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Bay City Police Station
In front of the San Pedro Municipal Building, visitors expect to hear the screeching of tires from a dapper red Ford Gran Torino. On board are the two big-hearted and intrepid detectives, David Starsky (Paul Michael Glaser) and Ken Hutchinson (David Soul). In the famous series, the building lends its features to the 9th Precinct of Bay City, the police station of the two vigilantes. The first season used the façade of the Long Beach police station, but due to the fame of the show, the decision was made by the producers, with some support from the authorities, to relocate the shooting in front of the San Pedro Municipal Building. A way to exploit the view of the Los Angeles bay.
If David Starsky is in love with his Ford Gran Torino, it was a different story for the actor. “I hated this car: it was big, heavy, cumbersome; in the curves, Hutch fell on me,” confessed the actor in 2004 on the occasion of the release of the film carried by Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson. Whenever Paul Michael Glaser had the chance, he kicked the gleaming machine .
Due to the success of the of the series, Ford produced 1,000 special edition Gran Torino Starsky and Hutch in 1976.
San Pedro Municipal Building
Built in 1928, the Beaux-Arts style municipal building of San Pedro has been classified as a historical monument since 2002.
In addition to its function as city hall, the building also houses a former jail, a courtroom, a fire station, now a museum, and the archives of the San Pedro Bay Historical Society. The city is known for its strong Norwegian, Croatian and Maltese communities. San Pedro is also famous for having hosted the writer Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) during the last years of his life.
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