This is likely a very simple question with a straightforward answer but I'm something of a newbie when it comes to ASP.NET (MVC).

I am returning an address (in pieces) from my model. Some of components are null. Is there a simple or fluent-like way to check for that null value without a lot of extra code to determine whether or not to display the associated surrounding HTML (not just the value)?

Example:

```
<% foreach (var item in Model)
   { %>

    <h3>
        <%= Html.ActionLink(item.name, "Details", new { id = item.ID})%></h3>
    <div>
        <%= Html.Encode(item.address) %><br />
        <%= Html.Encode(item.city) %>,
        <%= Html.Encode(item.state) %>
        <%= Html.Encode(item.zip) %>
    </div>
<% } %>

```

In the above example, if there is a null value for `item.address`, I want the `<br/>` tag to be hidden as well so that only the city, state zip string is displayed. 

I'm looking for something more elegant than just putting a `<% if () { %>` conditional out there. Thanks.