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librechik

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3. This might interest you
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 12:34 PM
Apr 2016

Last summer our house burned down and the insurance company is putting us up in a sky rise apartment building nearby the old house. This enterprise noticed that the last aging seasons of Perry Mason, when he was an old man, were mostly filmed in Denver back in the 80s and 90s.

Believing (wrongly) this would be universally known to Denverites, they named the buildings after Perry Mason characters: The Berger, The Mason and the Drake. The driveway that curls around the complex is called Della Street. They decorated the lobby of the leasing office with giant framed posters of Raymond Burr, the house where Father Dowling "lived" etc. We are big Mason fans, too, so that was a kick for us. And now we live in the Berger building.

We were there for only a few weeks when our jeep was stolen from the Della Street parking area. We were soon visited by earnest detectives, who figured out the crime and got our car back. Two glamorous female car thieves were charged with the theft. (not very glamorous, but close enough)

There is some justice, indeed.

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Ah, yes the days of innocence... angstlessk Apr 2016 #1
I watched the original series when I was a child and loved the whole show Samantha Apr 2016 #7
The 2000 sElection did it for me. trof Apr 2016 #2
This might interest you librechik Apr 2016 #3
What an awesome story! PatrickforO Apr 2016 #9
I love this post. longship Apr 2016 #4
Well, Berger did manage to get a couple of convictions against Perry's clients csziggy Apr 2016 #17
Lots of people talking about liberal politics mention "The West Wing", but like Perry Mason, it is FSogol Apr 2016 #5
You are so deep that when you die they'll have to dig down 12' angstlessk Apr 2016 #10
That's fine but when someone says, why isn't Obama like Barlett or why was the cop on Perry Mason so FSogol Apr 2016 #11
On that point I will have to agree..some people suspend belief angstlessk Apr 2016 #12
They have human composting in Scandinavia now. Check out FSogol Apr 2016 #14
I always did want to be a teacher..after death ain't so bad! angstlessk Apr 2016 #15
Perry Mason is a good history of the period. GreatCaesarsGhost Apr 2016 #6
I loved the clothes the women in the show wore Samantha Apr 2016 #8
One of my favorite episodes has one of my favorite actors, George Takei csziggy Apr 2016 #18
my dad turned me on to rumpole of the bailey Mosby Apr 2016 #13
I used to love Rumpole. teamster633 Apr 2016 #16
We watched Perry Mason every Saturday night - LiberalElite Apr 2016 #19
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