Awning

I noticed that along with "The Selley" painted on the awing infront of Jerry's building, on the front it says, "757". I would assume that it's a street address, but we all know he lived at 129 West 81st Street. You can tell in later episodes that "The Selley" is painted over, but why not paint over "757"? Are there any explanations?

I think it said The Shelly And the number was 137.

I'm pretty sure it said 757, but even if it's 137, why?

DFrank1068 wrote:

Why? The writers and people that set the scenes don't worry too much about avid fans seeing such inconsistent details. There were probably a limited number of exterior shots for Jerry's building available and this shot was they one chose. At least the people were consistent through the history of the series by using the same building everytime. I've noticed that the same shot was used a number of times because the exact same cars were parked in the exact same spots. Naturally this makes sense to use the same shot to save money. At some point they reshot the front awning again at a different angle and time of day. The fact that the adddress given for Jerry's building does not match the exterior shot is just an tv sitcom fact of life. Maybe the 129 w 81st was an address that held special meaning to Jerry or one of the writers so they put that possible Manhattan address in the show. Hope some of this makes sense!!!

In article , [email] (DFrank1068) wrote:

True; the interior of Monks, for example, is clearly not the same restaurant that they show the exterior of. The door doesn't even face the same way.

Ollie

In real life Jerry used to live at 129 e 81st street. The building the shelly is in los angeles Kp

In article , [email] wrote:

Actually 129 West 81st st. Check out my site.

-Adam

All:

I'm not sure if this applies, but the City of New York doesn't allow buildings to have anything other than their address (the actual #) on awnings. It's possible they did that in response to DOB (Department of Buildings) or ECB (Environmental Control Board) violations. The building, whether it's owned by a co-op/condominium or by an owner who rents the apts., doesn't care about the show, but does care about having fines and violations assessed against the bldg.

Adam Sena wrote:

That must be why they just painted over "The Shelly". I thought it was because of show, not becuase of a real life situation.

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