I-Radford Studio Center, indawo yefilimu eyisitezi e-Studio City ebiyikhaya lezizukulwane zemibukiso kamabonakude eyingqopha-mlando – okuhlanganisa “i-Gunsmoke” kanye ne-“Seinfeld” – ihlelelwe ukuthola ukuthuthukiswa kwe- $ 1-billion ukuze kwandiswe izakhiwo zayo futhi izilethe phambili endaweni. iminyaka yedijithali.
Abanikazi benkatho ebiyaziwa ngokuthi yi-CBS Studio Center bathumele izinhlelo kuzikhulu zase-Los Angeles ngoLwesihlanu zokuvuselela nokukhulisa isitudiyo esigugile nokusakaza, bengeze amamitha-skwele afinyelela ku-1 million eziteshi zomsindo ezintsha, izindawo zokukhiqiza namahhovisi.

Izimpawu zomgwaqo endaweni yeRadford Studio Center eStudio City.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)
Yasungulwa yinganekwane yamahlaya amafilimu uMack Sennett ngo-1928, inkatho yaziwa ngokuthi “Hit City” emashumini eminyaka ngemva kweMpi Yezwe II njengemidlalo ye-TV edumile efana nethi “Leave It to Beaver,” “Gilligan’s Island,” “The Mary Tyler Moore Show ,” “I-Bob Newhart Show” kanye nethi “Will & Grace” zenziwa lapho. Imidlalo yamanje ihlanganisa i-“Big Brother 24” kanye ne-“Physical.”

I-Mill Building, kwesobunxele, eyakhiwa ngeminyaka yawo-1940s, izothuthelwa endaweni eseRadford Studio Center eStudio City.
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“Kunale mfihlakalo yokuthi uma ufika lapho uzophumelela,” kusho umongameli estudiyo uMike Klausman, osesebenze kule ndawo kusukela aqala khona njengekhasi le-CBS ngo-1971.
Indawo yaseRadford iyona kanye indawo yesitudiyo eyaqanjwa ngokuthi iStudio City. Ibe nezinto eziningi ezizalwa, okuhlanganisa amashumi eminyaka njengeRepublic Studios, ikhaya lezinganekwane ezifana noRoy Rogers, uJohn Wayne noJoan Crawford. Phakathi kwamamuvi adumile eRiphabhulikhi bekukhona “The Quiet Man,” “Sands of Iwo Jima” kanye “noJohnny Guitar.”
Isimo samanje sestudiyo esingamahektha angu-55 asinhle kangako njengoba kungasikiselwa ifa laso, njengoba sithuthuke njengedolobha elidala lapho izengezo ezintsha, ezivame ukwakhiwa ngesabelomali esiqinile, zendlalwe ngapha nangapha kwezakhiwo ezikhona.
“Alukaze lube khona uhlelo oluhle ngempela,” kusho uKlausman. “Awusoze wadiliza lutho, ngeza nje. Bekufanele sisebenzele kulokho okwakukhona.”
Ama-bungalows ababhali nezihlabani – ezivamise ukwakhiwa ngendlela exakile evela ku-Hollywood’s Golden Age kwezinye izindawo zama-movie anomlando – zingamaqoqo emizi engomahambanendlwana eyalethwa ngeminyaka yawo-1990s lapho izikhathi zazinciphile, esho. Udedangendlale lwamapulangwe omsindo lwalusetshenziselwa ukudonsa amanzi emvula ngokuqondile emigwaqweni yetiyela engezansi.

Ama-bungalows enziwe ngamakhaya angomahamba nendlwana, kwesokudla, asetshenziswa ababhali nezinkanyezi kanye nesakhiwo sokupaka ngemuva e-Radford Studio Center e-Studio City.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

