So I went to visit a client in this building today – it’s downtown Denver, right off the 16th Street Mall. Many of the buildings down there are rather old, and are in various states of repair. But it’s not every time that you enter a building and feel like you’re stepping back into time. When I first walked in, I couldn’t quite place it… the best I could think of was 1930′s newsroom, or Dick Tracy or something. I half expected to look out the window and see a Packard driving down the street or something, or maybe a guy with a tommy gun.

So then my client informed me that they used to film Perry Mason episodes in this building. How cool is that? I had no idea Perry Mason was filmed in Denver, let alone right there in the hallways I was walking. The small square tile on the floor, the wood doors with frosted glass, all seemed original, or at least made to look original. Either way, the character of the building was preserved, and all too quickly the mystery of what made that building so cool was solved.

Perry would be proud.