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7 4 P E R S P E C T I V E | J U L Y / A U G U S T 2 0 2 2 Lounge, with its bar, sweeping so ted ceiling dining room, and patio off ered the setting for a variety of lunches, drinks and meetings away from the lot—somewhere Evans often held court. The Paramount lot itself was the setting for several scenes, but numerous changes were necessary each time the production shot on the lot to bring it its appearance in line with the period. Since the lot was completely full through most of the six months of fi lming, we had to coordinate with studio management and numerous other shows to fi nd workarounds to basecamps, vehicles, COID testing tents, and other fi lming activity. The series did extensive NYC exterior work on the backlots at Paramount, Warner Bros. and Universal, with VFX extending and augmenting the streets. Location work was spread all over the zone, from downtown to the edge of the desert. A slew of restaurants, among them: The Smokehouse, which stood in for Chasen's, The uff alo Club for Sardi's, and Musso & Frank, as itself. The Beverly Hilton yielded our Las egas Sands otel sets the pool and cabana, and the ballroom (where for years the DG had its awards celebration served as the fabled Copa Room. ESCAPE STEPS (WILD) ESCAPE STEPS (WILD) +75" +67.5" +60" +52.5" +45" +37.5" +30" +22.5" +15" +7.5" +82.5" +90" BEA EA E M +9'-3" CLOSET CORNER BANQUETTE HIGH WIN. W. BARS FRONT HALLWAY 25'-7" BEAM +8'-9" 7'-0" 8" 9'-6" 8" 7'-0" 3'-6" 6'-0" 8" 9'-0" 8" 27'-2" 24'-10" 5'-0" 9'-6" 11'-4" 6'-0" +90" 6'-3" 6'-6" 11'-2" 7'-3" 6" 8" 8" 6'-0" 7'-3" 3'-0" 1'-9" 6'-0" 11" 5'-0" 9" 5'-4" 8" 8" 8" 6'-0" 1 1/2" 1'-6" 4'-6" 2'-2" 2'-6" 5" 4" 3'-0" 2'-8" 8" 15'-6" 3'-0" 2'-0" 3'-1" 3'-4" 2'-4" 3'-0" 1'-5" 6" 1'-9" 3'-4" 1'-6" 3'-4" 1'-6" 2'-0" 3'-0" 1'-0" BACK HALLWAY HIGH WIN. W. BARS 5'-2" 6'-6" 4'-5" 4'-4" 5'-2" 2'-0" 2'-8" 3'-4 1/2" 10'-10" 10'-10" 7'-3" 23'-7" 1 1/2" 1'-2" 4'-0" 8" 8" 4'-0" 1'-2" 3'-1" 3'-1" 3'-1" 6" +7.5" 3'-10 1/2" HIDDEN ESCAPE HIDDEN ESCAPE PANEL ON LANDING PANEL ON LANDING 13'-3" WALL REMOVED IN EVIDENCE SOFFIT @+8'-1" SOFFIT @+8'-1" BACKBAR BACKBAR BACKBAR BACKBAR 11' W. X 8' H. 11' W. X 8' H. SOFFIT @+8'-1" REAR ENTRY FRONT ENTRY CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING CLIPPED CEILING UNDER STAIRS STAIRS UP STAIRS UP STAIRS UP STAIRS UP CEILNG @+9' CEILNG @+9' FLOOR FLOOR TILE AS SEL. TILE AS SEL. MAIN ROOM MAIN ROOM TILE CEILNG @+8'-7" TILE CEILNG @+8'-7" TILE CEILNG @+8'-7" FLOOR TILE AS SEL. FLOOR TILE AS SEL. FLOOR TILE AS SEL. BACK ROOM BACK ROOM CEILNG @+9' FLOOR FLOOR TILE AS SEL. BATHROOM BATHROOM CEILNG @+8' CEILNG @+8' FLOOR TILE FLOOR TILE PLA LA L N - Colombo Social Club Scale: 1/4" = 1'-0" I A A C 3 C 3 C B D F E H G ESCAPE STEPS (WILD) G ESCAPE STEPS (WILD) G J CE & FA FA F CIA ze B D A. COLOMBO SOCIAL CLUB. VECTORWORKS PLAN BY JUDY COSGROVE. B. COLOMBO SOCIAL CLUB. PARAMOUNT STAGE 14. IMAGE COURTESY OF PARAMOUNT+. C. GAMBINO SOCIAL CLUB. SKETCH BY PHIL TOOLIN. D. GAMBINO SOCIAL CLUB. IMAGE COURTESY OF PARAMOUNT+. E. SANDS HOTEL, LAS VEGAS. SHOT ON LOCATION AT THE BEVERLY HILTON. IMAGE COURTESY OF PARAMOUNT+. F. BEST & CO. SEQUENCE. UNIVERSAL BACKLOT WITH SET EXTENSION. IMAGE COURTESY OF PARAMOUNT+. E F A C