I-New York Street, lapho kwadutshulwa khona u-“Seinfeld”, e-Radford Studio Center.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)
“Ucishe wadinga isikebhe ukuze usuke kwesinye isitudiyo uye kwesinye,” kusho uKlausman. “Kwakunjengomfula kuleyo ndawo.”
Inkinga yokukhipha amanzi isilungisiwe, futhi izikhathi azisanciki njengoba ukwanda kokusakazwa kukhuphule isidingo sesiteji somsindo nezinye izinsiza zokukhiqiza kanye igqugquzele ukwakhiwa kwezitudiyo ezintsha esifundeni saseLos Angeles. I-Radford nezinye izitudiyo zibhukhwa unyaka wonke.
Nakuba ngaphandle kokuzigqaja ngokungena kwayo okuyinhloko kubekwe ekhoneni ukusuka e-Ventura Boulevard ku-Radford Avenue, isitudiyo sase-Radford siphakathi kwezibaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni ngokusekelwe enanini. It ithengiswe ngo-2021 ngo-$1.85 billion ku-Hackman Capital Partners, omunye wabahlinzeki abakhulu bezindawo zokukhiqiza ukuzijabulisa, kanye nomtshali wezindlu waseNew York i-Square Mile Capital Management.
“Umlando wezingoma ezishaqisayo ezikhiqizwe e-Radford zilandelela umkhondo wamasiko nezokuzijabulisa e-Los Angeles,” kusho uZach Sokoloff, iphini likamongameli omkhulu kwaHackman ozinze eCulver City, ohlela ukuqedela ukulungiswa kwayo.
Indawo yayo endaweni ephakeme yase-Los Angeles eduze nezinye izitudiyo zamabhayisikobho ezidumile ezithandwa abenzi bamafilimu yenza i-Radford yafunwa kakhulu ngesikhathi ifika emakethe cishe eminyakeni emibili edlule, kusho umthengisi wezindlu uCarl Muhlstein wase-JLL, owayemele umdayisi we-ViacomCBS esivumelwaneni. Baningi abafake izicelo zokuthola indawo, esho.
Ukunikezwa kwesikhungo esihlongozwayo se-Radford Studio e-Studio City.
(Isikhungo se-Radford Studio)
“Phakathi kweStudio City neBurbank kunezindawo ezine zestudio ezinezimpawu. I-Disney, Warner Bros. kanye ne-Universal abakaze bashintshe izandla iminyaka engaphezu kuka-100,” usho kanje. “Nali ithuba lokuthenga okuthile okwaba yinsalela kuphela ngokuhlanganiswa kwe-CBS ne-Viacom” ngo-2019.
Ngaphezu kwempahla edayiswayo, i-ViacomCBS (manje ehamba ngabakwaParamount Global) iguqule ibhizinisi layo lemisebenzi yesitudiyo elinenzuzo enkulu endaweni yangaphambili ye-CBS Studio Center, ehlanganisa ukuqashwa kwesiteji, ukuphathwa kwezikhungo kanye nezinsizakalo zokusekela ukukhiqizwa endaweni yase-Radford.
I-ViacomCBS ithengise enye indawo yangaphambili ye-CBS, iThelevishini Yedolobha esifundeni sase-LA’s Fairfax, ku-Hackman ngezigidi ezingu-$750 ngo-2019. I-Paramount Global ilawula i-Paramount Studios edumile e-Hollywood.
Iziteshi zikamabonakude ezimbili ze-CBS ze-LA, i-KCBS-TV (Channel 2) ne-KCAL-TV (Channel 9), zigcinwe e-CBS Broadcast Centre endaweni yase-Radford, kanti izindaba zasendaweni zizohlala njengengxenye yesikhathi eside. ukuqasha emuva.
Ukunikezwa koshintsho oluhlongozwayo lwe-Radford Studio Center. Lo msebenzi uzokwengeza abasebenzi abangaphezu kuka-4,000 uma usuphothuliwe, okuphinde kabili isibalo sabantu abaqashwe lapho manje, ngokocwaningo olwenziwa yiLos Angeles County Economic Development Corp.
(Isikhungo se-Radford Studio)
I-CBS, eyathola indawo e-Republic Pictures ngeminyaka yawo-1960, izoqhubeka nokuba nezigaba futhi ikhiqize okuqukethwe endaweni yase-Radford. Imibukiso ekhiqizwe yi-CBS lapho manje ihlanganisa “Ithimba le-SEAL,” “Ezokuzijabulisa Tonight,” “The Neighborhood” kanye “The Talk,” ezirekhodwa phambi kwezithameli ezibukhoma.
Ngendlela yayo yamanje, iRadford Studio Center inikeza abaqashi iziteji zomsindo zendabuko eziyi-18 nezinye izigaba ezine. Lesi siza siphinde sibe namamitha-skwele angama-210,000 esikhala sehhovisi lokukhiqiza kanye nesigayo saso sokuhlinzeka ngezinsizakalo zokubaza kanye nemiphumela ekhethekile, i-commissary kanye ne-carwash.
Ine-backlot ene-“Central Park” kanye “neNew York Street” enezakhiwo eziyi-11, kufaka phakathi ama-brownstones amane. Kuhlanganisa futhi izindawo zokuhlala ezilingisayo ezinenqwaba yezindlu ngezitayela ezahlukene zezakhiwo, okuhlanganisa ne-facade esetshenziswa njengendawo yokuhlala ye-Cleaver ku-sitcom ethi “Ishiye Ku-Beaver.”
Isiphakamiso sika-Hackman sifuna ukuthi kwakhiwe isitudiyo esisha kakhulu esinamamitha-skwele ayizigidi ezingu-2.2, okuhlanganisa nesiteji somsindo esingafika kwezingu-25 kanye nezinyawo-skwele ezingu-300,000 zesikhala sokusekela sokukhiqiza esifana nekhabethe lezingubo, isitoreji nesigayo. Kungaba namafidi-skwele angu-725,000 amahhovisi okusekela imikhiqizo kanye namahhovisi angamamitha-skwele angu-700,000 atholakalayo ukuze aqashiswe izinkampani embonini yezokuzijabulisa.

