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As the paraplegic
police detective Robert Ironside, Raymond Burr lived and worked
at the
old Hall of Justice, 750 Kearny Street
between Washington and Merchant. Never mind that the building was demolished
in 1967, it provided exterior shots for the series from 1967-1975. From
a similar vantage point to that seen in the series, the 750 Kearny location
had quite a different look in 2001 as the Holiday
Inn and Chinese Cultural Center. Though Burr was better known for his
Perry Mason role, Ironside was also a memorable character. After Ironside
is shot by a suspect, a surgeon breaks it to the detective that while the
operation to remove the bullet was a success, he'll never walk again. The
steely Ironside deadpans, "Is that all?" With Don Galloway as Detective
Sergeant Ed Brown, and Gene Lyons as Commissioner Dennis Randall.
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