Universal Studios Hollywood
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.
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 - 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 - 4 - The motel set (photo by Bill Cotter)
Apartments - 5 - Postcard (thanks to Dennis Dickens for scan)
Seen on Screen: Universal Studios Hollywood [Apartments]
| Title | Released | Director | IMDB |
| 90 Bristol Court: Harris Against The World [TV Series] | 1964-1965 | Tom Adair, James B. Allardice |  |
| Backlot Apartments set | |||
| 90 Bristol Court: Karen [TV Series] | 1964-1965 | Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher | |
| Backlot Apartments set | |||
| 90 Bristol Court: Tom, Dick and Mary [TV Series] | 1964-1965 | | |
| Backlot Apartments set | |||
| Dragnet 1967 [TV Series] | 1967-1970 | Jack Webb | |
| Backlot Apartments and Colonial Street (Johnson Character's House) sets. | |||
| Ironside [TV Series] | 1967-1975 | Collier Young | |
| Apartments, Colonial Street, Mediterranean Square, New York Street (as San Francisco). Interiors were shot on Stage 20. | |||
| Adam-12 [TV Series] | 1968-1975 | Robert A. Cinader, Jack Webb | |
| Backlot Apartments set was featured, along with Colonial Street. | |||
| Banacek [TV Series] | 1972-1974 | Anthony Wilson | |
| Backlot Apartments set was featured. Interiors were filmed on Stage 29. | |||
| Emergency! [TV Series] | 1972-1979 | Harold Jack Bloom, Robert A. Cinader | |
| Apartments, Colonial Street, Stage 23, Stage 30, Stage 33, Stage 41 | |||
| The Rockford Files [TV Series] | 1974-1980 | Stephen J. Cannell, Roy Huggins | |
| Apartments, Colonial Street, New York Street, Stage 30 | |||
| Quincy M.E. [TV Series] | 1976-1983 | Glen A. Larson, Lou Shaw | |
| Apartments, Colonial Street, Denver Street, New York Street, Stage 25 | |||
| The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries [TV Series] | 1977-1979 | Edward Stratemeyer | |
| Backlot sets Apartments and Colonial Street featured. | |||
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