U-Zach Sokoloff, kwesokunxele, iphini likamongameli omkhulu kanye nomphathi wempahla we-Hackman Capital Partners, uxoxa noMike Klausman, umongameli we-Radford Studio Center, endaweni yesitudiyo.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)
Izakhiwo zomlando, okuhlanganisa i-Mack Sennett Building kanye ne-Stages 9 ne-10, zizogcinwa.
Ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukufinyelela, indawo yokungena e-Ventura Boulevard ku-Carpenter Avenue “izovuswa,” kusho uSokoloff. I-studio yake yaba nendawo yokungena lapho, kodwa yavalwa emashumini ambalwa eminyaka edlule.
Okunye okuhleliwe ibhuloho elisha phezu kwe-Tujunga Wash ku-Moorpark Street elizokwenza i-Radford Avenue ibe umgwaqo. Izimoto eziya estudiyo kuphela ezaziwela ibhuloho, kodwa lizovulelwa amalungu omphakathi ngezinyawo noma ngamabhayisikili. I Los Angeles River Greenwayibhayisikili elingamakhilomitha angu-51 nendlela yabahamba ngezinyawo, okwamanje iphazamisekile e-Radford Studio Centre futhi ibhuloho elisha lizovala lelo gebe.
UHackman ungumnikazi wezitudiyo ezinhlanu esifundeni se-LA, kanye nezinsiza eziseNew York, New Orleans, Ireland, Canada, London naseScotland.
Inkampani uhlela ukuthuthukiswa okungabiza u-$1.25 billion kuTelevishini yeDolobha ezokwengeza iziteshi zomsindo, izinsiza zokusekela ukukhiqiza kanye namahhovisi azoqashwa.
Yize indawo yase-Los Angeles inenani elikhulu kunawo wonke lama-soundstages anoma yiliphi idolobha emhlabeni, izitudiyo zisebenza eduze nomthamo we-100% nohlu lokulinda inqobo nje uma ukukhiqizwa kwamafilimu amahlanu okujulile kwalezo zikhala, umeluleki wezezimali uDeloitte. kusho embikweni ka-2021.
“Ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nesidingo esikhulayo, ukunikezwa kuzodinga ukuphinda kabili eLos Angeles County” eminyakeni embalwa ezayo, kusho uDeloitte. Amaphrojekthi ahleliwe esikhala sestudiyo esengeziwe asilela kakhulu kulokho.
Iphrojekthi ye-Radford Studio izokwengeza abasebenzi abangaphezu kuka-4,000 uma isiqediwe, iphinde kabili isibalo sabantu abaqashwe lapho manje, ngokocwaningo olwenziwe yi-LA County Economic Development Corp.