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Studio Tour
Whenever you’re working on a studio lot like Universal or Warner and the tour trams roll by, EVERYONE stares at you with this hopeful excitement as they try to figure out if you’re “somebody” – and man is it humbling to watch those expressions turn to sullen disappointment as they all collectively agree: “nope, he’s…
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Welcome To Television City
A highlight of scouting CBS’ midcentury Television City studios is the lobby map, a replica of the one from Walter Cronkite’s CBS Evening News set.
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The Big Shoe Of Bakersfield
Spotted while scouting in Bakersfield, CA: the historic Big Shoe, built in 1947. What a world it would be if all retail architecture was based on the product being sold.
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Power Control Board
A couple of years ago, I got to scout the historic Vernon power plant, an art deco behemoth built in 1933. When you step through the main entrance, you immediately find yourself in the control room… And it’s a fascinating contrast of old vs new. Spanning the width of the room is the original control…