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Backlot - Apartments (1964 - 1981)

An apartment complex built just north of Park Lake around 1964 for a short-lived sitcom experiment called '90 Bristol Court' consisting of 3 sitcoms with the apartment block as the running theme, providing a whole evening's entertainment. Unfortunately the experiment didn't make it through it's first season and was cancelled in 1965.

The set appeared in numerous Universal series (such as The Rockford Files, Dragnet, Ironside, Quincy and Banacek) until it was removed around 1981 when Colonial Street (it's former neighbour) was resited. The site is now the River Road parking lot.

Seen on Screen: Universal Studios Hollywood [Apartments]

TitleReleasedDirectorIMDB
Ironside [TV Series]1967-1975Collier YoungIMDB Database page about Ironside
Apartments, Colonial Street, Mediterranean Square, New York Street (as San Francisco)
Emergency! [TV Series]1972-1979Harold Jack Bloom, Robert A. CinaderIMDB Database page about Emergency!
Apartments, Colonial Street, Stage 30, Stage 33, Stage 41
The Rockford Files [TV Series]1974-1980Stephen J. Cannell, Roy HugginsIMDB Database page about The Rockford Files
Apartments, Colonial Street, New York Street, Stage 30
Quincy M.E. [TV Series]1976-1983Glen A. Larson, Lou ShawIMDB Database page about Quincy M.E.
Apartments, Colonial Street, Denver Street, New York Street

Additional Seen on Screen:

 

Apartments

Apartments - 1 - Aerial view (from Inside Universal Studios, 1973) showing Park Lake and the Riverboat on the left, the blue Motel swimming pool can be seen centre with the LA River flood channel on the right
Apartments - 1 - Aerial view (from Inside Universal Studios, 1973) showing Park Lake and the Riverboat on the left, the blue Motel swimming pool can be seen centre with the LA River flood channel on the right
 Apartments - 2 - The motel set, as seen in 1965 (photo by Bill Cotter)
Apartments - 2 - The motel set, as seen in 1965 (photo by Bill Cotter)
 Apartments - 3 - The motel set, as seen in 1965 (photo by Bill Cotter)
Apartments - 3 - The motel set, as seen in 1965 (photo by Bill Cotter)
 Apartments - 4 - The motel set (photo by Bill Cotter)
Apartments - 4 - The motel set (photo by Bill Cotter)
 Apartments - 5 - Postcard (thanks to Dennis Dickens for scan)
Apartments - 5 - Postcard (thanks to Dennis Dickens for scan)
 

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