The Precinct’s Location Was Never Revealed
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During its broadcast history, fans loved to debate where Hill Street was. The show filmed in Los Angeles, but establishing exteriors were shot in Chicago. The building used as the Hill Street Precinct in Illinois was placed on the National Register of Historic Landmarks in 1996!
Still, no one knows where Hill Street was located. The writers of the show went to painstaking lengths to never say. It’s debatable whether they even knew for sure. For those wondering, Steven Bochco says he intended for Hill Street to feel like a hybrid of Buffalo, Chicago, and Pittsburgh.
