hip restaurants use their street address as their name ("One Main Street"). For example, in the UK, newspapers use "10 Downing Street" to refer to the Prime Minister's official residence. ![]() In Real Life, this is done for some famous buildings with important inhabitants. This trope only extends to postal addresses (not phone numbers or web addresses), to emphasise the physical location. If an address with no significance to the plot is spelled out in full for no practical reason, it's Narrative Filigree. Simply mentioning the address once or twice for a practical reason is not an example. To qualify, the place must be referred to by the address, in or out of universe, preferably a number of times. Mentioning the address can be a way to show that a house is in an ordinary street, in an ordinary town, although it can have a Meaningful Name to go with it. ![]() The address is often as fictional as the work itself those who like to believe stories are based on real places will often check Google Maps. However, in fiction, occasionally a place will almost always be referred to by some or all of its postal address: the house number, the street, maybe even the zip code ( "postcode" in the United Kingdom). In Real Life, people rarely refer to the full address of somebody's house, unless they are doing so for a practical reason they usually say the name of the homeowner. The location of a story is sometimes deliberately vague, as in the Where the Hell Is Springfield? effect. Specific postal addresses are rarely mentioned in fiction, never mind being the defining feature of a place. ![]()
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