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From: pigrp@ihuxq.UUCP (Peter Fales)
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Subject: Re: What city is HSB?
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Date: Wed, 22-Feb-84 20:56:07 EST
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The October 1983 issue of Playboy had an interview with the cast of
HSB that answers some of the questions.

James B. Sikking (Howard Hunter): "I've talked with chiefs of
police all over and they love the show, but they always ask, 'What
city is it in?' And I say, 'It's a nondesignated city.' And they
say, 'Come on, tell us.'  So I say, 'What if we had it in your city?
Would you let us tell a story about an alcoholic officer? Would you
let us tell a story about brutality in the police department?
Extramarital affairs?'"

"Maintaining 'Hill Street's' any-city look, we learned, principally
involves finding sites devoid of palm trees--no easy task in L.A."

Bruce Weitz (Belker), Barbara Bosson (Fay Furillo), Charles Haid
(Renko), and Steven Bochco (executive producer) all attended
Carnegie Tech, now Carnegie-Mellon, giving credence to the theories
that the city is based somewhat on either Pittsburgh or
Philadelphia. 

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Peter Fales

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