the Queen Anne Cottage.[50] Occasionally, outdoor scenes and commercials are filmed at the Arboretum have been filmed on the grounds[52] of the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden.

The Santa Anita Park Racetrack is another popular filming locations. The true story film Seabiscuit (2003) was filmed and takes place at the Santa Anita race track. A commercial for Claritin allergy medicine, a Lexus commercial, and three episodes of Grey's Anatomy have used it as a location ("Walk on Water", "Drowning on Dry Land" and "Some Kind of Miracle").[53]

Sights

The Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden is located in Arcadia across from the Santa Anita mall and racetrack. It is a popular attraction, especially for the flock of peafowl that inhabit the grounds and neighborhood near the arboretum. TheWhen Paul McCartney phoned George Martin in early 1969 asking him to produce the album that would become Abbey Road, the producer was hesitant.

The man, who many called the fifth Beatle, was sick of the infighting and spitefulness he had witnessed earlier in the year as the band recorded the tracks for Let it Be.

"It was such an unhappy record, even though there were some great songs on it ... I really believed that was the end of the Beatles," Martin would remark.

With McCartney hanging on the line, Martin told him: "Only if you let me produce it the way we used to do it".

McCartney agreed. Martin asked if John Lennon would agree to the arrangement.

"Honestly, yes," was McCartney's reply.

Years later, Martin would reflect on the situation frankly.

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